Fast Fiction Podcasts

When lost in a BIG city it can be daunting. When lost to your family it can be traumatizing. But it can have positives too.

Irving Berlin became the musical voice of America in the days of Tin Pan Ally. No one could rival his ability to capture stories in lyrics or beautiful melodies.

Having decided to compile a record of the 2011 Queensland floods, the author had no idea of the extraordinary events that awaited her as she began her journey from beginning to end. Ten catastrophes had to be overcome before the book finally got to print.

Questy O Hara has few attributes, but high expectations. In desperation she decides on a most unusual career, with disastrous consequences. But the luck of the Irish prevails

Wannarbee is enchanted with Candy CupCakes who is searching for her granny. Who has GranNapped Granny CupCakes, and Why? And - Do they find her?

Cassie, a young advertising account executive, learns that she can talk to the dead on her daily Highway 47 commute to the office. Meghann is a 16-year-old dead girl who loves to talk with Cassie about clothes and boys -- even Cassie's inappropriate boss, Ralph. Melvin T. Gotlink, a gentleman farmer who was killed on his tractor, provides the kind of homespun wisdom only someone dead can provide. When Casse's world is shaken, Melvin gives her insight and loyalty.

On the day that Russia invades Ukraine, and world peace is shattered once more, I think back to a wonderful friend, an incredible person, a superb artist and heroic soldier, who fought and suffered in another war -

Meet Darryl and Darlene, and learn how to Talk 'Strine

Recollections depend on the Eye of the Beholder. This becomes very evident when we see the slight variations of memory between Ed and Jo Hopper before Ed became a famous artist and Jo trailed in his footsteps.

Florence Gould - a reputation that money can buy.

Christmas is a time for silliness and fun, and a Covid Christmas deserves a LOT of both

An isolated house, a stormy night, the power goes off: what could happen to an old lady who has her trusty old dog to protect her?

I come from a cohabitation between my father, a Wannarbee for the last four generation, and my mother, a Gunnadoo - a family with good intentions. Why is the world always against me?

It's a dark and stormy night - we are in a Tattooist studio, and, everyone is happy - for a while.

Anya is lonely and alone. Or is she?

Prisoners take an unusual and highly successful methods of getting what they want.

Sometimes the Justice System just sucks!

Monologue

A young woman faces reality. Or does she?

An Australian couple living in a university town provides Homestay for a rather special young man

When a scriptwriter like Samuel Beckett admits he has no idea what his play is about, we just have to return again and again with our interpretation. We killed him off once in 'Godot' but he lives to die again.

Old age is a curse - but so much better than the alternative. Or is it?

A couple of people get together for an unusual night's entertainment, but it's more than expected.

An intriguing podcast that may leave you with an emotion you would rather not have had.

A black humor monologue

The curtains are twitching in 1101 Wellington Way, and the neighbours are not happy - with each other!

Godot. One word - and even for those of us without a literary background, we know it has reference to Waiting for Godot, Samuel Becket's masterpiece play of the 20th century. But is it really a masterpiece, or simply an example of theatre of the absurd? Even Becket did not seem to know. Indeed there are as many reviews, critiques, and versions, as there are words in the play. And here is one more. A new Fandom slant on an old play. A collaborative production

Reflections of the traumas of grandparenting

A few excerpts from the year just gone

Wannarbee Bond finds herself in trouble again as she goes out to ern her rent money and save the beautiful babe. What cn go wrong? Heaps.

A little nostalgia, and an apology

D you have neighbours? Of course you do. Are they a little weird? Are they a little like - Them Next Door? Join the curtain twitchers over a cuppa and a chicken dinner, and see if you can find out what's happening? It may surprise you. FastFictionPodcasts present a new audio drama from Hand To Mouth Sound Theatre

Recollections of schooldays post World War 2

What happens when the mourners go home? This is the story that will tell you.

Two lovers meet again after many years at a golf course. What happens next is not very nice.

Janice and Martin are getting to the end of their Happy Never After life, but one of them doesn't know it.

Wannarbee is having a night out - and once again it doesn't work out too well - at first!.

An old lady recollects her Birth-Day in Paddington Tube Station during World War 1

Sometimes marriage can haveits Ups and Downs - and Downs and Ups.

Two strangers meet in a bar. But they both share a secret about each other.

Reflections. Back to the 1960's and the rigors of planning a simple celebration

Sometimes the price of beauty is more than you care to give.

What's going on near Hyasinth Road? All the ladies seem to share a common secret.

A Brisbane Men's Club, and an old murder resolved.

Is this a story - a play, or even a mini-musical? One thing we can be sure of - is that it is a tragedy.

A story about an old lady, a house, or a street. A new story which may well repeat itself. You choose.

/an old lady and a young girl share an afternoon together and form a bond. Why?

"We always wonder where do dreams go when we wake, when maybe we should ask, where are we when the dream ends?"

Everyone loved Aunt Jo, she was always the life of the party, even when she was dead.

Wannarbee Bond is a Private Eye/Pest Exterminator who doesn't quite always get the baddie, but nearly always gets the girl.

What happens to The Golden Girl, and Why? Find out in our final installment of the series.

Different countries, different lifestyles - yet the friendship continues - until...?

The runnaway bride reappears with a different husband. But has she 'stuffed up' again?

A long term friendship begins

Love, honor and Obey - Till Death Us Do Part does not work out too well for this couple

A man with murder on his mind misses a golden opportunity

An elderly motorist encounters a problem on the way home from a celebratory breakfast, which sets off a few 'familiar' events.

A nostalgic look at a woman to be admired

Two young women of the world share memories and a new life

A brief insight into the ghostly world of days gone by

Sometimes you should look as well as listen.

A true story associated with the Manson Murders

Sometimes History can be revisited

A night out for a couple of young mods of the 1960s gets a little wild.

A young man worries about his mortality

Domestic Violence takes an unusual turn

Complimentary poem to the short story Pride.

Life in the Slow Lane. A couple have different expectations for New Year's Eve.

Has a crime has been committed? What? By whom? And why?

Every woman knows that to be truly fashionable you must wear high heels to a Business Function.

Two people, two cultures, one telephone call

An old lady recollects back to a time when she met up with The People Over the Road

New parents always think their newborn baby is the best in the world. But sometimes they can be wrong.

A virtuoso sadly forgotten

Crime Without Grime

Some people will say nothing happens in this story, but others will recognize a Life Great Lesson. You choose.

There is certainly a crime. But what?

A neighbour who stays on long after death

Entry into Rode My Cast Competition which is now over

A controversial topic that is gaining momentum

The shoppers from hell and Retail therapy takes on a whole new meaning.

A lovesick teenager is a little confused