This is Shorts: the podcast where we talk about contemporary short stories.
We’re two long distanced friends who want to talk about what we’re reading. We think that short stories can contain all the richness and excitement of a novel, and can show the world through different perspectives. Before each episode, we invite you to read a story and then we’ll talk about it together.
Click the link in the show notes to download our reading list and get started today! https://shortsthepodcast.com/
Instagram: @shortsthepodcast
Twitter: @shortsthepod
Happy Holidays! This year, we're revisting our first ever Christmas Episode from 2021.
We are reading the timeless festive poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas, more commonly known as 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, and comparing it with a short story based on the classic narrative, by James Thurber. Curl up with a cup of mulled wine and enjoy our musings on Santa Claus, sugarplums and the demise of the kerchief.
Link to Stories:
A Visit from Saint Nicholas (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43171/a-visit-from-st-nicholas) by Clement Clarke Moore (or by Henry Livingston Junior)
A Visit from Saint Nicholas (In the Ernest Hemingway Manner) (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1927/12/24/a-visit-from-saint-nicholas-in-the-ernest-hemingway-manner?intcid=inline_amp) by James Thurber
Further Reading: ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ helped make the modern Santa – and led to a literary whodunit (https://theconversation.com/twas-the-night-before-christmas-helped-make-the-modern-santa-and-led-to-a-literary-whodunit-171637)
27 May 2024
Caturday
This week we are reading "Caturday" by Emma Brankin and we are THRILLED to be joined by the author herself to discuss the story, and her brand new collection Attention Seekers, which is available now.
Caturday follows the story of Ash as she navigates a complicated relationship with her ex and the cat they once shared, who has become an internet sensation. Attention Seekers is Brankin's darkly comic debut collection, bringing to life characters as they stuggle with their identity, their place in the world, and the lure of the spotlight.
The author has made the story available for free on her website here (https://www.emmagracearts.co.uk/published-writing-and-monologues).
Caturday was first published in So To Speak Journal.
Buy Attention Seekers in your local bookshop or online retailer and follow Emma Brankin (and her cat!) @sabre_reads
Instagram: @shortsthepod
X: @shortsthepod
Produced & edited by Alex Crowson
19 Feb 2024
Taylor Swift
This week we’re reading Taylor Swift, a piece of flash fiction by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, published by Gulf Coast Mag.
In the alternate reality of the story, our narrator buys several Taylor Swift clones, whom they use to deal with their emotions over their next door neighbour and friend Tina. As the story progresses, we ask questions over the extreme commodification of celebrity, and the incomparable power of human connection.
Link to story: https://gulfcoastmag.org/journal/28.2/2015-barthelme-prize-winner-taylor-swift/
Instagram: @shortsthepod
X: @shortsthepod
Produced & edited by Alex Crowson
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
22 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
18 ratings
Host of Shorts.?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
