Tall And True Short Reads
A Storytelling Podcast
Tall And True Short Reads is a storytelling podcast with short stories and posts written and narrated by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website. Stream episodes from the podcast website or follow and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and all popular podcasting apps.
Latest Episode
My plan for Season Six of Tall And True Short Reads and beyond is to continue writing and releasing instalments of The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts from Season Five. But I'll also be narrating a backlog of my other writing, including the short stories and blog posts I've shared on Tall And True during 2025 and 2026. And I'm starting Season Six with a two-episode short story, One Day in the Life of Alex's AI.
Recent Episodes
Bernie sat by himself on the far side of the emergency department waiting room. Elsie and Rita were sitting together, near the doors to the operating theatres. Elsie was sobbing, and Bernie wanted to console her, but he couldn't face Rita's wrath again. "It's all your fault, Bernie!" she'd shouted at him.
Read More: The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Two: A Fast Car — Part Three
Leo sat in sullen silence in the front passenger seat, staring out the windscreen, as Bernie's car strained, towing his secondhand car on a hired trailer up the hills to the abandoned quarry. Bernie had known Leo since the boy was eight and had taught him the things a father would normally teach a son.
Read More: The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Two: A Fast Car — Part Two
Elsie thought it unlikely Leo would tell her the truth about the unregistered secondhand car he'd asked family friend Bernie to tow to the abandoned quarry. But she still pressed her sixteen-year-old great-nephew about it over breakfast at the kitchen table. "Are you planning to drive it around the quarry, dear?" "Nah, I wouldn't do that, Aunty."
Read More: The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Two: A Fast Car — Part One
About the Podcast
Tall And True Short Reads is a storytelling podcast with short stories and posts and written and narrated by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website. Each episode includes insight into when, why, and how Robert wrote the story or post.
The podcast is recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the lands of the traditional owners and storytellers, the Gadigal people.
About Robert Fairhead
Robert writes and narrates the episodes for Tall And True Short Reads. He shares his writing on the Tall And True writers' website and blogs on his eponymous website, RobertFairhead.com.
Robert has also published several collections of short stories. You can follow Robert on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, and Mastodon social media.
