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'The Perfect Bad Criminal Story" by Thomas Sullivan a tale that offers a lighthearted look at one man's response to an incompetent and harmless criminal The post The Perfect Bad Criminal Story | Litro Lab| Podcast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A man observes the guests at an afternoon party. The post Ginger in the Sauce appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A soldier lies dying on the road when the enemy comes over for a souvenir. The post The Trophy Picture by Wayne Via appeared first on Litro Magazine .

You can listen to the podcast on the player above, or subscribe to “Litro Lab” on Spotify or iTunes . The post Biography: Extract from Casanova appeared first on Litro Magazine .

The protagonist receives a gift from someone he cannot see and becomes fixated on the sensuality and promise of an unusual, seemingly commonplace gift... The post Plum by Graham Buchan appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A professor of 20th-century American history who fought in Vietnam intends to write a book about his experiences. When he finds he is unable to express his feelings, however, a friend who had fallen helps the professor focus his thoughts. The post Billy by Robert McGowan appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A couple bicker as they sit outside a café in France. The post In France, Nation of Beauty. appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A man stands out in the cold, hoping to spread the word of Jesus to passers-by. The post November, Washington Square by Deborah Fielding appeared first on Litro Magazine .

A man sweeps up the ashes of Jeanne D'Arc after she is martyred. The post Jeanne D’Arc appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Ben Bryne explores the life and habits of the most popular of the crustaceans: the crab. The post The Crab by Ben Byrne appeared first on Litro Magazine .

“At the foot of the stairs, the match went out, and he paused to strike another. And at the same moment, a knock, so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.” A life-long fan of tales of horror and the supernatural, Sarah Water’s novel The Little Stranger is a very modern ghost story in which war trauma, grief and class tensions fuel a very modern haunting. The post...

You can listen to the podcast on the player above, or subscribe to “Litro Lab” on Spotify or iTunes . In the run-up to our Ghosts issue, which will go up online on Halloween, the 31st, Litro Lab celebrates with a spooky podcast. We talk to actor Robert Lloyd Parry:  www.nunkie.co.uk/  about bringing the tales of the ghost story master, M. The post ROBERT LLOYD PARRY BRINGS M. R. JAMES’ GHOST STORI...

You can listen to the podcast on the player above, or subscribe to “Litro Lab” on Spotify or iTunes . Today we kick off a new series on Litro Lab, where we invite a writer to choose a short story they love and talk to us about why they love it. Our first guest author is Alison Moore:  www.alison-moore.com/ , whose debut novel The Lighthouse:  www.saltpublishing.com/shop/proddeta…9781907773174 The...

You can listen to the podcast on the player above, or subscribe to “Litro Lab” on Spotify or iTunes . In the run-up to our Ghosts issue, which will go online on Halloween, Litro Lab talks to actor Robert Lloyd Parry about bringing the tales of the ghost story master, M. R. James, to the stage in his one-man show, and listen to his reading of James’ “A School Story”. The post Robert Lloyd Parry on...

Freedom comes at high costs, and requires plenty of responsibility...Latvia learned this the hard way. And it is a lesson, and a price, my adopted home country of the United Kingdom, is learning, and paying, through Brexit. The post Unity appeared first on Litro Magazine .

To help you transform your state of mind, read the following helpful advice on how to increase your confidence levels. The post How to Increase Your Confidence Levels appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Read part one of “Lulim Lalai: The Power of Life In Country” here …  and part two here . Visiting the caves When the time is right to visit a sacred cave near Wjingarra Butt Butt, Isobel’s sons Neil and Bart bring a rake. They might sometimes resist chores around the camp, like washing the dishes, but they don’t need to be asked to do this job. The post Lulim Lalai: The Power of Life In Country –...

The great British roast is seen as a tradition from time immemorial - but in reality most Britons could not afford meat prior to the Industrial Revolution. The post Food For Thought: The Great British Roast appeared first on Litro Magazine .

The owner is standing behind the bar top, talking to two regular customers who sit directly in front of him on ancient barstools with red spinning seats. He’s in the process of cleaning a glass when his eyebrows suddenly race upward. The post The Perfect Bad Criminal Story appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Darcey Steinke – author of novels Suicide Blonde , Jesus Saves and the spiritual memoir Easter Everywhere – talks about faith, Kurt Cobain, freedom, the '70s, her fifth novel, Sister Golden Hair , and more.... The post Conversation with Darcey Steinke appeared first on Litro Magazine .

In this episode of Litro Lab, Mia Funk speaks to poet, playwright and National Book Circle winner Claudia Rankine, about her creative process and the issue of racism in her innovative and award winning collection Citizen . The post Interviews: Claudia Rankine appeared first on Litro Magazine .

This week, Toni Servillo - perhaps Europe's greatest actor - brings to the Barbican his production of Le voci di dentro (Inner Voices) , a 1948 work by Neapolitan playwright Eduardo de Filippo. The piece takes place in a world suspended between dreams and reality... The post Neapolitan Dreams: Le voci di dentro at the Barbican Theatre appeared first on Litro Magazine .

In the last of her articles on the relationship between music and poetry, Clémence Sebag looks at how the spoken word draws on musical influences. The post The Music of Spoken Word Poetry appeared first on Litro Magazine .

Listen to this episode using the player below or subscribe on iTunes — search “litro lab”. The Mädels With a Microphone investigate a German pop culture phenomenon, the TV cop show Tatort (meaning crime scene), which has been running on German TV for over 30 years. Every Sunday evening at 8:15 pm, Germans love nothing better than to gather in their local bar to watch various fictional detectives s...

A woman is sitting alone at the hotel bar with a glass of something orange in front of her. You wouldn’t know straight away that she’s a prostitute. She’s wearing glasses and her clothes look simple. The bar’s other customers do not bring sex to mind, necessarily. Middle aged couples, a few men having a drink. It’s one of these expensive, soulless hotels that cater to business people, not far from...