The Lonely Voice

Author: 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).
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#50: 'First Confession' by Frank O'Connor
Episode 1
Tuesday, 1 April, 2025

'With the fear of damnation in my soul I went in, and the confessional door closed of itself behind me. It was pitch-dark and I couldn't see priest or anything else. Then I really began to be frightened'. Music: Cirque Plume, 'Mais l'ange', 'L'épouvantail', 'Le recalitron', & 'Diogenio'; extract from Igor Stravinsky, Petrushka (arranged and performed by Ryan Corbett and Djordje Gajic) Sound FX: from freesound.org