SOOT AND SPIRIT - a short story by Kate Griffiths-Lambeth, read by Silas Hawkins

Arthur labours in a warehouse by day - but after work, he wishes, waits and watches for the magic of birds in flight ... SOOT & SPIRIT by Kate Griffiths-Lambeth, read by Silas Hawkins, is a love-letter to aerial acrobat the swift, set in & above the skies of Ely, Cambridgeshire EXTRACT: "The boxes held things he would never see used: cheap kitchen appliances, packs of novelty socks, quirky mugs, tacky ornaments. They arrived in bulk and left in bulk, like water through a culvert. Arthur moved them with practised efficiency, applying sealing tape with the quick, brutal rip of the dispenser. Eight hours of motion that went nowhere. But then, there was the Above ..." AUTHOR BIO: Kate Griffiths-Lambeth grew up between London, rural Britain & South East Asia. She read Law at Cambridge, built a portfolio career while raising a family, & now, amongst other things, is a Trustee for the 40 Grace Schools, headquartered in Ely. Her mother was a passionate ornithologist & particularly loved Apodidae. ACTOR BIO: Silas is a fine old ham. Favourite voice credits: animation Summerton Mill (CBeebies) & BBC4 documentary Latin Music USA. Recent theatre: Clement Attlee & Vodka with Stalin (Francis Beckett) & Edmund Green’s The Rise & Fall of Margaret Thatcher & Putin-esque villain Doctor Popp in Jazz Cow. #swiftstory #swiftbird #elycathedral #shortstory #shortstoryreading #audiostory #audiobook SOOT & SPIRIT was read at the Liars' League Above & Below event on Tue 16 June 2026 at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London.