Tall And True Short Reads
Episodes
The Al-Rabie Hotel
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The photograph is gloomy, and the colours are fading. But it was twenty-five years ago. I'm sitting in the high-ceilinged inner courtyard of the Al-Ra...
Her
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's a warm, sunny day and I'm strolling along Brighton Promenade during my lunch break. Seagulls are circling and squawking, and sunlight shimmers on...
Escape to the Beach
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The golden sand squeaks in protest as Megan presses her body more firmly into the beach towel. A gentle breeze carries a salty scent and chills the sw...
The Cruise Ship
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Should have done this years ago. But don't tell Pearl I said that because she's been on at me for ages to do a cruise. I kept telling her I didn't wan...
Splendid Views
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The trip app listed the hotel as an "Exotic Getaway" with "Splendid Views". After the year-long anxiety of COVID-19 and lockdowns, it looked perfect. ...
The Dark Web
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin caught the news in a chat room on the Dark Web. NASA had detected an unidentified object on a collision course with Earth. He wasn't surprised N...
A Jittery Journey
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
JITTERY. 16-down, "Nervous or unable to relax (7 letters)". Loud voices in the street drown out the TV. I put down my crossword, walk to the front win...
The Cat in the Trunk
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stevie was slumped on the living room sofa when his mum and dad returned home from the shops. Their raised voices drowned out the old gangster movie o...
A Song on the Radio
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elliot parked at the side of the road close to the beach. He grabbed a brown-bagged bottle of tequila and the lemon and salt shaker he'd pinched from ...
Too Late, Lenny
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Between you and me, Lenny, there are more mourners at your funeral with the COVID restrictions than would have been graveside had you died before the ...
A Moving Sculpture
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"And now the piece de resistance," the old Colonel announced, leading his younger guest to a sunlit garden. "What do you think?" he enquired, waving h...
Five Meet On Zoom
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FIVE logged onto their first Zoom meeting. "Right-o, can everyone hear and see me?" asked Julian, who, as the leader, had scheduled the meeting and em...
Welcome to Tall And True Short Reads
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tall And True Short Reads is an audio fiction podcast featuring original writing from TallAndTrue.com, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.At the ...