Wednesday, November 8, 2023Episode #70 - Melissa Ostrom: "Super-Absorbent Stella," "The Postscript," and "Measurements"
Before Western New York author Melissa Ostrom fell in love with reading and long before she began writing stories, all she wanted to do was play. And...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023Episode #69 - Julee Newberger: "Along the Sound"
Virginia author Julee Newberger's life was upended when she learned, at the age of forty, that she'd been adopted - information she received only afte...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023Episode #68 - Stephen Cicirelli: "Quitting"
New Jersey author Stephen Cicirelli has a penchant for philosophy - and it shows up in his stories in surprising ways. But there's nothing academic ab...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023Episode #67 - Grant Faulkner: "The Passenger" and "Cold Hard Cash"
California author Grant Faulkner was born and raised in Oskaloosa, Iowa - an experience that helped shape his sensibilities as a writer of stories of ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023Episode #66 - Erica Plouffe Lazure: "The Shit Branch"
New Hampshire author Erica Plouffe Lazure was born and raised in Massachusetts, but she has a particular fondness for the South - and for story-tellin...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023Episode #65 - Eleonora Balsano: "The Best Vintages Have a Distinctive Character" and "The Movie Star's Daughter Has an Itchy Back"
Italian author Eleonora Balsano (who now resides in Brussels) can speak and write in multiple languages - but she feels most at home writing in Englis...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023Episode #64 - Catherine McNamara: "The Bamboo Furnace"
Australian author Catherine McNamara has made the Veneto region in Italy her chosen home. But to get there, she first had to explore Paris, West Afric...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023Episode #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, 2023Episode #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, 2023Episode #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, 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...
