Imaginary Advice is a collection of audio-fiction experiments. Each month Ross Sutherland presents a brand-new piece of writing, created specifically for the podcast. Some episodes are short-stories, some are monologues, some are essays on storytelling, some are unholy combinations of all three. Listen through iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify or wherever else you find podcasts.

New Listener? Each episode is standalone, so you can listen to the series in any order. If you’re looking for a good starting point, maybe try Six House Parties, a story of revenge told through the medium of fancy dress; Exorcist Dave Stewart, where hauntings are revealed to be demonic art installations; S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D., where Ross teaches an AI to do stand-up comedy; or Re: The Moon, an episode about our ability to compare the moon to just about anything.

Here’s a Spotify Playlist, featuring some of the music that appears on the programme. Also the Youtube Channel features extracts from the podcast and other bonuses.

Imaginary Advice is funded entirely through listener support. There are no adverts on the podcast, which means the entire show is funded through Patreon.

Patreon supporters who donate $5 a month get access to IMAGINARY REPRISE: a bonus podcast series, in which Ross talks with a guest artist about the making of the show. $15 supporters receive a new essay-film every year. $25 supporters get to commission an original poem.

Written, presented and produced by Ross Sutherland. Ross was born in Edinburgh in 1979. He writes for film, radio and stage. In addition to Imaginary Advice, Ross has written and produced several other audio series, including a 10-part series on boxer-poet Arthur Cravan (2019, BBC Radio 3), and the puzzle-fiction series The Golden House (2020, independent).

His recent film work includes Wash Club (short), Missing Episode (30min special for BBC2) and the documentary Stand-By for Tape Back-Up. Stand-By for Tape Back Up was awarded the Grand Jury prize for Experimental Film at BAFICI in Argentina, and the Runner-Up Audience Prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin TX.

His theatre writing includes The Exorcism (2018) and Party Trap: a Palindromic Tragedy (2017). You can watch The Exorcism in VR at LIVR.com. Ross also has four collections of poetry published by London press Penned in the Margins. You can read his poetry online at the Poetry Archive.

For more information, contact Ross here