We love short stories. Join authors Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) and Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival of Opal & Nev) for author interviews, book club discussions, and immersive short stories. We celebrate storytelling from some of today's most thrilling writers, with an emphasis on spotlighting underrepresented voices. (Photo credits: Vanessa German / Rayon Richards) Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://ursastory.com/join
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Listen to short fiction and true memoirs. Our mission is to publish exceptional talent, both new and established, from our region and across the country. Streetlight Magazine is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)
Adamant Press
Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, f ...
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Enter a strange, horrifying world where things are confusing and scary. Where trying to understand the mystery will leave you with fear. You are listening to Chillingly Bizarre. Horror short stories with a strange twist. All written, narrated, voiced and produced by Jeydie W. Check out www.chillinglybizarre.com for more. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chillingly-bizarre/support
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A Creative Mind Fiction Podcast, Short Stories & Flash Fiction Audio Books by Carrie Zylka.
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Providing you on demand audio entertainment with the push of a button! Complimentary short stories written by Carrie Zylka.
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An eclectic collection of short science fiction stories. Each day we'll release a new story for your listening pleasure.All Librivox Recordings are in the public domain.
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This podcast includes : characteristics of Gothic elements, Three know authors of short stories, and an sample piece from one of the short stories authors.
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Morning Short brings you one amazing short story every morning, chosen with care by our curators then recorded by our soothing professional narrators. Your Daily Dose Of Fiction.
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I often have people send me small bits of flash fiction, short stories and poetry. So I’ve decided to create a new project in which I occasionally take the most interesting work that I’m sent, and bring my own interpretations to these pieces Each production will be around 1-2 minutes in length and will feature one different voice-performer each time. The audio will be mixed with a suitable musical track, and an abstract video will be created in which the spoken text will be overlaid over the ...
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Welcome to a world of short tales played out through drama and fiction. The first dramatic tale, 'Abel Cain', unfolds with a story of despair on the high seas. Thanks for listening.
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Are you a story lover, but find it difficult to sit down in one place to read what you love? Perhaps, due to your busy schedule! Don't worry, AFO has made everything easier in a way that you can listen to stories at anywhere and anytime, while keep your schedule going. AFO's Short stories are humorous, entertaining, inspiring, Intriguing, educative and informative. The more you listen to AFO's Short Stories, the more you want to keep listening. So, follow and keep the notification button on ...
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Onyx Publications presents the Story Discovery Podcast, offering free, narrated short stories, poetry, and flash fiction that appear in Etched Onyx Magazine. More information about the podcast, the magazine, and Onyx Publications can be found at www.onyxpublications.com. Settle in, and enjoy the show.
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"Sleeping Beauty and the Restless Realm" by Lincoln Michel + "The Godhood of Ima Day" by Cressida Blake Roe +" What We Plan To Do To You" by Adam-Troy Castro
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This episode features "Sleeping Beauty and the Restless Realm" by Lincoln Michel (©2024 by Lincoln Michel) read by Mirron Willis, "The Godhood of Ima Day" by Cressida Blake Roe (©2024 by Cressida Blake Roe) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and " What We Plan To Do To You" by Adam-Troy Castro (©2024 by Adam-Troy Castro) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more…
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An Ursa Member Bonus! In a new recurring feature we call First Chapters, Dawnie and Deesha dig into the memorable opening chapter of Dawnie’s debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev. Dawnie talks about her journey to becoming a writer, as well as the process of this story coming to fruition. To listen to the full episode, become an Ursa Member…
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Deesha and Dawnie introduce an Ursa original production of “Snow Bath Season,” a short story written by Stacie Denetsosie, and performed by Nasheen Sleuth. This story is about Diana, a young Navajo woman whose late mother is communicating with her via an Amazon Alexa device. Denetsosie juxtaposes modern technology with Navajo tradition in compellin…
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"Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri + "Ol' Big Head" by Melissa A. Watkins
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This episodes features "Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri (©2024 by Tamara Masri) read by the author, and "Ol' Big Head" by Melissa A. Watkins (©2024 by Melissa A. Watkins) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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[Free Teaser] Member Exclusive: Ask the Agents! PJ Mark and Danielle Chiotti on Getting Published
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Deesha and Dawnie sit down with their own agents, Danielle Chiotti and PJ Mark, to chat about the publishing industry. What does it mean to be a white agent representing authors of color? What are the gold standards for blurbing? Where are the best places to find an agent and what are some common red flags with scammy “agents”? They discuss the sig…
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Deesha and Dawnie chat with Rion Amilcar Scott, sharing stories, craft advice, 90’s hip-hop references, and how experience as parents, as teachers, and as lovers of music can inform the writing process. They discuss their reactions to elements of their work playing out in real life, and call for not forgetting the joys and humor of the Black experi…
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This episode features "Ancestor Code Error" by Ai Jiang (©2024 by Ai Jiang), and "The Ones Who Come At Last" by P.H. Lee (©2024 by P.H. Lee), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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"The Last Word" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe + "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 2)" by Ashok K. Banker
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This episode features "The Last Word" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (©2024 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe) read by Justine Eyre, and "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 2)" by Ashok K. Banker (©2024 by Ashok K. Banker) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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In this special Member Exclusive episode, Deesha and Dawnie kick off a recurring feature we call Iconic Stories — starting with James Baldwin’s ‘Sonny’s Blues,’ first published in 1957 in the Partisan Review. They discuss the prevalent themes of family and brotherhood, loss, drug addiction, and music, as well as the broader social and political con…
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Deesha and Dawnie introduce an Ursa original audio production of “Telling Stories” by T.E. Wilderson, published in The Account magazine in 2021, and narrated by Jordan Cobb. Eighth grader, P’Mona, is sarcastic, witty, and a pathological liar. Taking place over the course of a day, the story follows P’Mona attempting to simultaneously navigate the w…
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"The Oracular Manifestation of Human Consciousness..." by Aimee Ogden + "We Will Bring Siege..." by Hammond Diehl
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This episode features "The Oracular Manifestation of Human Consciousness Offers Three Provocative Verbs, Separated by Commas" by Aimee Ogden (©2024 by Aimee Ogden) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "We Will Bring Siege to the Bastion of Sin that Cries Out in Your Prayer" by Hammond Diehl (© 2024 by Hammond Diehl) read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about y…
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Holden and his crew visit Earth on a research mission only to discover that time and space are not what they seem. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chillingly-bizarre/support
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"Babywings" by Isabel Cañas + "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 1)" Ashok K. Banker
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This episode features "Babywings" by Isabel Cañas (©2024 by Isabel Caña), read by Justine Eyre, and "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 1)" Ashok K. Banker (©2024 by Ashok K. Banker), read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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S.A. Cosby on the Art of the Thriller
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In the spirit of Halloween, Deesha and Dawnie dig into thrillers, mysteries, and suspense with acclaimed crime fiction writer S.A. Cosby, author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, and the forthcoming novel, King of Ashes. Cosby talks about his early inspirations in the horror and suspense genres, and he explai…
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Philip Gelatt and JT Petty | Sully the God
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An excerpt from the unfinished memoirs of Sullivan Kingsley. Text was dictated to and recorded by a Kvasir ScrivenerTM. Any poetic editorializing can be assumed in accordance with the spirit of Mr. Kingsley’s intentions, as interpreted by a conjured instance of the severed hand of Kvasir, Norse god of poetry, peacemaking, and beverage production. |…
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We're back! Dawnie Walton and Deesha Philyaw give us a special sneak preview of what's in store for Season Three. Show notes: Support this season with a membership or one-time contribution, and get access to bonus episodes: ursastory.com/join Follow our other show, Reckon True Stories with Deesha Philyaw and Kiese Laymon. Read more about Dawnie Wal…
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Down by the Shore is about the rhythm of the sea and a marriage. Read by Jennifer Sims.Por Streetlight Voices: Short Fiction & Memoir
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I’m not telling you this to convince you of my innocence. The verdict has already been reached, the seal of my fate has been affixed. | © 2024 by Russell Nichols. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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Gallam didn’t look at the clothes the family provided until he had already prepared the body. “Prepared” was putting it mildly: the man was covered in wounds—blade wounds? Bite wounds? Gouges, rips, punctures, slices. | © 2024 by Kenneth Schneyer. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "The Life You've Given Me, Rusty" by P.A. Cornell (© 2024 by P.A. Cornell), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Hot Hearts" by Lyndsie Manusos (© 2024 by Lyndsie Manusos), narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Zekelo's Barterhouse & Emporium" by Patrick Hurley (© 2024 by Patrick Hurley), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "Caesura" by Ashlee Lhamon (© 2024 by Ashlee Lhamon), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Mother whispered to us about the beings on Earth she regretted creating; the ones whose only merits are their minds, but their minds rot so easily. | © 2024 by Ai Jiang. Read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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Talis had a problem. They’d copied the spell incorrectly, in a fury, after seeing photos of their ex with a new date in “their” spot. | © Jae Steinbacher. Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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Every date followed the same pattern. After the dinner and drinks, and the long moonlit walk along the canal, Jules would casually remark that the hangar was not far from here, and would they like to come see? | © 2024 by Sagan Yee. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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During an open house, Drew is disturbed by an ominous sound that leads him to the basement. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chillingly-bizarre/support
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"GaaS" by Meg Elison + "The Mote in Bird's Eye, or Note Attached to a Frozen Corpse Retrieved from Deep Space" by Jon Lasser
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This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "GaaS" by Meg Elison (© 2024 by Meg Elison), narrated by Alison Belle Bews and "The Mote in Bird's Eye, or Note Attached to a Frozen Corpse Retrieved from Deep Space" by Jon Lasser (© 2024 by Jon Lasser), narrated by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap…
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We were in the mines when the world was falling apart. I remember, the earth was cracking, and the plants were going limp, and the world looked dark blue, less full of life. | © 2024 Osahon Ize-Iyamu. Narrated by Alison Belle Bews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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Gabriela Santiago | Reconstructing “The Goldenrod Conspiracy,” Edina Room, Saturday 2:30-3:30
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Can someone get the doors? Thanks. Please remember we’re on an honor system for chairs—if you’ve eaten today, please leave them for someone who hasn’t. We don’t need another fainting incident. | © 2024 by Gabriela Santiago. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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"The Terrible Secret of The Immortal Bards" by Adam-Troy Castro + "A Superior Knot" by Ash Huang
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This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "The Terrible Secret of The Immortal Bards" by Adam-Troy Castro (© 2024 by Adam-Troy Castro), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "A Superior Knot" by Ash Huang (© 2024 by Ash Huang, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Mother used to say I am a child of the river. I never understood her. I thought I would be a child of the wind, like her. | © 2024 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe. Narrated by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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It is the year 3048 and you still hate your job. | © 2024 by Archita Mittra. Narrated by Arthur Morey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPor Adamant Press
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This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "Resistance" by Cat Rambo (© 2024 by Cat Rambo), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "Under the Skin" by Deborah L. Davitt (© 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt), narrated by Nan McNamara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Dominique Dickey | Look at the Moon
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We drove out to Joshua Tree for the star party—a gathering of amateur astronomers under a clear, dark sky. It was Holly’s idea, an impromptu adventure on a Friday after work: “Hey, Lou, do you want to go look at the moon tonight?” | © 2024 by Dominique Dickey. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic…
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Buddy and I abandoned our hydrogen nomad at the edge of the wastelands before trudging around the rusted chain-link perimeter of the abandoned fairgrounds, waiting for the blast of steam and guttural earthly moan to escape from the fractured soil, signifying that it was clear to enter the area. | © 2024 by Richard Thomas. Narrated by Stefan Rudnick…
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This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Mud Maidens Rise" by K.A. Wiggins (© 2024 by K.A. Wiggins), narrated by Nan McNamara and "What's in a Name" by Matthew Hughes (© 2024 by Matthew Hughes), narrated by Arthur Morey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Next war, the angel decided, he was going to sit out. Before the dust settled, before hosts rose and fell depending on their actions and inclinations, he fled. Cowardice, maybe. More like pragmatism, he rationalized. | © 2024 by Carrie Vaughn. Narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Soraya thought she lost her partner when a Haze covered the world, then he returned. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chillingly-bizarre/support
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