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Stories chosen for Black & White, Tue Aug 11

This month, we have chosen six fabulous tales of light and dark for our Black & White night, boasting space tourists, deceitful playwrights, suspicious priests, grieving receptionists, a deadly game of chess and the late, great Michael Jackson - so keep Tuesday 11th August free to find out what they're all about ...


Selected Stories:

 

1) Black Holes, White Dwarfs by Sam Carter, read by Paul Clarke
2) Pay Peanuts, Get Monkeys by Magnus Nelson *NEW AUTHOR* read by Carrie Cohen
3) Something Exotic by C. T. Kingston *NEW AUTHOR* read by Sabina Cameron
4) Plain as Print by PJ Carnehan, read by Stephen Butterton
5) Stalemate by Liam Hogan, read by Freddie Machin
6) Michael Jackson Stole My Career by Anthony Malone, read by Ben Crystal
 

And finally, the submission deadline for our next event, Decline & Fall (Tuesday 8th September) is approaching fast - get your 800-2500 word (2000 preferred upper limit) stories of failure, loss and unhappy endings to us by this Friday 7th August to be in with a chance!

Posted on Aug 03, 2009 at 06:47 PM in Black & White, News |

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