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A Collection Of Bones

Short stories by Elspeth Davie
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Elspeth Davie: A Collection of Bones
BBC Radio 4


Five quietly unsettling short stories this week by Elspeth Davie , who has been described as one of Scotland's finest and most underrated writers. In FLAC (lossless) audio and Mp3.


2002-01-14 Allergy
Caledonian creepiness, as Scottish writer Elspeth Davie spins a strange yarn of ovulatory revenge. Read by Edith Macarthur.


2002-01-15 The Swans
Staff in a paint shop start seeing mortality in a row of houses. It has a melancholic effect on sales. Read by Edith MacArthur.


2002-01-16 A Field in Space
An affecting story of 'the fields of the sky', and one expert whose speciality stuns a whole meeting. Read by Crawford Logan.


2002-01-17 A Collection of Bones
A troubling tale of a man with an obsessive hobby, and what happens when it suddenly comes to an end. Read by Crawford Logan.


2002-01-18 The Eyelash
A humorous diversion into an evening meal, ruined by a small matter which prompts a big discussion. Read by Edith MacArthur.

  1. 2002-01-14 Allergy (14.2Mb)
  2. 2002-01-15 The Swans (14.6Mb)
  3. 2002-01-16 A Field in Space (15.2Mb)
  4. 2002-01-17 Collection of Bones (15.9Mb)
  5. 2002-01-18 The Eyelash (14.5Mb)

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