Wednesday, June 28, 2023Episode #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, 2023Episode #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, 2023Episode #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, 2023Episode #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, 2023CULTURE 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, 2023Episode #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...
Friday, May 12, 2023First 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, 2023Episode #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...
Wednesday, May 3, 2023Episode #52 - L Mari Harris: "They're So Beautiful When They're Sleeping" and "The Exterminator"
Missouri author L Mari Harris's flash fiction is not for the faint of heart. It is her aim to push readers into uncomfortable places. Nothing is ...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023Episode #49 - Madeline Anthes: Four Flash Fiction Stories
Growing up in rural midwest America gave author Madeline Anthes a way of seeing the world that would reverberate throughout her writing. As a mother o...
Saturday, April 8, 2023CULTURE 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...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023Episode #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 ...