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Scintillating Stories: Gauridi's Daughters
Content Warning: Death of a childIn this episode we hear the story of complex parent child relationships. What makes a mother? Is it love and care? And what do we take for granted? We apologise for any mispronunciations in ...
Scintillating Stories: I Want to Name Myself
In this episode we are delighted to present a non fiction piece by Harper Walton. In it they discuss the complex relationship between identity, transition and names. To hear more from Harper: Instagram: harperwalton_<...
Scintillating Stories: Discovering the Artist Gertrude Sandmann
Yorick is back from our break and bringing you fantastic new stories! In this episode we have a beautiful and poignant non fiction piece by Emily L Quint Freeman. She tells us about the life of the Lesbian, German-Jewish artist Ger...
Scintillating stories: Petroudi and Itse
In this episode we read two collections of poetry. The first, by Vasiliki Petroudi, examines folklore and literature through a new lens. The second, by Birgit Itse, takes life observations and spins them into funny ditties!
Scintillating Stories: Vestiges of a Misspent Youth
In this episode we read a beautifully tragic tale of pain and endurance by Shannon Frost Greenstein.Shannonis the author of “Pray for Us Sinners,” a fiction collection with Alien Buddha Press, and “An Oral History of One Day in Guyana,”...
2023 Outtakes
We're ringing in the New Year with a celebration of all of our goofs and gaffs! We hope that you enjoy looking back at our silliest moments with us! Thank you so much to the authors and actors who worked with us, to the whole Yoric...
Scintillating Stories: I Curled with Bauchans
In our festive episode we read a story by Chief Jester Rosie Beech. We follow Eunice into the forest to play a strange game with stranger team mates. You have to keep your wits about you when you encounter living folklore!This ...
Scintillating Stories: Flash fiction collection
In this episode we read three wonderful stories! The Academy of Avian Excellence by Elynor Kamil (Content warning: animal cruelty) Homecoming by Fenja Hill Elsa’s Pig by Zusana StorrierIncludes music by Kevin Mac...
Page Parle: Dr Nancy Glass
In this episode we speak to author Dr Nancy Glass. She has been published in Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, in The Journal of Narrative Visions, and won the 2022 Writer’s League of Texas Manuscript Contest in General Nonfiction. She r...
Scintillating Stories: The Longest Minute
Content warning: Infant deathIn this episode we read a profound and thoughtful piece by Nancy L. Glass. It follows a doctors experience of providing hospice care and all the little moments that are so important for both the family and t...
Scintillating Stories: A Dubious Undertaking
In this episode we hear a darkly comic story by Philip Whiteland about everything that could possibly go wrong at a funeral home!
Scintillating Stories: Shane and Evans Poetry
In this episode we are reading two wonderful collections of poems. The first set are by Brandon Shane and the second by RG Evans. They take us through war torn landscapes, intimately sad and funny moments and ask us to think about what ma...
Halloween Special: Ghost Stories
Happy Halloween everyone!In honour of the holiday the Yorick team are here to share some of their own ghost stories. We discuss phantom bakers that refuse to end their shift, a parcel from the ghostal service and the ghosts from fiction tha...
Radio Revelry: The Hidden Malice
Content warning: Murder, implications of suicideAs a special Halloween treat we are delighted to bring you a terrifying play by Ellis Jamieson. In beautiful Elizabethan style dialogue we weave a tale of jealousy, entitlement and tragedy...
Scintillating Stories: Behind Every Beautiful Thing
Content warning: Mentions of torture, death, sexual contentThe spooky celebrations continue with a fantastically horrifying story from our Editing Knight, MJ Burns. In our increasingly technology heavy world it can be hard to t...
Scintillating Stories: So Long We Become the Flowers
Content warning: Mentions of death and dyingYorick's favourite time of year is back! We begin our celebration of the spooky season with a beautifully haunting story by Ellis Jamieson, our Admin Magician. This story was first pub...
Radio Revelry: Thirteen Skulls
Content warning: Body horrorWe are already getting excited for Halloween with this eerie episode of Radio Revelry!This is a horror story focusing on a mother and son, Nessa and Dale, who are hired to assist an elderly woman livi...
Under Construction: The Team's Stories (Part 1)
CW: Blood and violence between 12:20 - 13:15.We are excited to bring you the first episode of our new series, Under Construction. We take a close look at early drafts of writing and offer constructive feedback and editing tips in a fun ...
Scintillating Stories: Giska, Anderson, Tomaro and Fox
In this episode we read four fantastic poems:'The Problem with Conservationists' by Grace Giska'Inheritance' by Corinne Anderson'As Surely As' and 'Debris That Hurries By' by Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox<...
Page Parle: Kanwal Preet and Niki Hatzidis
In this episode we interview two fantastic authors, Kanwal Preet and Niki Hatzidis. We chat about how writing has shaped their lives and why it is important for literature to discuss sensitive topics.
Scintillating Stories: A Body Taken and The Heartless Drops
Content warning: Violence, unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage, kidnapping, acid attacks.In this episode we read two pieces that explore themes bodily autonomy.Our first is a short story by Niki Hatzidis about a potential worst case sce...
Page Parle: Spring Playwrights
In this episode we interview three wonderful playwrights, Paul Stoyle, Matt Hanf and Bethany Dickens Assaf. We chat about their inspirations, processes and the common ground between horror and comedy.
Radio Revelry: The Simulation
In this episode we conduct a comedic and heartfelt experiment with Dr Nikki Teagues and her girlfriend Claudia. Together they learn the best way to communicate with parental units, and each other. The Simulation was written by Beth...
Scintillating Stories: Black Star, Taking up Serpents, A Midnight Call
Content Warning: Murder, Snakes, Racism.In this episode we have three fantastic short stories. First we dip into a murder mystery for a brush with danger. Then we tend to snakes with a higher purpose. Finally we travel with a young Fili...
Scintillating stories: Johnstone, Betts and Westfall
Content warning: Mentions of death and suicideIn this episode we share three Wonderfull collections of poetry by Shane Johnstone, Virginia Betts and Elinora Westfall. These collections explore some of the most specific of human emotions...