Ed Falco reading his own short stories, as well as stories by Steve Gibson, Alyson Hagy, Kristina Gorcheva Newberry, Kyle Minor, Matthew Vollmer--and Nathaniel Hawthorne. More info about ed falco is available at https://www.edfalco.us
S2E12 The Ministers Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic short story about the mask we wear in public and the chaos of individual identity that lives confused and potentially dangerous beneath that mask. Send us Fan Mail Support the show
23 Aug 2026
S2E11 Balls by Ed Falco
In Chicago, the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated, fires are burning, violence has broken out on the west side, and a young man who lives alone in a sixth-floor walkup is annoyed by a banging on his bedroom wall coming from the next door neighbor's apartment. When he goes to her (the neighbor's) apartment to complain, what began with a mysterious thumping on his bedroom wall evolves with an invitation that leads to a game, and then into something more intimate and unexpected...
16 Aug 2026
S2E10 Little America by Ed Falco
A short story by Ed Falco, narrated by Anthony, a New Yorker crossing the country by van with his fiancée, Vivian, who has spent her life in the West and loves it with something like devotion. As they drive through Wyoming, Anthony finds himself unnerved by the vast, barren landscape. What begins as a romantic trip—one Vivian has imagined as a kind of extended honeymoon before the wedding—quickly gives way to friction. When a miscalculation leaves them far from their intended destination, the...
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
4 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100
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YouTube
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Engagement
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