NOCTRANS Ep 125 - Egg

NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS : dark tales, both old and new, performed by voice artist Kristin Holland

Kristin Holland

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🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A haunting tale of ornithological horror from the extraordinary Priya Sharma.

This tale comes from her debut collection 'All The Fabulous Beasts'

(We recommend you check it out gentle listener.)

Nocturnal Transmissions is proud to present Priya Sharma's

'Egg'.

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0:00.0	Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to nocturnal transmissions, the fortnightly podcast that brings you dark tales both old and new,
0:24.5	performed by your humble narrator, Kristen Holland.
0:30.1	This episode, we are very excited to be introducing you to a writer
0:37.0	who we were introduced to by our esteemed cohort,
0:42.3	Adam, who was kind enough to gift a copy of her magnificent horror collection,
0:50.3	all the fabulous beasts, to our humble narrator late last year,
0:57.2	the writer in question is the simply marvellous Priya Sharma.
1:05.1	Ms. Sharma is a UK-based writer and doctor, no less, whose dark fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies.
1:15.6	Her debut short-story collection, All the Fabulous Beasts,
1:22.6	collects 16 stunning and monstrous tales of love, rebirth, nature and sexuality.
1:32.0	It is, to quote, the dust jacket, which puts it so well,
1:36.8	a heady mix of myth and ontology, horror and the modern macabre.
1:45.0	We thoroughly enjoyed this book, gentle listener, and simply couldn't, well, recommend it to you more highly.
1:59.0	Thank you again, Adam, for bringing Miss Sharma to our notice.
2:07.2	And now to our story.
2:11.2	A tale that speaks directly and disturbingly to new mothers and ornithologists alike.
2:22.3	Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present
2:29.3	Priya Sharma's Egg
2:35.0	I consider my egg.
2:50.0	Its speckled pattern, its curves, strange weighting and remarkable calcium
2:59.6	formation, that's both delicate and robust. It hurts, but I'm determined.
3:11.1	The old hag promised.
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