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Notes from an Imaginary Place

Short fantasy and science fiction stories that take you out of your ordinary for a few minutes.

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  1. 16

    Restaurant

    To order at the restaurant under the sign of twin ibises, you need to write a menu no one can read. 

  2. 15

    Hieronymous Bosch Special!

    Ice-skating, strange creatures, a long-suffering saint, and a 16-century painter.

  3. 14

    Nursery

    You grew up in a capsule like these--playing, learning. Now all these years later, you've come back. 

  4. 13

    Xystus

    A poem. A glass box. A voice coach. A heist. 

  5. 12

    Greenhouses

    Up in the branches of mile-high trees, a cartographer maps the routes between greenhouses.

  6. 11

    Catacombs

    In a place where the dead are never really gone, a hairdresser carries out his complicated profession on the deceased.

  7. 10

    Kilns

    The old kilns are being converted into cozy living spaces. The only problem is that they're haunted, and not by ordinary ghosts.

  8. 9

    Embassy

    An ecologist spends a summer in the dark and silent embassy as the honorary spy for the season. 

  9. 8

    Office

    An looking office in the downtown of a big city--everything seems ordinary enough from the outside, although you might wonder what's up with all those wires running to its roof. And if you could see inside, you might wonder even more. 

  10. 7

    Folly

    An accountant begins to frequent a secret, but maybe not-so-secret, place.

  11. 6

    Underpass

    Some years after an apocalypse has come and gone, a receptionist walks through a desert full of abandoned roads and becomes very aware of all the times that are not now and all the places that are not here. 

  12. 5

    Depot

    In this episode, we travel to a depot on the edge of a continent and follow the journey of an X-ray technician, for whom it's the edge of much more.

  13. 4

    Library

    About  visiting the library in the woods and finding something to read. Also about diagrams, birds on quests, and a strange fish. 

  14. 3

    Archive

    This episode, we go to an archive, complete with various birds, diaries, and instructions for saddling your sea creature. The second story in a set that'll include one fantastical place for every letter in the alphabet.If you're interested, you can also receive these stories via an email newsletter which you can subscribe to here. 

  15. 2

    Bungalow

    A firefighter finds a new home in a new community. Along the way, there are fur-covered houses and six-legged whales.This is the first story in a set that'll include one fantastical place for every letter in the alphabet.If you're interested, you can also receive these stories via an email newsletter which you can subscribe to here.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Short fantasy and science fiction stories that take you out of your ordinary for a few minutes.

HOSTED BY

Rudi Dornemann

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Short fantasy and science fiction stories that take you out of your ordinary for a few minutes.

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Notes from an Imaginary Place is created and hosted by Rudi Dornemann.
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