Liars' League

The Chip on Your Shoulder by Imogen Hermes Gowar

The Chip on your Shoulder MP3

Read by Lois Tucker

Rowan’s Nan is offended by Rowan's loose tunic: knobbly raw silk, navy blue.

'A trapeze dress?' she snaps, unhindered by the oxygen tube that loops under her nose, 'what's that when it's at home? You don't wear a trapeze. You don't wear a cocoon.’

 'It's nice stuff, Nan. It’s Cos. I saved up.'

‘You want to take more pride in yourself, Ro. You've got such a pretty figure, not like your mum. Why’ve you got to go dressing up like the little match girl?'

 

Fly Like a Dolphin by Rob Passmore

 Fly Like a Dolphin MP3

Read by Max Berendt

One of the first things he said to me, before any of that other crap about the fixes and fiddles and scams that he runs. I always get value, he said. I always make money. My greed is more powerful than anything else.

Step 1: Look at youself. Look youself in the eyes.

I glance at myself in the polished chrome pillar I'm leaning against and then back down at the crumpled script in my hand, lit by the tawdry phonelight. I'm stood in the middle of a newly developed plaza. There's some nice mosaic paving and a cinema and a water feature that looks ill at ease with its surroundings, despite those frolicking spurts of water that bounce between hidden nozzles. The excessive lighting in the square makes each of the exits more ominous; menace seems to lurk outside this oasis of regeneration.

 

Black Cod by Gregory Jackson

 Black Cod MP3

 Read by Gloria Sanders

Black Cod was the name of the Japanese restaurant opposite our offices in Canary Wharf. It’s closed now, but in the boom years it was where we took clients visiting from Tokyo if we wanted more exciting Japanese cuisine than sashimi or tempura. Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t quite El Bulli, or The Fat Duck, or any of the other really way out Michelin-starred places, but then most of the clients we entertained were portfolio managers for the big Japanese semiconductor and automotive conglomerates. They had conservative palates. 

 

The Project by Anna Mazzola

The Project MP3 

Read by Michael Lyle

‘What choo doing, fam? You’ll break it.’

Leo watched Max run at the cleaning cart and jump into it, sending it skidding up the bowling lane and battering into the skittles, which jumped sideways and into the air. The sound as they smashed to the ground reverberated off the walls like bullets.

 

Your Next Bestseller: "A Collateralised Debt Obligation Too Far" by J. P. E. Bucket, by Kassalina Boto

Your Next Bestseller ... MP3

Read by Peter Noble

Adam Smith on capitalism, Marx’s spectre of communism, Tobin and his tax. Oh, their names alone bring an undeniably handsome smile to my face. You know the one. The one that enhances my dimples and makes my eyes sparkle. Yes, these old things. Some still say they’re as beautiful as the ocean, but twice as deep. But come, I digress. 

Button B by Niall Boyce

 

Button B

Read by Greg Page

Auguste Boutonnière was an aesthete; neurasthenic, possibly consumptive, and, worst of all, a novelist. Yet duty demanded that I interview him; whatever the nature of the sinister web that had ensnared London, he might hold the key to unravelling it. 

Boom & Bust for Radio 4 - Tue 10th March

BOOM!

We've found the four explosive stories which will blow your minds at our Boom & Bust event on Tuesday March 10th - please click on the link for our Facebook event, and pleasepleaseplease tick Yes or Maybe if you plan on coming, as it will really help us to know numbers ...

The four winning stories feature Polish pick-up artists, financial cruelty, Deptford dockers, people jumping off buildings, Japanese translators and really a LOT of swearing. Congratulations to the authors below!

The Wallet (RADIO 4 CHOICE) by Joshan Esfandiari Martin, read by David Mildon
Black Cod by Gregory Jackson, read by Gloria Sanders
The Chip on your Shoulder by Imogen Hermes Gowar *NEW AUTHOR*, read by Lois Tucker *NEW ACTOR*
Fly Like a Dolphin by Rob Passmore *NEW AUTHOR*, read by Max Berendt

Because of the overwhelming number of excellent stories we will also be recording the following for podcast only: 
Your Next Bestseller: A Collateralised Debt Obligation Too Far by Kassalina Boto, read by Peter Noble
The Project by Anna Mazzola, read by Michael Lyle
Button B by Niall Boyce, read by Greg Page

As The Wallet is going to be recorded live by producers Heavy Entertainment for later broadcast on Radio 4, we expect a pretty good turn-out: doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7.30, but since we may be fairly packed, best show up early if you want a good seat.

Tickets are £5 on the door, first come first served, though you can reserve tables if you're a group of 5 or more - just call us on 07808 939535.

The venue is downstairs at:
The Phoenix
37 Cavendish Square 
London 
W1G 0PP

Map here

(The Phoenix is 5 minutes' walk from Oxford Circus tube station, on the Victoria, Bakerloo and Central lines)