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Selected correspondence from the letters desk, reproduced with fictional permission. The desk answers in tide order; Iris answers the seasonal twelve.
Dear Nightjar, my grandfather claimed he could hear your signals from his fishing boat in 1954. He also claimed the sea was soup. We miss him. Keep broadcasting. — Alice, Pelynt
1954, allegedly read on air, twice
Is the kettle real? Everything else I have accepted as fiction but the kettle feels load-bearing. — Tom
the kettle question answer: yes, structurally
I have listened to Wire & Wool every Saturday for two years. My cat now sits facing the radio at 7:20. I did not train this. — Priya
audience reports unverified, believed
Please settle an argument: is the stair F sharp or F? My spouse says F. My spouse is wrong. — G. Halloran
the stair dispute F sharp; the archive has the recording
I heard Dawn Watch on shortwave off the Azores in June. The trawler letter was framed before I was born. Consider this its sibling. — Ines
skip reports framed adjacent
Letter 209 made my postman cry. He has not heard the rest of the series. Do not tell him. — Anonymous
collateral effects contained
I submitted a script to First Nights in March. It was read cold in April. It was terrible. It was the best night of my life. — R. Okafor
graduation watch pending, hopeful
You say six relays but I count five on the map page. Is this canon? — the map club
continuity audit canon: six, one is shy
Write to the desk
The switchboard takes calls between the pips. Letters go to PO Box 1948. Everything below is a demonstration.