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SEASON 3 - Up next: Stories of Thanksgiving

The SHORT STORY TODAY podcast features the best of today's emerging short story writers. Each episode contains a professional audiobook performance of a story and an author interview. 

Thursday, February 3, 2022 Episode #5 - Dorothy Parker

In her short story "Such a Pretty Little Picture," the inimitable Dorothy Parker reveals the cracks that are beginning to show in one man's American D...

Thursday, January 27, 2022 Episode #4 - A PRESERVATION EPISODE: Virginia Roderick - Iowa Author

In this episode, the first in a series entitled THE PRESERVATION EPISODES,  a "lost" short story is resurrected, and listeners will discover...

Friday, January 21, 2022 Episode #3 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper (Part 2)

This week's short story is a classic: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It will be presented in two parts.  The concl...

Thursday, January 20, 2022 Episode #2 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper (Part I)

This week's short story is a classic: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It will be presented in two parts.  The concl...

Thursday, January 13, 2022 Episode #1 - Katherine Mansfield

The first episode of "Short Story Today" features a story by the New Zealand author, Katherine Mansfield, entitled "The Young Girl&quot...

About The Show

A weekly podcast hosted by Jon DiSavino. It celebrates the enduring and compact literary form known as - you guessed it - the short story. But more importantly, it gives listeners an opportunity to hear the work of some of the best emerging writers of today. Each episode begins with an interview with the week's guest author, and ends with a professional audiobook production of a story by that author.

Jon DiSavino is an actor, stage director and voice artist. In the last few years he has begun producing and narrating audiobooks. His most recent release is a holiday book for young audiences: The Toe Mittens Christmas by Ross D. Clay. You can listen to a sample on the Audible.com website: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Toe-Mittens-Christmas-Audiobook/B0BRQZKLYT
 
For more information, please visit his website: https://www.jondisavino.com

Music used on the podcast is by C. S. Fuqua : https://csfuqua.bandcamp.com/ and Matt Hawkins: https://matthawkinssingingsomesongs.bandcamp.com/

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