Episode 09: Short Stories We Love

A drawing of an old reading promotional poster with a man and boy reading books on a camping trip with the tagline "Take along a BOOK"

The first in an occasional series focusing on short stories we found in various journals, and interviews with those authors. Short stories don't get much love outside of The New Yorker or MFA workshops, but they should. Many of them are incredible. Try one today!



Our guests include writers Billy Irving, Kelly Magee, and Kit McGuire

Little Arlo” by Billy Irving is in XRAY Literary Magazine

Caring for your Local Woman” by Kelly Magee is in Waxwing Literary Journal

Pink in the Morning” by Kit McGuire is in Olit

Works Cited this episode:

Alyoshenka legend
Nine Stories, J.D. Salinger
“The Sound of Thunder,” Ray Bradbury
“The Lady or the Tiger,” Frank R. Stockton
There is no Antimemetics Division, qntm
“The Neighborhood,” Kelly Magee
“There Must be Good Honest Sins,” Kit McGuire

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