Stories from the Hearth is not just about storytelling, it’s also about building community, telling the history of storytelling, and rekindling our collective passion for this most ancient of traditions. This is our MISSION STATEMENT, detailing what we do, why we do it, and where we’re going…
Episodes are currently released every three weeks, with Episode #2 released on Sunday 31st January (31.01.21). You can tune in, follow, like, and subscribe on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and almost any podcast app you use.
Stories from the Hearth – Listen Here!

Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster (Sci-Fi Horror) – Story #16 – Stories from the Hearth
Welcome to Stories from the Hearth, a short-story podcast to help you escape the chaotic energies of the everyday; a podcast in which every episode you will encounter a brand new, original story – be it romantic, historical, or science fiction, fantasy, or speculative horror; where you will encounter stories packed full of adventure, misfortune, peril and triumph, loveable villains, roguish heroes, and all those in-between.
Continue reading “Stories from the Hearth – Listen Here!”PODCAST LAUNCH!
Stories from the Hearth is a brand-new, creator-led, short-stories podcast, launched in January 2021.
Stories from the Hearth is an original short-stories podcast for those who crave a little bit of escapism, from all the chaotic energies of the modern world.
Continue reading “PODCAST LAUNCH!”Poem for Holy Spirits
Under the quiet creaking
of books
– old poets’ grave –
I sit by the fire escape window
in an old rocking chair,
admiring a spread
of beautiful, bloody welts
which run along my legs. Continue reading “Poem for Holy Spirits”
RIP Juan Gabriel, Star of Mexico, Latin Pavarotti
The city sprawls itself haphazardly across storm capped mountains, for as far as the eye can see. The plane hits a wave of misty turbulence as we approach the runway; thunder and the roar of the engines become indistinguishable. I have just landed in Mexico City, and I’ve no idea what lies ahead. Continue reading “RIP Juan Gabriel, Star of Mexico, Latin Pavarotti”
Indiana Bannerman and the Journey to the Lost City
What did you want to be when you were a kid?
I ask because so many of my pals had comic book aspirations, like: become an astronaut, a musician, a crime-fighting-bat-masked-vigilante (some were more original than others). But then there I was, wanting nothing more than to be… an archaeologist. Continue reading “Indiana Bannerman and the Journey to the Lost City”
Book Review: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Activity in the Phoebus’s gun ports promises another round.
If I don’t keep talking, Jacob realises, I shall crack like a dropped dish.
‘I know what you don’t believe in, Doctor: what do you believe?’
‘Oh, Descartes’ methodology, Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas, the efficacy of Jesuits’ bark… so little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to co-exist, than seek to disprove…’
Clouds spill over the mountain ridges.
Continue reading “Book Review: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet”
Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists
Started: Hangzhou, China
Finished: Guilin, China
Hey, Cal!
Aye, whit?
Go an’ name me a few of your most favourite things.
What is this? The Sound of Music?
Just do it, eh?
I guess… military history… Japan… nature… and tattoos. Why?
Because, mi amigo, I have just the book for you… Continue reading “Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists”
Poems // Shi // 詩
Serendipity
Watching a Japanese lady
and her mother
in the eagle’s nest pagoda
of a flower garden;
letting the wind whip their hair
like the sails of a boat,
inhaling deeply, and smiling. Continue reading “Poems // Shi // 詩”
7 Insights Into Japan Guaranteed To Make Your Day Brighter And Your Life More Exciting
Y’know Buzzfeed? (‘Course y’know Buzzfeed). Well its site averages 460 million views a month. Coming in at a close second, this here blog of mine averages a smooth 800 a month. And I think to myself, what is it that needs to happen to push me that extra inch, to tip this blog just a few 459,999,200 viewers over into stardom territory? And then it hit me. Lists. Lists and clickbait titles. Continue reading “7 Insights Into Japan Guaranteed To Make Your Day Brighter And Your Life More Exciting”