Liars' League

Halloween special: DOOM & GLOOM, Tuesday 10th October, 7.30pm ******* NOW AT THE ALBANY, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, W1W *******

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW AT THE ALBANY, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, NOT OUR USUAL VENUE OF THE PHOENIX

 

As the season of spectres & sepulchres lurches ever-closer, chains rattling, we're chilled to announce the winning stories for our Doom & Gloom pre-Halloween special on Tuesday 10th October! Deep in the shadow-draped basement bar of The Albany, Great Portland Street lurk Caribbean monsters, ghostly queens, sinister stews, murderous whales, headless women & a deadly game of hide-and-seek - & for just £5, you can join them ... if you dare! 

 

WINNING STORIES for DM & GLM

 

"Be Lucky, Girls" by Hannah Downes, read by Lucy Mabbitt

"When Duppy does come, who are you?" by Clarissa Angus, read by Sophie Cartman

"Skinning the Cat" by Lanay Griessner, read by Silas Hawkins

"Come Find Me" by Pat Black, read by Lisa Rose

"The Whale, in Six Parts" by Maria Kyle, read by Thomas Delacourt

"By the Flower, not the Axe" by Leila Murton Poole, read by Clareine Cronin

 

Fancy coming along on Tuesday 10th October? Book your budget-friendly £5 tickets ASAP if you want the best seats - PLUS there will be our usual epic literary quiz with brilliant weird & horror fiction to win, and free Halloween candy for all!

 

Tuesday 10th October, 7.30pm, tickets £5 (doors open at 6.30pm)

Downstairs at The Albany (basement bar)
240 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QU

 

Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street (1 min) then Regent Street (2 min) then Warren Street (5 min)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? See below. 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW AT THE ALBANY, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, NOT OUR USUAL VENUE OF THE PHOENIX

 

As the season of spectres & sepulchres lurches ever-closer, chains rattling, we're chilled to announce the winning stories for our Doom & Gloom pre-Halloween special on Tuesday 10th October! Deep in the shadow-draped basement bar of The Albany, Great Portland Street lurk Caribbean monsters, ghostly queens, sinister stews, murderous whales, headless women & a deadly game of hide-and-seek - & for just £5, you can join them ... if you dare! 

 

WINNING STORIES for DM & GLM

 

"Be Lucky, Girls" by Hannah Downes, read by Lucy Mabbitt

"When Duppy does come, who are you?" by Clarissa Angus, read by Sophie Cartman

"Skinning the Cat" by Lanay Griessner, read by Silas Hawkins

"Come Find Me" by Pat Black, read by Lisa Rose

"The Whale, in Six Parts" by Maria Kyle, read by Thomas Delacourt

"By the Flower, not the Axe" by Leila Murton Poole, read by Clareine Cronin

 

Fancy coming along on Tuesday 10th October? Book your budget-friendly £5 tickets ASAP if you want the best seats - PLUS there will be our usual epic literary quiz with brilliant weird & horror fiction to win, and free Halloween candy for all!

 

Tuesday 10th October, 7.30pm, tickets £5 (doors open at 6.30pm)

Downstairs at The Albany (basement bar)
240 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QU

 

Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street (1 min) then Regent Street (2 min) then Warren Street (5 min)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? See below. 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW AT THE ALBANY, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, NOT OUR USUAL VENUE OF THE PHOENIX

 

As the season of spectres & sepulchres lurches ever-closer, chains rattling, we're chilled to announce the winning stories for our Doom & Gloom pre-Halloween special on Tuesday 10th October! Deep in the shadow-draped basement bar of The Albany, Great Portland Street lurk Caribbean monsters, ghostly queens, sinister stews, murderous whales, headless women & a deadly game of hide-and-seek - & for just £5, you can join them ... if you dare! 

 

WINNING STORIES for DM & GLM

 

"Be Lucky, Girls" by Hannah Downes, read by Lucy Mabbitt

"When Duppy does come, who are you?" by Clarissa Angus, read by Sophie Cartman

"Skinning the Cat" by Lanay Griessner, read by Silas Hawkins

"Come Find Me" by Pat Black, read by Lisa Rose

"The Whale, in Six Parts" by Maria Kyle, read by Thomas Delacourt

"By the Flower, not the Axe" by Leila Murton Poole, read by Clareine Cronin

 

Fancy coming along on Tuesday 10th October? Book your budget-friendly £5 tickets ASAP if you want the best seats - PLUS there will be our usual epic literary quiz with brilliant weird & horror fiction to win, and free Halloween candy for all!

 

Tuesday 10th October, 7.30pm, tickets £5 (doors open at 6.30pm)

Downstairs at The Albany (basement bar)
240 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QU

 

Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street (1 min) then Regent Street (2 min) then Warren Street (5 min)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? See below. 

 

Tuesday 10th October, 7.30pm, tickets £5 (doors open at 6.30pm)

Downstairs at The Albany (basement bar)
240 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QU

 

Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street (1 min) then Regent Street (2 min) then Warren Street (5 min)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? See below. 

 

Tuesday 10th October, 7.30pm, tickets £5 (doors open at 6.30pm)

Downstairs at The Albany (basement bar)
240 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QU

 

Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street (1 min) then Regent Street (2 min) then Warren Street (5 min)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? See below. 

 

Downstairs at The Albany (basement bar)
240 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QU

 

Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street (1 min) then Regent Street (2 min) then Warren Street (5 min)

 

N.B. We DO now accept card payments on the door, but it's well worth booking a ticket in advance to ensure you get a table - just click here. Any questions? See below. 

 

While You Were Sleeping by Alyson Tait

To listen to actress Lucy Mabbitt reading the story, click here: While You Were Sleeping MP3

I let my head fall against the chair's faded leather upholstery. "Today would be the second anniversary of our first date. A year ago, you argued that I mis-remembered. My name came out of your mouth every fifth word like 'Molly' was suddenly a vulgar swear."

I listen to the ventilator for a moment and scoff. "You know, Hannah … I remembered all of our anniversaries. I remember that it took you six full months to agree that we were official. Another three to meet your parents."

Silence greets me -- as usual. "You'd never admit it, but I always suspected I'm your first girlfriend."

A frog jumps into my throat, and for a minute, it's hard to speak.

"Do you remember how long the two of us sat in that corner booth? Our drinks ran dry, and that dinky light bulb blew out. It took forty minutes for our waitress to notice."

Saltwater by Sally Wild

Guilt is a hunter. Love is a warrior. Sorrow is a stranger.  Solitude is a face glimpsed in a crowd and then gone forever. Knowledge is a ray of light in the darkness. Confusion is a twat.

I stand at the edge of the sea. I feel sad. At the edge of the sea, where the water meets the land, where the land meets the water, I stand, and experience the emotion of sadness. I listen to the gentle roar and rush of the sea, the quiet but persistent rush and roar that is the sea’s roaring rush, its rushing roar. Now I know sadness and now I know the sea. The sea, the sound, the sadness, the pebbles on the beach. How many pebbles? Impossible to count them, but I know – I know – it must be more than twelve.

Absence Episodes by Darinka Aleksic

Read by Claire Lacey

Sandra found out she was pregnant early on, when “your baby is approximately the size of a blueberry”. She’d never bothered with books when she was expecting the girls, it had all just happened. But it was different this time round. By the time the baby was size of a large plum, Barry had already fucked off, and she’d spent the weeks between grapefruit and watermelon entirely by herself.

Dave was on the scene by the time they stopped measuring babies by fruit.

What size was Ryan then? she wondered, as she sat in the darkness of the car park. Six months old. Christmas turkey for 20, maybe. Hefty.

The Wolf's Daughter by Mina Ma

Read by Carrie Cohen

Red is quite the storyteller. 

‘There was a deafening roar as it charged out of the undergrowth, coming right at me, straight for my pale throat ...’

She’s told this same story to locals and tourists alike over the years – while Apple gurgled in a basket at her feet; while Apple toddled in between the chairs and legs of audience members who pinched her cheeks; while Apple played hide and seek with her own shadow. Red tells it, now, beside the inn’s glowing fireplace, while Apple serves drinks behind the bar.

Imprisoned, We Dream of Flight by Katie Lewis

Read by Lin Sagovsky

When Abbie summons me, she offers up her soul to destroy everything.

Laughing, I decline. “I’m a fallen angel,” I say, gesturing to my missing wings. “Exiled to Hell for greed. But one day, I’ll be freed and the world will be mine to play with.” I grin, showing teeth. “I need it undestroyed for that to happen.”

Abbie scowls. She’s young – maybe fifteen – and exudes loathing.  “What makes you so sure you’ll be freed?”

I shrug, glancing around what seems to be her bedroom. It’s oddly bare. “Humans worked out how to summon us from Hell,” I say. “Eventually, one will work out how to free me entirely, in return for something they think they need.” I smirk. “In fact, I have some idea of how that ritual would work. You could –”

“Only if you’ll destroy everything,” she says quickly.