Dark Vignettes - Julian Simpson,Toby Litt,Anita Sullivan,Melissa Lee-Houghton

Written by Julian Simpson, Toby Litt, Anita Sullivan, Melissa Lee-Houghton
Read by Nicola Walker, Farshid Rokey, Martina Laird, Tim McInnerny
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Dark Vignettes
part of the 2016 Dangerous Visions season

Four specially-commissioned stories in the Dangerous Visions series.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

Sun 22 May 2016, 19:45
Blackout
by Julian Simpson
“Yesterday was the day when the phones stopped working.”
But the phones are only the start, as London is plunged into an internet and power blackout. A woman starts a diary of the first days as she watches first the infrastructure and then the civilisation of her city begin to collapse.
Reader: Nicola Walker
Director: Julian Simpson

Sun 29 May 2016, 19:45
The Fanglur And The Twoof
by Toby Litt.
With the mysterious Noma as their guide, a family set off with their herd across the desert in search of pools and lakes. But this is no ordinary desert. There is no sand - just human teeth.
Reader: Farshid Rokey

Sun 5 Jun 2016, 19:45
Spine
by Anita Sullivan
Set in the not-too-distant future. A mother and son must run the gauntlet of high-tech security, and severe travel-restrictions, to leave their homeland in search of a better life.
Reader: Martina Laird

Sun 12 Jun 2016, 19:45
Inertia
by Melissa Lee-Houghton
Somewhere in a near-future Britain, Mr McManus wakes up in hospital and discovers that the healthcare provision he’s been paying for is not at all as expected.
Reader: Tim McInnerny

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