Short Works Episodes Available now
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Coal Country Beauty Queen by Anna Bailey
A new story from NSSA-shortlisted writer Anna Bailey.
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The Portal in Lisbon
By Baret Magarian. An academic has a strange experience in Portugal.
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A Man Who Used to Have Friends by Jo茫o Morais
An original short story from Jo茫o Morais, read by Dean Rehman.
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Dancing Ganesh
A frustrated climber seeks enlightenment in Kathmandu in a short work from Alan Spence.
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Mudlarks
By Sophie Haydock. A junior doctor takes up mudlarking on London's River Thames.
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The Centaur's Spectacles
A specially commissioned story from the award-winning Katherine Rundell.
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Hearing Aids by Roddy Doyle
Misunderstandings and miscommunications on a car journey in Dublin.
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Something Borrowed
A story from Karen Campbell about love, choice and the delicate bonds of family.
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The Bubble Bursts
The Bubble Bursts by Alex Preston. In the future, a man lives through multiple pandemics.
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Boy by Clare Watson
A mother struggles to understand her autistic son.