Litro Lab Podcast

Do you need words to be able to tell a good story? While you might think so, the truth could actually be very different. Find out more here. You might think that you need an epic block of prose and countless words to be able to tell a good story. Even if you want to focus on a medium like film, we can still recount memorable pieces of dialogue that have stuck with us. The post Can You Craft a Story With Few Words? appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Can you feel more at home in a foreign country that you own? Caitlin Stobie explores identity, crossed roots, non-places and Covid-19 in this touching non-fiction piece. The post Spaces / Places | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Celebration is not futile, it's a way to practice resilience. The post Duplex Cabaret Dreams | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Can face masks become liberating? The post My skin is a silver lining | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This piece takes us back to a hopeful past that managed to break some damaging cycles. The post THE 1970S | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

A letter to a former self living in an easier past. The post DEAR ME | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

The protagonist of this podcast had her own close encounters with death in the past. Through her own illness, she's forced to relive an old trauma and face her worst fears. She's become a sailor in sick bay. The post SICK BAY | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

A son writes an honest letter to his dad from a very rainy London. This is a lyrical piece that invites us to think of longing and nostalgia. In those times when distances remain insuperable, words can paint a scene, recreate a feeling, bring the ones we miss closer. If you could reach someone with a letter, who would that person be? The post FOR DAD, IF YOU COULD SEE THE STATE I'M IN | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Vanessa Bell,Virginia Woolf's sister, gets a voice of her own to muse on flowers, loss, and the rendering of life on a canvas. The post Iceland Poppies | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we have a disturbing piece of flash fiction with dystopian hints. The post AN ILL WIND AND NORĐRLJOS | LITRO LAB PODCAST appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Those carefree days where we could go anywhere and meet with those we love. The post To My Girls | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we bring an experimental piece that mixes poetry and music. In the era of streaming platforms, many of us rarely watch TV advertising. Yet, ads themselves keep popping up where we least expect them: on our social media feeds, emails, our phones… This musical poem explores the ways advertising has evolved, testing some unexpected boundaries along the way. The post Product Placement (While You Dream) | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we bring you a lyrical piece about a husband who is struggling to understand his wife. With a touch of humour, this story challenges us to reflect on how people we think we know can change. The post The Husband | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab podcast, we have an experimental piece with original music. On a time when many of us are stranded in one place – do you ever dream of taking a solo road trip? Get out of your house to join Sam while he drives through the desert at night. This will be a journey full of bizarre occurrences in which reality becomes gradually weird, visceral, and even sensual. The post Sam Steps On The Gas | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, a beautifully rendered story on the power and challenges of devotion. Devotion is a story that encourages us to meditate on how we can be there for others without abandoning ourselves. The post Devotion | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you a spooky story about the complex relationship we all have with the objects we own. We like to accumulate them in our houses and spend large sums of money on them. Some make our lives easier, others are just pretty. We enjoy having them around because they define us. That said, have you ever wondered about the inner life of the things you own? What if they had a special kind of soul? Would they like you back? Or would they have more sinister feelings? The post Your Possessions Will Possess You | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Moving houses is disruptive: it can take a while to feel at ease in a new space. You get startled by noises you're not used to. By different smells. By the shadows in the mirror that hangs in the windowless bathroom. But what if there is something else? Something truly wrong with the place? The post Flat-Pack Pirate | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week, Litro Lab takes a look at the Japanese ghost stories of Lafcadio Hearn and investigates the folklore of Yōkai myths, Noh plays, modern urban legends, and horror cinema along the way. The post The Yōkai Stories of Lafcadio Hearn appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you a story of a woman who finds herself in a relationship that is far from ideal. Yet, she's resistant to leave. The post My Girlfriend the Narcissist | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

What happens when a young couple must make a difficult choice together? The post Lilac Paint | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Encounters in the classroom, subways, standing in line, they are peopled with strangers given a choice but who somehow miss the connection. The post Conversation with Claudia Rankine by Mia Funk appeared first on Litro Magazine.

By pushing deep into the future, the stunning “art island” of Naoshima leads you into the best of the Japanese past The post A High-Tech Ancient Stillness appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you a satyrical poem from no other than resuscitated 18th-century poet Wortley Clutterbuck. Monuments were built in the past to commemorate war and other events from a shameful colonial past. But if they could talk to us these days – what would they say? The post The Monument | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, we bring you an original piece of surreal fiction. Have you always dreamed of living on a sandy beach? What if someone told you that should be everyone's right? The post The Beachfront Relocation Project (BRP)| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, we access the anxious thoughts of a man while he walks through a rainy city. This is an experimental piece that blends music and words. It will take you on a rollercoaster journey alongside a character that many of us may find hilarious, but also relatable. The post Commute| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, Janis Harper writes an honest letter to her guru. After years of retreats and meditation, she is trying to make sense of a few shocking experiences. By asking questions to Guruji, she ends up finding some answers and coming to terms with her own spiritual awakening. The post Dear Guruji appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, we invite you to close your eyes and immerse yourself in this oneiric flash fiction piece that tells the story of a little boy and his fascination with the rounded moon. The post Orbed| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, Karin Jervert brings a beautifully nuanced essay about childhood memories, mental health, insects and displacement. The post Lightning Bugs appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, Michele Wheeler shares with us an intimate story about her relationship with her grandfather, a machinist who taught her the importance on passing on legacy to create links that run deeper than pain, tragedies and even death. The post The Making of Legacy | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, Reagan Razon talks to us about how something as personal as hair can be used to police and oppress Blackness, controlling how people are treated in public spaces including work and school. The post Locks, Afros and Braids| Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

an immigrant's daughter unlocks the mystery of her father Zbyszek's recurring nightmares by listening to his war stories and traveling with him to the once Polish city of Lwów (today's Lviv, Ukraine) to face his past. The post New World Street | Litro Lab Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

"Love in the year 2030" where a lonely guy, Steven, orders a humanoid companion. The post Love in the Year 2030 | Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Ken Krekeler reads "Formula" in which variables can only take so much manipulation before all solutions become null. The post Formula| Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

The Missing Step, #FridayFlash a short noir story in the style of Alan Moore The post The Missing Step appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab is Jan Andre Kallestad's "The Mirrors". Normally Karin sleeps soundly. On this night though it's not a good night's sleep. The post The Mirrors| Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Illustration by Hannah Bagshaw https://www.litromagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/8-Home-but-Not-Podcast.mp3 Jarred McGinnis Jarred McGinnis, an American living in London, is the co-founder of the literary variety night, The Special Relationship. His fiction has been read, aloud and everything, on BBC Radio 4. He has also appeared in a number of very nice places like PANK and Atticus Review. He is wickedtomocktheafflicted.com. Hannah Bagshaw is an illustrator based in London. The post Home But Not by Jarred McGinnis appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, Joel Patterson reads “Fear and Loathing in Heaven” where we witness a group of men at their orientation in Heaven. You can listen to the podcast on the player below, or subscribe to “Litro Lab” on Spotify or iTunes. Fear and Loathing in Heaven Podcast To subscribe to our membership packs, which includes all print issues delivered to your door, full online access to all short fiction, old issues and archives: click here. The post Fear and Loathing in Heaven| Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

After the death of her son, a woman plunges into despair but is unable to cry. However, this changes after a meeting with a mysterious man. The post Tears by Grace Andreacchi appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, Judy Ossello reads “Goodbye Love” in which Eileen meets her ex-boyfriend at a bar in Indiana after going to her grandma's wake. You can listen to the podcast here on Spotify or iTunes. To subscribe to our membership packs, which includes all print issues delivered to your door, full online access to all short fiction, old issues and archives: click here. The post Goodbye Love| Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

A small-time neighbourhood hoodlum shows some compassion for one of her victims. The post Tuesday Afternoon appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Photo by Varun Suresh https://www.litromagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/16-To-the-Sea-Podcast.mp3 You can listen to the podcast on the player above, or subscribe to “Litro Lab” on Spotify or iTunes. The post Short Story: They Went to the Sea appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Luke de Castro reveals the sinister side of baking... The post My Batter is Thick appeared first on Litro Magazine.

9 A man returns to a tragic moment in his past, desperately trying to change what happened. https://www.litromagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/10-Remembrance-of-Things-Past-Podcast.mp3 Kevlin Henney writes words and code. He is a software development consultant and writer with three books and hundreds of technical articles to his name. One of his short stories was selected and published as a runner-up in the New Scientist‘s 2010 Flash Fiction Competition. The post Remembrance of Things Past by Kevlin Henney appeared first on Litro Magazine.

While searching for a fitting christmas gift for a young girl, a woman is reminded of her experiences growing up in the southern states of America. The post Bearing Witness by Elizabeth Warren appeared first on Litro Magazine.

Becca", a short piece of fiction revolving around a sales pitch for an unusual new type of life jacket. The post Becca| Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

The protagonist leaves a message to himself in an alternative reality, offering advice and a warning. The post Letter to Self by Liam Hogan appeared first on Litro Magazine.

In the year 2035, medical experiments on monkeys have evolved to serve a sinister purpose. https://www.litromagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/11-Monkey-Retreat-Podcast.mp3 Laura Nelson Laura Nelson has a doctorate in neuroscience, used to be a science journalist and is about to start helping to run a medical ethics charity. Her short fiction stories have been published in the anthology Decongested Tales and the science magazine Nature, and she had two stories in Litro magazine in 2009, one of which (‘Majuto') was listed as a favourite on the website for a year. The post Monkey Retreat by Laura Nelson appeared first on Litro Magazine.

A major in a military regime in Sierra Leone faces a moral dilemma when the daughter of his beloved teacher commits treason. Read by Terence Anderson: https://www.litromagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/19-The-depressing-Command.mp3 Feyisayo Ajorin Feyisayo Anjorin was born in Akure, Nigeria in 1983. He studied at Damelin College, Bramley, Johannesburg; The University of Ibadan, Nigeria; and the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, Auckland Park, Johannesburg. He is an actor, whose credits include Jacob's Cross (2010), Jozi Kings (2010) and Crooked RD (2010). He is also a poet whose writings, which include “Edges of a Middle Ground”, “Secret States”, “Evil Eyes” and “One Cup”, have been published on various online platforms. He notes C. The post The Depressing Command by Feyisayo Anjorin appeared first on Litro Magazine.

A disturbing tale of one man's obsession with an unusual snack... The post Finger Food appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week on Litro Lab, Ashby McGowan reads 'Muraho" where a picture is painted of a survivor's life. The post Muraho| Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.

This week's Litro Lab podcast is "The Defender is Guilded" where a nine year old and her dad play out a court case in a car The post The Defender is Guilded| Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine.