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!
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,” a chapbook from Bullsh*t Lit.
Follow Shannon at shannonfrostgreenstein.com or on Twitter at @ShannonFrostGre. Insta: @zarathustra_speaks
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 Yorick Team and, of course, our lovely listeners!
We look forward to bringing you more creative chaos in 2024!
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 piece was originally published in Crab Apple Literary Magazine.
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 Storrier
Includes music by Kevin Macleod (Evening Melodrama)
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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 retired from clinical practice after forty years as Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in 2022.
Content warning: Infant death
In 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 the doctor.
In this episode we hear a darkly comic story by Philip Whiteland about everything that could possibly go wrong at a funeral home!
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 makes us who we are.
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 that made us the writers we are today!
Content warning: Murder, implications of suicide
As 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.
SANTANO was played my MJ Burns
DONATO by Catriona Scott
Doctor REVELO by Rosie Beech
Cara by Arianna Ellis
And BOX by Ellis Jaimieson
Content warning: Mentions of torture, death, sexual content
The 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 tell what is IT wizardry, and what might just be something supernatural.
This story was first published in Tangled Web Magazine:
https://www.inspiringfiction.com/issue-3-digital-magazine
Content warning: Mentions of death and dying
Yorick'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 published in the Parliament Literary Journal: https://www.parliamentlit.com/ellis-jamieson
Content warning: Body horror
We 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 living alone. Dale and his miscreant friend, Gareth, quickly begin to realise that there is more to Beatie than meets the eye, and that some things should be left a mystery for everyone's sake.
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In Thirteen Skulls by Paul Robbie Stoyle
Dale was played by Jack Ayres
Nessa by Dominique Flook
Beatie by Noni Lewis
And Gareth by Geraint Pickard
It was directed by Rosie Beech
All other parts were played by members of the cast and crew
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 and lighthearted way.
Our team have volunteered to run the gauntlet first and have offered pieces to be analysed. We chat about the joys and embarrassment of looking back at our young writing, how we grew to love editing, and rage against adverbs.
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
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.
Support the showContent 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 scenario where human rights around pregnancy in America continue to be stripped away.
Our second is a poem by Dr Kanwal Preet that talks about the impacts that acid attacks have and how survivors defy their attackers.
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.
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 Bethany Dickens Assaf
You can hear more from her here: https://www.bethanydickens.com/
Nikki was played by Ellisha O’ Donnell
Claudia by Rosie Beech
Robot Mom by Alice Gold
Robot Dad by Mark McCaoimhin
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