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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, February 1, 2023 Episode 39 - Evan Morgan Williams: "A House Call"

Portland, Oregon author Evan Morgan Williams gives a mini-master class on writing noir literary fiction. It's the genre he's chosen for his ...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Episode 40 - Pamela Painter: "Deck"

Author Pamela Painter is one of the most respected writers and educators in the world of short fiction. Her workbook "What If? Writing Exercises ...

Sunday, February 12, 2023 Episode 96: A Valentine's Day Micro Fiction Sampler

We're celebrating Valentine's Day with a micro fiction sampler of love stories. They're not your grandma's love stories, however. These are of the lit...

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Episode 41 - Emily Mirengoff: "It Could Be Worse Than California"

Washington, DC area author Emily Mirengoff loves the unreliable narrator.  Her stories with first person narratives feature the kinds of interior mono...

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Episode 42 - Stanley Stocker: "The List"

Washington, DC area author Stanley Stocker knew he wanted to be a lawyer from the age of ten. What he discovered as an adult was a love for writing fi...

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Episode 43 - Maureen Aitken: "Tainted," "Bigfoot" and "Roby Burns"

Minneapolis author Maureen Aitken has written a love letter to her home town of Detroit with the evocative and heart-warming stories in her collection...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 Episode 44 - Justin Bryant: "On These Seas, Colors Wash to Gray"

In his stories, North Carolina author Justin Bryant is compelled to write about the things that fill him with fear. From forces of nature that wrest c...

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Episode 45 - Tanya Žilinskas: "Sillage"

California author Tanya Žilinskas has made her home of Marin County the backdrop for many of her stories. She is acutely aware that the perception of ...

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Episode 46 - Kyle Seibel: "Master Guns"

California author Kyle Seibel joined the Navy and got to see the world. The impression it made would inform his writing with wisdom and wonder. In the...

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Episode 47 - Marianne Villanueva: "Residents of the Deep"

California author Marianne Villanueva has no fear when it comes to writing fiction. She writes in an astonishing variety of genres, styles, tones and ...

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Episode 48 - Danny DeRock: "Artifacts"

Author Danny DeRock was born and raised in the U.S. Midwest, and now lives in the Netherlands. He has a PhD in political science from the University o...

Saturday, April 8, 2023 Episode 97 - CULTURE IN FICTION: A Conversation With Jewish Writers

We begin our new Culture In Fiction series with an episode featuring five accomplished Jewish writers who discuss how their faith and cultural heritag...

About The Show

A biweekly 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. Episodes contain an author interview followed by a reading of a story by that author.

Jon DiSavino is an actor, stage director and voice artist. He's been producing and narrating audiobooks since 2019. His most recent is Abduction: Another Max Dent MD Adventure by Mark R. Belsky, set for publication in 2025.

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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