As part of the 2009 Manchester Literature Festival, we’ve produced our first set of Rainy City Stories podcasts. Please click on each of the five links below to download or stream the individual stories, as told by their authors:

Rats and Mice
By Mike Duff
Location: Victoria Station

Portraits of Insane Women
By David Gaffney
Location: Manchester Art Gallery

Chinatown
By Socrates Adams-Florou
Location: Chinatown

Big Shout to Malmy Hatchman
By Anne Hill Fernie
Location: Manchester Town Hall

a house of cards
By anyonita green
Location: Deansgate, near Croma

You can also listen to all five stories in one bumper Rainy City Stories podcast (35mb). The interlude music is Before You Left, by Manchester’s own At Swim Two Birds. This podcast will soon be available for free in the iTunes Store.

Here’s a map of the story locations: