In this short story, two city-dwellers move to a remote house in the countryside and are unsettled by their experiences in their new home.

Written, produced and read by Tabitha Potts

Tabitha Potts is a writer living in East London. She has had several short stories published in print and online and been short-listed and long-listed for various awards, most recently the Sunderland University Short Story Award. In a past life, she was a BBC Radio Drama producer. Read more at http://www.tabithapotts.com [http://www.tabithapotts.com/] 

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Call Bird by Tabitha Potts

A monthly podcast dedicated to celebrating the literary short story and all things bookish. Bite-size short fiction for writers and readers everywhere. Listen to a short story or interview on the 1st of each month at 12:00am.

Hosted by Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan open to established, new and emerging writers in the English language. Always free to submit.

We are a small organisation run by volunteer writers and producers (Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan) hoping to benefit the writing community.

Our eventual aim is to be self-funding and to pay our writers and actors for each short story we produce. Visit our Patreon [https://patreon.com/storyradio] if you would like to support our work and access exclusive content.

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About us

Tabitha Potts is a writer living in East London. She has had several short stories published in print and online and short-listed for various awards, most recently the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize [https://alpinefellowship.com/writing-prize]. In a previous life, she was a BBC Radio Drama producer.

Read more at http://www.tabithapotts.com [http://www.tabithapotts.com/].

Martin Nathan has worked as a labourer, showman, pancake chef, fire technician, and a railway engineer. His short fiction has been published by Tangent Press, HCE and Grist and his poetry has appeared in Finished Creatures, Erbacce and Aesthetica. His novel – A Place of Safety is published by Salt Publishing.

Website: http://www.martinnathan.co.uk [https://www.martinnathan.co.uk/]