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 #1: 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 ...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023Episode #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 8, 2023Episode #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 1, 2023Episode #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, February 22, 2023Episode #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...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023Episode #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...