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The Short Story Show

Episodes

Mother

Adam Szudrich, "Adam's Room." Skye Morrissey, "(untitled)." Alix Born, "The Other Wedding Dress."

Published 04/01/21

Spooked

Jim O'Loughlin, "Taken, or Not." Karly Pinch, "Cameron Bus Story." Melody Ann, "Babysitting Nightmare."

Published 03/25/21

Stuck

Emily Kelsall, "Eagle Bluffs." Eleanor Novia, "[untitled]." Kathrin Lake, "My Spiderman."

Published 03/18/21

Hair

T.J. Mair, "Hair Peace." Katherine Moore, "Breaking Bald." Maia Brundage, "Truth or Hair."

Published 03/11/21

Mystery

Ann Burfeind, "Hamburger with my Mom." Al Tee, "Research." Bill Burnyeat, "Footwear."

Published 03/04/21

Childhood

Reive Doig, "A Life in Transit." Michele Hall, "Gail Remembers 1947." Alix Born, "The Food Bank."

Published 02/25/21

Wheels

Cory Branson, "Tricycle for Change." Shannon May Craig, "Road Bingo." Karen Spears, "Bike Power."

Published 02/18/21

Fairy Tales

Phyllis Graham, "The Hairy Princess." E.E. King, "A Fairy Tale." Leslie Stark, "Aflynn."

Published 02/11/21

Mexico

Kathrin Lake, "Siesta Sex." Mike Funergy, "Terlingua." Zed Payne, "Mexican Arrest."

Published 02/04/21

2020 Contest Winners

The first, second, and third place winners of our recent short story contest, plus the first runner-up. Christopher Taylor, "Kung Fu Magic." Nat Jategaonkar, "Hungry." Stephen B. Pearl, "Elf's Truth.' Dick Cummings, "Channeling My Inner McMurphy at Key West High."

Published 01/28/21

2020 Shortlist

Three runner-up stories from our second short story contest. Stephen B. Pearl, "The Single Life." Bill Burnyeat, "The Reporter." Sherry MacDonald, "Dial Tone."

Published 01/21/21

Annoying

Shlomo McPeake, "Feng Shui or the Highway." Al Tee, "Vampire Bob." Torsten Schoeneberg, "Brenda Craigdarroch Once Gave a Jigsaw Puzzle."

Published 01/14/21

Good Deeds

Katlyn Townson, "Dreaming in Realirty." Tyler Gooden, "Doug the DooDoo Bug." Bill Burnyeat, "Chicago Confidential."

Published 01/07/21

Jerks

Zed Payne, "Straight Man." Leslie Stark, "The Election of Ronald Dump." Dick Cummins, "Rudeness: A Small Man's Imitation of Power."

Published 01/01/21

Favors

Robert Bockstael, "Her Denim Blue Eyes." Sara Marrocco, "Grocery Shop." Tyler Gooden, "A Jacket for the Crisis."

Published 12/24/20

Dogs

Bryant Ross, "Good Dog." Clark Antonich, "Sputnik's New Home." Bill Burnyeat, "Dog Days."

Published 12/17/20

Magic

Brendan Reid, "The Tapestry." Susan Cormier, "(If I Could) Turn Back Time." Christopher Taylor, "Foiling Curses."

Published 12/10/20

Music

Griffin, "Jagged Little Melody." Ilana Labow, "Peace Train." Clark Antonich, "Sing Out Strong."

Published 12/03/20

Mythology

E.E. King, "The Island of Leah." Bill Burnyeat, "The Falling House that Never Falls." J.P. Lorence, "Echo."

Published 11/26/20

Starstruck

Leslie Stark, "Drake Eats Poutine." Erin Meehakopp, "Ryan Reynolds Ruined My Life." Dick Cummins, "I'm Sorry to Say this Mr Yamamoto - But it's Unlikely He'll Be Coming Back."

Published 11/20/20

Married

Sherry MacDonald, "Hot Milk." Marylee Stephenson, "Partner of 51 Years." L.C., "The Death Threat."

Published 11/12/20

Illegal

Robert Bockstael, "Hurry." Dick Cummins, "The Lure of Easy Money." Jim Murray, "Lobsterman." Plus: the opening of our second short story contest.

Published 11/05/20

Bottoms Up

Soo Jeong, "Natasha. " Clark Antonich, "Family in the End." Maia Brundage, "P is for Pants."

Published 10/29/20

Bullied

Erik Traulsen, "My Favorite Kind of Memory." T.J. Mair, "Fap Boy Slim." Jeff Rotin, "Bottom of the Ninth."

Published 10/22/20

Close Call

Christine Venzon, "The Crossing." Mike Funergy, "Grandma's Wisdom." Bryant Ross, "Hottest Day of the Year."

Published 10/15/20