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Homeless Bodies and Other Stories

By: Laura Purcell, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Andrew Michael Hurley, Haroun Khan, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Moss
Narrated by: Annie Aldington, Imogen Church, Patience Tomlinson, Weruche Opia, Sarah Moss, Nikesh Patel
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Homeless Bodies and Other Stories is an original fiction podcast featuring audio-exclusive short stories from award-winning authors and Sunday Times best-sellers, inspired by objects & artefacts from Wellcome Collection's permanent exhibition, 'Medicine Man', in London.

Exploring themes of otherness, humanity, history, society and belief, Homeless Bodies and Other Stories brings together a gripping collection of tales that are unsettlingly eerie and provokingly current. Objects that inspired Audible's collection of stories include: a trepanned skull, drilled with holes to release trapped spirits; an iron scold's bridle, used to punish 'gossiping' women; a 19th Century fragment of tattooed skin; a phrenology skull and an 18th Century wax vanitas head.

With six original, audio-exclusive stories, the collection includes brand new writing from: Imogen Hermes Gowar, Andrew Michael Hurley, Laura Purcell,Sarah Moss, Oyinkan Braithwaite and Haroun Khan.

Homeless Bodies and Other Stories sees these six authors probe the dark and twisted corners of humanity in an attempt to better understand ourselves and our place in the world with stories crafted specifically for the spoken-word. Before their stories, listeners will hear each of the authors in conversation with Wellcome's curators as they find out more about their chosen object's history.

With original musical composition and stirring sound design by Hana Walker-Brown.

This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

©2019 Laura Purcell, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Andrew Michael Hurley, Haroun Khan, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Moss (P)2019 Audible, Ltd. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Historical Fiction
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  • Ep. 1: Brothers and Sisters

    Ep. 1: Brothers and Sisters
    Oct 31 2019

    Time moves slowly for Janey, a young woman locked in by her gender and her time in history, so when her brother brings a fine gentleman home from university she falls in love quickly. Tom Pascoe interrogates their middle class pretentions and opens Janey’s eyes to the beauty of art and simplicity. But she slowly learns his approval comes at a cost, a very real and painful one.

    Hermes Gowar, author of the Sunday Times best seller, The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, chose the chastity belt.
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    58 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Scold's Bridle

    Ep. 2: Scold's Bridle
    Oct 31 2019

    Victor’s wife moved through their community like a hurricane, while the other wives watched on resentful of her freedom and vitality. But when Victor decides enough is enough, and holds down her tongue and her spirit beneath a hideous mask, they start to miss her. As she disappears in body and mind, and her husband refuses to accept his grave mistake, the women of the village come together to celebrate all that she represented.

    Booker long-listed author of My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite, chose the scold’s bridle.
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    41 mins
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  • Ep. 3: The Master and the Student

    Ep. 3: The Master and the Student
    Oct 31 2019

    A young man moves through the streets of London, reflecting on the Empire and its subjects. He remembers the devotion he felt to the refined English man who trained him in the innate difference between people like him and people like them. But as he recalls the depths of his master’s needs, and the cost to his own life, he reconsiders what he was taught about morality, fate, and the gifts of birth.

    Khan, acclaimed author of The Study Circle, chose the phrenological skull.
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    54 mins
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I really liked some of the stories, the scolds bridle was one of my favorite ones, along with the story by Laura Purcell. Purcell never disappoints. Sarah Moss's story was not good at all and read like a textbook, she should stick to fantasy. Also I couldn't even finish listening to Kahn's story. I love the historical aspects at the start of each story telling about a historical object they based the story around. However, I do always think there is different prospectives to history and the accounts of the objects are 1 sided. As a woman I appreciate the amount of women authors, and the information on the torture and shame women suffered in the past. Overall, these are good stories mixed in with a few I didn't like.

Some are good, some not so GOOD

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Great series, listened to all 6 episodes in near succession as could not stop! Favorites were the Purcell and Braithwaite tales, but all were very good.

Runs a nice gamut of creepy

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Laura Purcell is one of my favorite authors. Thrilled to hear her story and discover some new authors to binge read, Might make a Vanitas of my own.

Wonderfully Dark

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These were so well written and very enjoyable if you love gothic literature, and yes these are literature. I wish there were more episodes or that I could find similar stories. My favorite episode is the scolds bridal.

Favorite short stories on audible!

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