Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories.

In David Szalay's deeply moving short story series, twelve travellers circumnavigate the globe en route to see lovers, children, parents, brothers and sisters, or nobody at all. From London to Madrid, Dakar to Sao Paolo, Seattle to Hong Kong, and beyond, these are stories of lives in turmoil, each in some way touching the next.

In today's story, on a flight back to Hong Kong, a wife is torn between love and lust.

Writer: David Szalay
Reader: Liz Sutherland-Lim
Producer: Justine Willett
Original Music: Kirsten Morrison Show less