The Lonely Voice

The Lonely Voice

Short stories, with music and sound effects. "There is in the short story at its most characteristic something we do not often find in a novel – an intense awareness of human loneliness" (Frank O'Connor, The Lonely Voice, 1962).

  1. FEB 1

    #66: 'Circle of Friends' by David Eagleman

    'At some point, it dawns on you that this is the afterlife: the world is only made up of people you’ve met before'. Music: Philip Glass, 'Anthem -- Part II', 'Raising the Sail', & 'Dreaming of Fiji' from The Truman Show Sound FX: Freesound.org

    7 min

  2. FEB 1

    #65: 'Egalitaire' by David Eagleman

    'We can consider ourselves lucky that in death we answer to a God with deep sensitivity to the byzantine hearts of Her creations'. Music: Spindle Ensemble, 'Inkling' & 'Chase' Sound FX: Freesound.org

    9 min

  3. FEB 1

    #64: 'Sum' by David Eagleman

    'In the afterlife you relive all your experiences, but this time with the events reshuffled into a new order: all the moments that share a quality are grouped together'. Music: Kevin MacLeod, 'Amazing Plan' & 'Batty McFaddin' from Silent Film Score Compilation -- The Old Times Sound FX: freesound.org

    7 min

  4. 12/01/2025

    #63: 'Dead of Winter' by Billy O'Callaghan

    On the shortest day of the year, a man makes his way to his old family home and kindles the ghosts of the past. Music: Flook, 'Lalabee/Jig for Simon'; excerpts from Erland Cooper, Folded Landscapes (performed by Scottish Ensemble); Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau, 'Tabhair Dom do Lámh', Edmund Finnis, ⁠Elsewhere⁠ (featuring Daniel Pioro, violin) Sound FX: freesound.org

    34 min

  5. 11/01/2025

    #62: 'The Thunderstorm' by Vladimir Nabokov

    'The light of madness, of piercing visions, illumined the nocturnal world...' Music: Edmund Finnis, Elsewhere (featuring Daniel Pioro, violin); Gabriel Fauré, 'Après un rève' (sung by Sabine Devieilhe); Michael Gordon, Weather (I) (performed by Manchester Collective); John Barry, Eternal Echoes and The Beyondness of Things (performed by English Chamber Orchestra) Sound FX: freesound.org

    20 min

  6. 10/01/2025

    #61: 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe

    'I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him'. Music: John Cage, Sonata XI, Works of Calder: II, Bacchanale, In the Name of the Holocaust, And the Earth Shall Bear Again, Three Easy Pieces: Round (all performed by Giancarlo Simonacci) Sound FX: freesound.org

    28 min

  7. 09/01/2025

    #60: 'There Will Come Soft Rains' by Ray Bradbury

    'The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes'. Music: Andrew Rudin, Tragoedia; Donald Erb, Music for Instruments and Electronic Sounds; Frédéric Chopin, Étude Op. 10, No. 5 (performed by Hans Wurman); W.A. Mozart, 'Rondo: Allegro' from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (performed by ⁠Hans Wurman⁠); Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vocalise (performed by ⁠Hans Wurman⁠); Camille Saint-Saëns, 'Introduction' from Carnival of the Animals (performed by Gazdatronik); Richard Chartier, Interreference.4; a-ha, 'Soft Rains of April' Sound FX: from freesound.org

    30 min

  8. 08/01/2025

    #59: 'The Caterpillar' by Lydia Davis

    A minor mystery, or a tiny tragedy. Music: Christopher O'Hare, Novelty Hurry; Mayhew Lake, 'Minor Love Motif' and 'Major Love Motif' from Synchronizing Suite No. 1 (performed by The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)

    7 min
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Short stories, with music and sound effects. "There is in the short story at its most characteristic something we do not often find in a novel – an intense awareness of human loneliness" (Frank O'Connor, The Lonely Voice, 1962).

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  • Creator
    The Lonely Voice
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    66
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © The Lonely Voice
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