BBC Radio 4 has just broadcast Zoran Zivkovic’s …

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BBC Radio 4 has just broadcast Zoran Zivkovic‘s The Train. Which was first published in INTERZONE in 2000. Zoran Zivkovic is a World Fantasy Award winning author. This was the fourth in a series of five short stories on BBC Radio 4‘s Afternoon Reading collected under the heading “Opening Lines” which is billed as “A showcase of cutting-edge, contemporary writing”. It is archived for a limited time, likely just a 24 hours HERE.

The Train
By Zoran Zivkovic; Read by Roger Hallum
ONLINE AUDIO – 14 Minutes – [UNABRIDGED]
Broadcast: September 29th 2005
Bropadcaster: BBC Radio 4
A bank manager is travelling to an important meeting where he will announce whether or not his bank will grant a substantial loan to a new company. He’s mulling over the risks involved when he meets God, who reveals that he will provide the answer to a single question. The man can’t believe his good luck and asks God to solve his bank loan dilemma.

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SFFaudio salutes this year’s World Fantasy Award W…

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SFFAudio salutes this year’s World Fantasy Award Winners. Congratulations!

Life Achievement

Lloyd Alexander

Donald M. Grant

Novel

The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce

Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip

Novella

“The Library” by Zoran Zivkovic

Short Story

“Creation” by Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 5/02)

Anthology

The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Editors

Leviathan 3, Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre, Editors

Collection

The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories by Jeffrey Ford

Artist

Tom Kidd

Special Award: Professional

Gordon Van Gelder for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

The World Fantasy Awards were presented Sunday afternoon, November 2, at the conclusion of the World Fantasy Convention at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. They are given each year.

On audio, Jeffrey Ford’s “Creation” can be found in The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine 2002 which can be found over on Audible.com.

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