Liars' League

Quick Little Shot by Tom Weller

Quick Little Shot MP3

Read by David Mildon

Chance’s high-pitched screams filled the house. They spread like ripples, starting in the kitchen and expanding out until they reached every corner of our home, his four-year-old lungs as powerful as an air-raid siren. Peggy’s sounds came to me caught up in the waves of Chance’s screams. Her shoes slapped the kitchen floor. She gasped, “What happened? Let Mommy look at it.”

 

Blessed are the Geek by Liam Hogan

Blessed are the Geek MP3

Read by Clive Greenwood

Dear Luke,

I am your father.

That is, assuming your mother didn’t lie. And I can’t see any reason why she should; it wasn’t like she was asking anything of me. Quite the reverse. Oh, and assuming your mother bothered to pay any heed at all to this one little request of mine. Well, two, if you count the letter.

 

A Day for the Ducks by David McGrath

A Day for the Ducks MP3

Read by Gloria Sanders

They woke in each other’s arms to begin the Sunday — naked, estranged — a pair of ducks waking from dreams in which they were swans.

He grabbed his underpants from the floor and struggled them on as he ran for the en suite — fast.

 

 

Innocence by Chris Tucker

Innocence MP3

Read by Alex Woodhall

I used to think that cows ate pigs.

Until I was five, I grew up on a farm. Herds of cows would stand and stare whilst I stood and stared back. What I noticed was that the pigs would try to escape: their pot bellies would start to show through, with their four little pink legs dangling down.

 

I'm Your Son by Joshua Osto

I'm Your Son MP3

Read by Eileen Pollock

Tony was here on Monday. I know because I mark off his visits on the calendar. I don’t know if I’ve had the earrings on since Monday. I can’t remember.

I’m having another look around the bedroom when I can smell something burning. I walk out onto the landing. The smell is stronger there. I check the spare room and the bathroom, just in case, before heading down the stairs. I hold onto the banister, taking one step at a time, right foot first before moving the left foot onto the same step. There are twelve steps from upstairs to downstairs.

 

 

Sons & Daughters, Tuesday 8th July

Sick of the football? Fed up with your parents/kids? Tired of staying home on a Tuesday night, pining for all the things that could have been? Then get yourself a dose of SONS & DAUGHTERS on Tuesday 8th July. We have a fantastic line-up of foul-mouthed little girls, macho dads, promiscuous mums, wayward sons, and pig-eating cows (don't ask). Also, Star Wars! And Star Trek, H2G2, the Princess Bride and other geekiness ...

SONS & DAUGHTERS STORIES

Innocence by Chris Tucker *NEW AUTHOR* - read by Alex Woodhall
Quick Little Shot by Tom Weller *NEW AUTHOR* - read by David Mildon
I'm Your Son by Joshua Osto *NEW AUTHOR* - read by Eileen Pollock
A Day for the Ducks by David McGrath - read by Gloria Sanders
Blessed are the Geek by Liam Hogan - read by Clive Greenwood