I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there is so much great stuff available free these days. I’m a regular listener to podcasts, usually while I’m walking places (which I do a lot).
For science fiction and fantasy fans, there are some fantastic stories available in audible form. Escape Pod, for example, is a top-quality science fiction podcast, well worth checking out.
And then there’s the District of Wonders stable. I’ve already written about Starship Sofa (when they podcast my Best of British SF 2017 story, When I Close My Eyes, in May). Starship Sofa has a sister podcast, called Tales to Terrify, and episode 336 has my story, Looking After Shaun, ably narrated by Matt Dovey.
The story was originally published in the magazine, Devolution Z, in February 2016, and it’s fun to have it pop up again now, in audio form. In it, Shaun comes back from the Far East with some kind of fever, and takes to his bed, with increasingly disturbing consequences for his housemates.
Check it out, and do consider subscribing to Tales to Terrify.
We were hosted by Blackheath Bookshop, who do a fantastic job promoting local authors and books with local connections. The venue was apt because (as those of you who have read it know) a large part of Fifty-One takes place in Blackheath and neighbouring parts of south London, both in the 1940s, when London was at war, and in the 2040s, from whence my time travelling protagonist comes.
