Short Story Today

About Short Story Today

A biweekly podcast hosted by Jon DiSavino. It celebrates the enduring and compact literary form known as - you guessed it - the short story. But more importantly, it gives listeners an opportunity to hear the work of some of the best emerging writers of today. Episodes contain an author interview followed by a reading of a story by that author. Jon DiSavino is an actor and stage director. He's been producing and narrating audiobooks since 2019. His most recent is Abduction: Another Max Dent MD Adventure by Mark R. Belsky, set for publication in 2025.

Publisher

Jon DiSavino

Category

fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jan 2022

Latest episode

24 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

165 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Dec 2025

   Episode 141 - A "Found Fiction" Holiday Episode

   Our final episode of our fifth season is a special holiday episode. It's part of a continuing series we like to call "Found Fiction." We present a story first published in 1903: "The Fur Coat: The Story of a Matrimonial Difference" by Ludwig Fulda. It was discovered on Project Gutenberg in an anthology published in 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son - The third volume in a series titled Short Story Classics, which was devoted to international fiction, gathering together stories from one featured...

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   10 Dec 2025

   Episode 140 - Anna Monardo: AFTER ITALY: A FAMILY MEMOIR OF ARRANGED MARRIAGE

   Nebraska author Anna Monardo joins me to talk about her books After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage and The Courtyard of Dreams (both from Bordighera Press). She reveals the unique connection shared by these books - one CNF and the other fiction - and the writer's journey that made them both possible. https://annamonardo.com/ Support the show

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   26 Nov 2025

   Episode 139 - Vishwas R. Gaitonde: "The Wrath of Allah"

   Author Vishwas R. Gaitonde started life in India, and then made his way to England and finally the US, having lived in many states before settling in North Carolina. His short story collection On Earth As It Is In Heaven won the 2023 Orison Prize for fiction, and was published by Orison Books in 2025. We read "The Wrath of Allah," a story from On Earth As It Is In Heaven that was first published in The MacGuffin. https://www.vishwasgaitonde.com/ Support the show

Who has been a guest on Short Story Today

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Catherine Bush
• William R Hincy
• Laury A Egan
• Jon DiSavino
• Alison Fraser

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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Books guests

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