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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 7, 2022 Episode 18 - Ahsan Butt: "Window"

Toronto-born author Ahsan Butt talks about growing up in a Punjabi community in Canada before venturing south to the U.S. He writes movingly about wha...

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Episode 17 - Erik Pardos Olsen: "Straight People"

Danish-born, London-based author Erik Pardos Olsen writes short stories about life in East London. His on-line collection "Queer as in Weird&quot...

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Episode 16 - Marcela Fuentes: "The Observable World"

Texas author Marcela Fuentes won a 2022 Pushcart Prize for her short story "The Observable World," published in Ploughshares in their Summer 2021 issu...

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Episode 15 - A. Rafael Johnson: "Morrison's Note"

Minnesota author A. Rafael Johnson tells us how this week's story began life as a birthday gift to a friend in his college creative writing progr...

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Episode 14 - Jules Chung: "Posting From a Secret Post-Op Bedside"

New Jersey author Jules Chung shares a glimpse into her experience of visiting relatives as a teenager in Seoul, South Korea in her reading of her poe...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Episode 13 - Claire Taylor: "Leap Year Mother"

Maryland author Claire Taylor tells us about her personal journey, where she first earned a psychology degree and then became a licensed massage thera...

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Episode 12 - Francesca Leader: "The Flaw" and "Waves"

Virginia author Francesca Leader reveals some of the methodology behind her award-winning translation of the Japanese Iroha poem. She tells us how, wh...

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Episode 11 - Amie Souza Reilly: "But when we reach the season's end, sunflowers become a food source for all the wild birds"

Connecticut author Amie Souza Reilly shares how her childhood experiences while spending summers at her grandparents' home on Lake Champlain  ins...

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Episode 10 - Andrew Bertaina: Dream Mother

Washington, DC author Andrew Bertaina offers a probing and insightful look into his creative process as he describes how he begins working on stories ...

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Episode 9 - Kasie Whitener: Two Trunks

South Carolina author Kasie Whitener talks with us about her experiences teaching entrepreneurship, hosting a SC radio show about writing and writers,...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Episode 8 - Arlaina Tibensky: "Masks"

With her quick wit and vaudeville timing, Arlaina Tibensky brings a breezy humor to the episode this week. She tells us about the joys of being a moth...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Episode 7 - James R. West: "Cadillac"

Author James R. West has deep roots in the great state of Utah. He gives us a candid account of his early years of life in a Mormon family, and his tr...

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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