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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. 

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Episode 63 - J. Kevin Shushtari: "The Vast Garden of Strangers"

Connecticut author J. Kevin Shushtari is a practicing physician, but when it comes to his fiction, it's not the world of medicine that interests him. ...

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Episode 62 - Francine Witte: Four Flash Stories from JUST OUTSIDE THE TUNNEL OF LOVE

NYC author Francine Witte has had a major impact on the world of flash fiction. As a writer, editor and prompt session leader, she has become an influ...

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Episode 61 - John Delacourt: "Duende"

We open Season 2 with Canadian author John Delacourt. John has a fondness for the arts - especially the creatives who make it all happen. The lives o...

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Episode 60 - Allison Field Bell: "River Mountain Summer"

Author Allison Field Bell grew up in California, and has been a desert-dweller for much of her life. She now resides in the desert state of Utah, wher...

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Episode 59 - Scott Mitchel May: "Naked Cake"

Wisconsin author Scot Mitchel May boasts an unusual job resume. He's been a short order cook in a fast food joint as well as a staff writer for W...

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Episode 58 - Kimberly Elkins: "Boys With Wings"

Author Kimberly Elkins made her way from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia to New York City, where her writing career took flight. She began as a ...

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Episode 57 - Emily Doyle: "Thursdays For Haru"

As the daughter of a mixed-race mother whose own mother had come to the U.S. from Japan, Emily Doyle saw how religion, culture and society confined t...

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Episode 56 - CULTURE IN FICTION: A Conversation with Italian-Canadian Writers

We our continue our series CULTURE IN FICTION with a conversation with Italian-Canadian writers. Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews, Eufemia Fantetti, Lori Seb...

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Episode 55 - Carrie Esposito: "Man of the House"

The stories of New York author Carrie Esposito can be searing in their attention to the frailties found in family relationships - whether they're...

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Episode 54 - Jolene McIlwain: "The Steep Side"

In her story collection Sidle Creek, Pennsylvania native Jolene McIlwain writes about the rural America she grew up in with compassion and tenderness....

Friday, May 12, 2023 Episode 98 - First Anniversary Celebration! John Henry Fleming's "Song for the Deaf"

To commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the podcast, we're honoring our very first guest author, John Henry Fleming, with a reading of his short...

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Episode 53 - Mandira Pattnaik: "Whether an Apocryphal Story?"

Indian author Mandira Pattnaik's writing career began with a surprising discovery: under the mantle of science fiction, she could express her out...

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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