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The Strange Recital is an audio forum for short fiction. We delight in perceptions of reality that twist and fold in unexpected ways.
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- Sep 6, 2026
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Eustace and Parmenides (opens the original)
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"One rarely mentions them separately. They are practically a unit, Eustace and Parmenides. The pair rose to fantastic renown, their souls steeped in the labors of their calling. But what may have begun as fickle adventures in nocturnal prowling and curiosity about a bracing mystique hatched into a fateful career." It seems that human nature has always included the urge for destruction. In a century long gone, a sinister partnership was formed by an obscure pair of kindred spirits. This is their
The Girlie Playhouse (opens the original)
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"Inside the Girlie Playhouse white afternoons are still discreetly extinguished in candlelit rooms, while outside the demonstrators have begun their second week. The street is lined with sleeping bags and coolers. Activists hoot and holler muddled slogans." A newly published literary novel...but it's about strippers. Challenging genre stereotypes via nuance and complexity is always good. And what about feminism? Hear the author read and discuss her work.
Dialogue Overheard in a Jersey Bar (opens the original)
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"How's your IPA?" "Not bad." "So...are your classes going okay?" "Well, yes and no. Are you finding that these students think differently than we did? It's like they take everything literally." "No sense of poetry or metaphor, you mean? I see the same thing with the math students. For instance, the idea of imaginary numbers." Two men talking...but this is no normal conversation. Too many heady ideas. It's more like role-playing or something. Who are they, and what's going on?
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