Stroud Short Stories

Here are the stories for our 9 May 2021 10th Birthday Event 'Sharp Stars and Old Magic & Other Stories'

Watch/listen on YouTube via the links below

Grab a cuppa or maybe something stronger, sit back and listen to these ten great stories. All human (and some non-human) life is here. I have put the stories in an order which I thinks works well but, of course, you can pick and choose. Just click on each link.

Huge thanks to my co-judge Chloe Turner, to SSS administrator Christiane Holland, to Dr Steve Goodwin of the Cotswold Playhouse for the videos and, of course, to everyone who submitted a story. 

John 

👈SSS Organiser/Editor John Holland introduces the 10th Birthday Event (and reveals the theme for November's event)

👉There's more to a mob of rowdy crows than meets the eye. Kate Keogan reads The Blue in the Black of his Wing 

👈A grown man loses a comic - and much more besides. Sean W. Quigley reads The Rubbish Collector

👉A seamstress, a sailing crew, a soldier and an heiress take you to the world's edge. Nastasya Parker reads The Flat Earth Society

 👈An old man searches for a moment of supreme importance. Diana Humphrey reads That Old Tune

👉An exploration of what gets left behind when someone disappears. Jason Jackson reads How You're Gone

👈Agnes never trusted the river, Sabrina - as temperamental as any goddess. Cheryl Burman reads Sabrina Rising

👉The ribald tale of the sexual misadventures of two Cotswolds housewives. David Goodland reads The Dress

👈Mark thinks his poetry is brilliant and misunderstood - but he may be alone in this. Nimue Brown reads He Nearly Checked his Privilege

👉Strategies for healing amputee starfish. Mhairi Gray reads Forgetting to Heal

👈A foster carer receives a much-longed-for invitation from the past. Sally Jenkinson reads Sharp Stars and Old Magic