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Bound Off

A monthly literary audio magazine

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 72
Released January 15, 2012
(19.5 minutes. File size: 18MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Carlton on the Verge" written and read by Robert Sachs (5.75 minutes long, starts at 00:45). Robert Sachs received his MFA in writing from Spalding University and has had stories published in such magazines as Mobius, The Front Porch Review, The Writing Disorder and Red Fez.
• "Such Simple Words" written and read by Len Kruger (11.5 minutes long, starts at 6:55). Len Kruger's short stories have appeared in a number of publications, including Zoetrope All-Story, The Barcelona Review, and forthcoming in Gargoyle. He lives in Washington, DC.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 71
Released December 15, 2011
(23 minutes. File size: 21MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "A Feast Afloat" written and read by Tim Dicks (6 minutes long, starts at 00:52). Tim Dicks's writing appeared most recently in vis a tergo and is forthcoming in Uncanny Valley Magazine. He blogs at timdicks.wordpress.com, and lives in Minneapolis.
• "Give it a Go" written and read by PDR Lindsay (14.5 minutes long, starts at 7:30). PDR Lindsay has survived earthquake, severe aftershocks, floods and more unemployment this year. It's not been fun but she's still writing. It's what kept her sane!

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 70
Released November 15, 2011
(35 minutes. File size: 33MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "U.S. Irregular" written and read by Michael K. Meyers (10.25 minutes long, starts at 00:50). Michael K. Meyers teaches in the graduate writing program of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has appeared in Quick Fiction, Nano, Fringe, Mad Hatters' Review, Ninth Letter, Chicago Noir, The New Yorker, Fiction, and Chelsea. Museums worldwide have presented his performance art.
• "The Woman Who Could Smell the Future" written and read by Alexander Danner (8.25 minutes long, starts at 11:47). Alexander Danner contributed to the Machine of Death fiction anthology. His comics appear at TwentySevenLetters.com and PictureStoryTheater.com. He teaches Writing the Graphic Novel at Emerson College.
• "The Legend of Christopher Mason" written by Dave Early. Read by Mark Rushton (13 minutes long, starts at 20:40). Dave Early is seldom smarter than the average bear.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 69
Released October 15, 2011
(22.5 minutes. File size: 21MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Dirt in the Face" written by Merle Drown. Read by Pat Drown (4.25 minutes long, starts at 00:53). Merle Drown is the author of two novels, Plowing Up A Snake and The Suburbs Of Heaven. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the New Hampshire Arts Council and teaches in Southern New Hampshire University's MFA program.
• "Theodore Roosevelt Would Have Liked to Be Rescued" written and read by Collin Blair Grabarek (6.5 minutes long, starts at 05:40). Collin Blair Grabarek writes in Virginia. He received his MFA from George Mason University, where he was the fiction editor of Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art.
• "Exposure" written and read by Eric McKinley (9 minutes long, starts at 12:27). Eric McKinley is a Philadelphian. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Rosemont College. He specializes in hip hop literary fiction. Samplings of his work can be found at ericmckinleyfiction.wordpress.com.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 68
Released September 15, 2011
(16.5 minutes. File size: 15MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Beset" written and read by Gerri Brightwell (6.25 minutes long, starts at 00:50). Gerri Brightwell is a British writer living in Fairbanks, Alaska with her husband and sons. She has two published novels: Cold Country and The Dark Lantern.
• "Ashes" written and read by Nicole Taylor (8.25 minutes long, starts at 07:18). Nicole is a student and writer. Sometimes she lives in Michigan and sometimes she lives in Belgium. Her fiction has been published, or is upcoming, in Brain Harvest Magazine and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. She is a 2009 graduate of the Clarion Writer's Workshop.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 67
Released August 15, 2011
(21 minutes. File size: 20MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Swap" written by Mark Sutz. Read by Mark Rushton (6.5 minutes long, starts at 00:47). Mark Sutz lives in Arizona. He has published more than a dozen short stories in a variety of journals and contributes regularly to the online culture magazine, The Nervous Breakdown. His website is marksutz.com.
• "The Octopus" written and read by Douglas Cole (12.5 minutes long, starts at 07:38). Douglas Cole was born in Seattle, raised in Berkeley, and currently resides in Alki, West Seattle. Recently published in Underground Poetry, Cortland Review, and Tattoo Highway, Douglas also won the Leslie Hunt Memorial Prize in Poetry.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 66
Released July 15, 2011
(16.5 minutes. File size: 15MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Location, Location, Location" written and read by Simon A. Smith (7 minutes long, starts at 00:54). Simon A. Smith writes and teaches English in Chicago, where he lives with his wife and a murderous orange tabby named Cheever. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Hobart, Quick Fiction, Monkeybicycle, Whiskey Island, PANK, Bound Off, Prick of the Spindle and a few others. He likes it here.
• "Jacqui and the Dead Cat" written by Rupan Malakin. Read by Kelly Shriver (7.5 minutes long, starts at 8:25). Rupan Malakin is a short writer of tall stories who spends his spare time cowering from the rainy northern England skies.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 65
Released June 15, 2011
(25.5 minutes. File size: 23MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Static in the South" written by Adam Warren Cheshire. Read by Dave Robinson (8 minutes long, starts at 00:50). Adam Warren Cheshire is a writer living in Hillsborough, NC.
• "Dickens's Untold Tale: The Unwilling Executioner" written by L.S. Bassen. Read by Mark Rushton (16 minutes long, starts at 8:40). L.S. Bassen won the 2009 Atlantic Pacific Press Drama Prize. Currently, three of her novels are serialized at Troubadour 21 and Fried Fiction. She also reads for Electric Literature.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 64
Released May 15, 2011
(13 minutes. File size: 12MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "An Ancient Story" written and read by Emily Darrell (2.5 minutes long, starts at 00:45). Emily Darrell's fiction, poetry, and essays can be found in such publications as Smokelong Quarterly, Pank, and The Millions. She can be contacted at emilydarrell@hotmail.com.
• "The King Died" written by Mark Budman. Read by Ann Rushton (3.5 minutes long, starts at 3:30). Mark Budman's fiction and non-fiction have appeared or are about to appear in such magazines as Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, McSweeney's and elsewhere. He is the publisher of a flash fiction magazine, Vestal Review.
• "The Importance of Cloth" written by Laurie Knox. Read by Kelly Shriver (4.75 minutes long, starts at 7:34). Laurie Knox grew up in Kent, England and studied Economics at Southampton University. She's currently teaching English to Kindergarteners in Seoul, South Korea, and started writing fiction at the beginning of 2011.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 63
Released April 15, 2011
(21.5 minutes. File size: 20MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Last of the Company of Too Many" written and read by Eric Rehm (5 minutes long, starts at 00:52). Eric Rehm graduated from Umass Amherst with a BA in Theater and English. He lives in Boston, where he works odd jobs to support his writing habit, sometimes doing musicals or karaoke. His blog of fictions and doodles is at erehm.tumblr.com.
• "The Yellow Bag" written by Zdravka Evtimova. Read by Kelly Shriver (14 minutes long, starts at 6:35). Zdravka Evtimova was born in Bulgaria, where she works as a literary translator from English, German, and French. Her most recent short story collection is titled Pale and Other Postmodern Bulgarian Stories.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 62
Released March 15, 2011
(22.5 minutes. File size: 22MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Unthinkable Bugaboos" written and read by Mindela Ruby (7.25 minutes long, starts at 00:43). Mindela Ruby is a former punk rock deejay and current community college professor. Some of her recent fiction has appeared in The Binnacle, Emprise Review, and Literary Mama.
• "Telescope" written and read by Naomi J. Williams (13 minutes long, starts at 8:30). Naomi Williams' short fiction has appeared in journals such as One Story, A Public Space, Southern Review, and American Short Fiction. She's won a Pushcart Prize and an Honorable Mention in Best American Short Stories. She lives with her family in Davis, California.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 61
Released February 15, 2011
(20.5 minutes. File size: 19MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Right Book" written by Cory Doctorow. Read by Neil Gaiman (17.75 minutes long, starts at 1:16). Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of BoingBoing.net, and the author of the bestselling novel Little Brother. For more information about his experiment in print-on-demand publishing, or to buy or download a copy of his short-story collection With A Little Help, visit his website, craphound.com/walh.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 60
Released January 15, 2011
(19.5 minutes. File size: 18MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "What Happened in Miami" written and read by Justyn Harkin (4.5 minutes long, starts at 00:45). Justyn Harkin lives with his wife and daughter in Chicago, Illinois. He is associate editor of Fiction at Work, and his stories have appeared in Word Riot, Thieves Jargon, The Angler, and Annalemma.
• "And the Lemon Bar Stared Back at Me" written and read by Freda Love Smith (12.5 minutes long, starts at 5:43). Freda Love Smith is a drummer, writer, and teacher in Chicago. Her work has appeared in Leaf Press, The Yellow Room Magazine, Riptide Journal, and Critical Survey.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 59
Released December 15, 2010
(18.5 minutes. File size: 17MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Slippage" written and read by Meg Pokrass (2.25 minutes long, starts at 00:51). Meg Pokrass writes flash fiction. Her collection Damn Sure Right from Press 53 will be out in February 2011. She writes, teaches, and animates in San Francisco: megpokrasswriter.wordpress.com.
• "Breakfast" written by John Bruce. Read by Mark Rushton (2.25 minutes long, starts at 3:30). John Bruce's writing has appeared in numerous literary zines, and he's received a Pushcart nomination. He has degrees in English from Dartmouth College and USC and lives in Los Angeles.
• "Crank Combination Radio Flashlight with Flare Capability" written by Shannon Anthony. Read by Dave Robinson (11 minutes long, starts at 6:18). Shannon Anthony's fiction has appeared in recent issues of BluePrintReview and Enchanted Conversation, among other publications. She is currently working on a novel. More information can be found at shannonanthony.wordpress.com.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 58
Released November 15, 2010
(23 minutes. File size: 21MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Unstopped Charlie" written and read by Karen Sosnoski (7.25 minutes long, starts at 00:50). Karen Sosnoski is a writer, mother, and occasional (moderate) jogger living in Arlington, VA. Others of her audio stories have played on Word Riot, This American Life, and Studio 360.
• "The Bombshell" written and read by Tania Malik (13.5 minutes long, starts at 8:24). Tania Malik grew up in India, Africa and the Middle East, and currently lives in Northern California. She has just finished her first novel The Last Bargain.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 57
Released October 15, 2010
(10.5 minutes. File size: 9.6MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "A Perfect Unicorn" written by Mary Miller. Read by Ann Rushton (2 minutes long, starts at 00:50). Mary Miller is the author of Big World, a short story collection, and Less Shiny, a chapbook of flash fiction.
• "Taboo" written by Venita Blackburn. Read by Kelly Shriver (2.75 minutes long, starts at 3:15). Venita Blackburn teaches and writes in Arizona. Her work has appeared in numerous print and online publications. She is humbled by the staggering brilliance of the artistic community around her.
• "Beethoven Venison" written and read by Nathan Weinstein (3.75 minutes long, starts at 6:18). Nathan Weinstein is a 24-year-old resident of Southern Westchester and a recent graduate of Binghamton University.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 56
Released September 15, 2010
(12.5 minutes. File size: 11MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Whole Situation" written by Andrea Kneeland. Read by Kelly Shriver (2.5 minutes long, starts at 00:50). Andrea Kneeland is the author of The Birds and the Beasts (2011, Cow Heavy Press). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in places like Barrelhouse, American Letters & Commentary, Caketrain, PANK, Quick Fiction, Corium, and Weird Tales. She is a web editor for Hobart.
• "Shades of Blue" written by Ashley Cowger. Read by Ann Rushton (8 minutes long, starts at 3:45). Ashley Cowger's short story collection Peter Never Came, which includes "Shades of Blue," is forthcoming through Autumn House Press. It was just awarded first prize in Autumn House Press's Fiction Contest. She is also the editor of the online literary journal MFA/MFYou.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 55
Released August 15, 2010
(18 minutes. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Spyglass" written by Pat Tompkins. Read by Kelly Shriver (6.5 minutes long, starts at 1:00). Pat Tompkins is an editor in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her stories have appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review, flashquake, and Mslexia.
• "Bonnie and Clyde on Vacation" written and read by Aron Efimenko (9 minutes long, starts at 7:50). Aron Efimenko received his MFA in fiction from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and teaches English in Central New York at Morrisville State College. He has recently been published in the online magazines theDF_underground and Zenith.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 54
Released July 15, 2010
(14 minutes. File size: 13MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Devil Haunts a Hungry Man" written and read by Andrew Thomas Weems (4.75 minutes long, starts at 00:54). Andrew Thomas Weems hails from the southernmost foothills of Appalachia. He is a freelance journalist and studio harmonica player. In his spare time he writes short stories, screenplays, and songs.
• "Wrestling Walter Benjamin" written and read by Michael K. Meyers (6.75 minutes long, starts at 6:13). Michael K. Meyers teaches in the graduate writing program of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has appeared in Quick Fiction, Nano, Fringe, Mad Hatters' Review, Ninth Letter, Chicago Noir, The New Yorker, Fiction, and Chelsea. Museums worldwide have presented his performance art.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 53
Released June 15, 2010
(16 minutes. File size: 14MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Girl With Donkey" written and read by Thomas Kearnes (4.75 minutes long, starts at 00:47). Thomas Kearnes is an atheist and an Eagle Scout from East Texas. His stories have appeared in Night Train, 3:AM Magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly, Temenos, Wigleaf, Word Riot and other publications.
• "Citadella" written by Julia Phillips. Read by Ann Rushton (9.25 minutes long, starts at 6:08). Julia Phillips' work has been published in Drunken Boat and selected for Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers competition. She currently attends Barnard College.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 52
Released May 15, 2010
(16.5 minutes. File size: 15MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Man on Moon" written and read by Dawn Corrigan (2.75 minutes long, starts at 00:49). Dawn Corrigan has published poetry and fiction in a number of print and online journals. She's an associate editor at Girls with Insurance and an original member of the writing collective The Nervous Breakdown. You can listen to her original 1968 commentary on the moon landing here. She lives in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

• "Inside the Monkey House" written and read by Susan Buttenwieser (11.5 minutes long, starts at 4:12). Susan Buttenwieser’s fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appeared in Failbetter, 3:AM and other publications. She teaches writing in organizations for at-risk populations including incarcerated women and youth.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 51
Released April 15, 2010
(15.5 minutes. File size: 14MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Jet Stream" written and read by Craig Terlson (4.5 minutes long, starts at 00:52). Craig Terlson’s fiction has appeared in Bound Off, Carve, Hobart, Smokelong Quarterly and other literary journals. He shouts about fiction at woofreakinhoo.squarespace.com. He is currently working on his second novel.
• "Montreal in Seven Pieces" written by Laura Roberts. Read by Mark Rushton (8.5 minutes long, starts at 6:10). Laura Roberts is the editor-in-chief of Black Heart Magazine and columnist behind Hour.ca’s “V for Vixen." She is currently working on her first book, a sexy guide to Montreal.

Bound Off Special Edition: Poet Robert Dana Reading & Memorial
Released April 2, 2010

Today we're releasing two bonus podcasts that celebrate the life of poet Robert Dana, who died on February 6, 2010, at 80.


• We recorded this reading of his poetry at the University of Iowa on March 27 (65MB, 128kb-encoded MP3, 71 minutes long):
  

  http://boundoff.com/podcast/robertdanareading.mp3

  Click here to download a PDF of the March 27 reading program (17kb), which lists the readers and poems.

• We also recorded the Memorial Celebration of Robert Dana, which was held Sunday, March 28, 2010 at King Chapel at Cornell College in Mt Vernon, Iowa (60MB, 128kb-encoded MP3, 65 minutes long):

  http://boundoff.com/podcast/robertdanamemorial.mp3

  Click here to download a PDF of the March 28 memorial program (624kb), which contains an extended biography.

• A picture slide show with music can also be downloaded in Quicktime MOV format from: http://dana-arts.com/robert_dana.mov (74MB) – there are also options for a larger version of the slide show (124MB), or a smaller version (28MB).

The Bound Off staff met RP Dana just two years ago. Right after we attended the 2008 AWP conference in New York, Derek Alger, editor of Pif Magazine, graciously introduced us to the legendary poet who was living practically right around the corner from us, in Coralville, Iowa. We met for coffee, and he agreed right away to allow us to record him reading his work for our May 2008 podcast. What struck us was his enthusiasm for the new technology we were using, and his sincere willingness to be a part of our humble effort. We feel so fortunate to have known him. He was the real deal, and we hope you enjoy these remembrances and readings of the wonderful work he left behind.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 50
Released March 15, 2010
(14 minutes. File size: 13MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Rabbit's Feet" written by Stephanie Lenz. Read by Kelly Shriver (3 minutes long, starts at 00:47). Stephanie Lenz writes fiction in western Pennsylvania amid chaos caused by a husband, a daughter, a son, a cat, and a dog -- all named after fictional characters -- and co-edits the literary journal Toasted Cheese.
• "Our Times Demand Hot Chilies" written and read by Laurence Davies (9.25 minutes long, starts at 4:16). Laurence Davies lives in Scotland, where he writes, hunts mushrooms, cooks, edits Joseph Conrad's letters, and fondly remembers his days in New England and New York. He and his family like their chilies mildish.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 49
Released February 15, 2010
(19 minutes. File size: 17MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Visit" (11.5 minutes long, starts at 1:00) and "Elegy for a Hometown" (3.5 minutes long, starts at 13:14), both written and read by Robert Dana. Robert Dana's works include ten books of poetry, most recently The Morning of the Red Admirals (Anhinga Press, 2004) and Summer (Anhinga Press, 2000). He also edited the prose books A Community of Writers: Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa Press, 1999) and Against the Grain: Interviews with Maverick American Publishers (University of Iowa Press, 1986 & 2009). Dana graduated in 1954 from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop where he studied with Robert Lowell and John Berryman. He served as Distinguished Visiting Writer at universities in the US and abroad; and after 40 years of teaching at Cornell College he retired in 1994 as Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence. His work was awarded National Endowment fellowships in 1985 and 1993, the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Poetry Award in 1989, and a Pushcart Prize in 1996. He was the Poet Laureate of Iowa from 2004 to 2008. Dana's last two books will be issued in April 2010: New & Selected Poems 1955 to 2010 (Anhinga Press) and a book of essays, Paris on the Flats: Versions of a Literary Life (University of Tampa).

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 48
Released January 15, 2010
(15.5 minutes. File size: 14MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Life Vest" written and read by Tricia Louvar (2.5 minutes long, starts at 00:45). Tricia Louvar is a writer, who brakes for furry creatures and the perfect light. For more of her work, please visit www.tricialouvar.com.
• "An Easy Going" written and read by Simon Smith (10.75 minutes long, starts at 3:45). Simon A. Smith is a writer thingy who lives in Chicago with his new wife and a murderous orange tabby named Cheever. His fiction has appeared in Hobart, Quick Fiction, Monkeybicycle, Opium, PANK, Storyglossia, Dogzplot and a few others. He likes it here.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 47
Released December 15, 2009
(17.5 minutes. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Reading" by David Copper. Read by Dave Robinson (2.5 minutes long, starts at 00:46). David Copper is a Minnesotan who writes crime fiction and plays the mandolin. The blog for his upcoming novel Uppercut Avenue can be found at uppercutavenue.blogspot.com.
• "Man Walks Into a Bar" written and read by Paulette Livers (13.25 minutes long, starts at 3:46). Paulette Livers is a Kentucky-born storyteller whose fiction has appeared in The Dos Passos Review, Palimpsest, Dogzplot, and Frequency. She teaches at University of Colorado where she is completing the MFA.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 46
Released November 15, 2009
(20 minutes. File size: 18.4MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Below the Surface" Written and read by Ruth Schiffmann (1.5 minutes long, starts at 00:35). Ruth Schiffmann is a freelance writer who is learning to listen to her heart in matters of writing. To see where it leads her visit RuthSchiffmann.com.
• "U-Boat" written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella (16.75 minutes long, starts at 2:35). Vincent Louis Carrella's debut novel, Serpent Box, chronicles the short life of a young boy on a quest for God, meaning and the secret mysteries of faith. For more info visit serpentbox.com.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 45
Released October 15, 2009
(17.5 minutes. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.)

• Forecast: Chapter 27, written and read by Shya Scanlon (15.5 minutes long, starts at 1:00). Shya Scanlon's fiction and poetry have appeared in the Mississippi Review, Literary Review, New York Quarterly, Caketrain, Opium Magazine, and elsewhere. His novel Forecast is being serialized semiweekly across 42 web sites. For a full list of participants and links to live chapters, please visit shyascanlon.com/forecast.
• Read Forecast: Chapter 26 at The Fake Angeleno.
• Forecast: Chapter 28 will be published Oct. 19 at Secondary Sound.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 44
Released September 15, 2009
(14.5 minutes.  File size: 13.3MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Heroin, Mother, Memory" written by Sarah Black. Read by Kelly Shriver (2 minutes and 23 second long, starts at 1:18). Sarah Black is a flash fiction writer and the publisher of Bannock Street Books, a micropress that publishes illustrated flash fiction and street art.
• "Love Begins and Ends" written by Laura Bottomley. Read by Ann Rushton (9.5 minutes long, starts at 4:07). Laura Bottomley was born in 1985. She studies at Kingston University, London, on the creative writing MFA course. She has published poetry and fiction in the US and UK and is currently putting the finishing touches to her first novel. She lives in London.
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 43
Released August 15, 2009
(30 minutes.  File size: 28MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• An excerpt from "The Book of Joanie", written and read by Kelly Shriver (9 minutes and 11 second long, starts at 0:48).
• An excerpt from "The Bartender's Daughter," written and read by Ann Rushton (8 minutes long, starts at 10:20).
• An excerpt from "The Mother, The Witch, and the Wolf,", written and read by Dave Robinson (8 minutes long, starts at 18:30)
• Music: "Potential Ride" by Mark Rushton. (3 minutes and 30 seconds, starts at 26:30)

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 42
Released July 15, 2009
(16.5 minutes.  File size: 15MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Cracking Open" written and read by Ethel Rohan (2 minutes long, starts at 1:00). Ethel Rohan writes. She used to sound more Irish. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from elimae, PANK, Ghoti, DecomP, DOGZPLOT, Storyglossia, mud luscious, Word Riot, and more.
• "Doris" written by Rolli. Read by Kelly Shriver (12.2 minutes long, starts at 3:42). Rolli writes - for adults (Quarterly West, CBC Radio) and children (Spider, Ladybug). Visit his blog - http://www.rolliwrites.blogspot.com

• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 41
Released June 15, 2009
(16.5 minutes.  File size: 15MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Lion: Notes for a Play in One Act" written and read by Matt Leibel (4.75 minutes long, starts at 1:04). As a kid, Matt Leibel dreamed of a career in lion taming. He now considers writing fiction excitement enough. His recent work appears in Quarterly West, Opium, and DIAGRAM.
• "Skeleton" written by Lilly Gray. Read by Ann Rushton (9.25 minutes long, starts at 6:24). Lilly Gray is a student at Hollins University. She believes radio dramas should be revived and hopes to find employment writing for comic books.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 40
Released May 15, 2009
(24 minutes.  File size: 22MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Check Engine Light" written by Mel Bosworth. Read by Mark Rushton (8.5 minutes long, starts at 1:00). Mel Bosworth lives and breathes in Massachusetts. In addition to writing, he enjoys quiet time with Henry the cat. More of his work can be found at eddiesocko.blogspot.com.
• "A Documentary about Sharks" written by Gavin Broom. Read by Vincent Louis Carrella (13.5 minutes long, starts at 10:00). Gavin Broom lives in the Scottish countryside with his wife and his cat. He dreams of the day his writing earns him enough to buy a house at the beach.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 39
Released April 15, 2009
(21 minutes.  File size: 20MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Investigation" written by Brian Beise. Read by Dave Robinson (3 minutes long, starts at 1:03). Brian Beise was born in Jackson, Mississippi and attends UT at Chattanooga, where he lives with his wife and cat.
• "No Heroes" written and read by PDR Lindsay (15.25 minutes long, starts at 4:38). PDR Lindsay has been successfully publishing fiction and tutoring writers for years. It's her life, a great life. She just wishes writing fiction paid the bills.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 38
Released March 15, 2009
(17.5 minutes.  File size: 16MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "There Must Be People Like That Here" written and read by Angela Lovell (3 minutes long, starts at 1:05). Angela Lovell is a writer/director in Brooklyn whose non-fiction has been published all over the world. She's currently hiding her shame behind the untrue. Read more of her at: TickingBoxes.com.
• "Not a Single Tree" written by Zdravka Evtimova. Read by Ann Rushton (12.25 minutes long, starts at 4:35). Zdravka Evtimova was born in Bulgaria and lives in Belgium. Her short stories have appeared in 23 countries. Three of her short story collections have been published in English by SKREV Press.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 37
Released February 15, 2009
(20.5 minutes.  File size: 19MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Approbation" written by David Backer. Read by Kelly Shriver (7.75 minutes long, starts at 1:08). David Backer was in born 1984 in Danbury, Connecticut. He teaches Theory of Knowledge at the American School of Quito, Ecuador. You can read his novel, Peace in Uncertainty!, at peaceinuncertaintyblovel.wordpress.com.
• "Doors Closing, Please Stand Clear of the Doors" written and read by Zein El-Amine (9.75 minutes long, starts at 9:30). Zein El-Amine's poems have appeared in GYST, Penumbra, DC Poets Against the War anthology, and Joybringer. His short story "Adventures of A Skinny Foreigner" was published in Uno Mas magazine.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 36
Released January 15, 2009
(20 minutes.  File size: 19MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Algorithms of a Breakup" written by Steve Howard. Read by Dave Robinson (5.5 minutes long, starts at 1:00). Steve Howard lives in Japan and teaches English. He has published short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. He is trying to publish his first novel and finish writing his second.
• "Succession" written by Dawn Allison. Read by Vincent Louis Carrella (12.25 minutes long, starts at 7:10). Dawn Allison is a student at ECU in North Carolina, where it never rains rocks, but sometimes cats and dogs. That's how she got her cat.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 35
Released December 15, 2008
(15 minutes.  File size: 14MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "How to Tour Death Row" written by James A.W. Shaw. Read by Ann Rushton (3.75 minutes long, starts at 1:00). James A.W. Shaw has published stories in the North Atlantic Review, on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Pindeldyboz, flashquake and elsewhere.
• "Hot Tub" written by Thomas Kearnes. Read by Kelly Shriver (8.75 minutes long, starts at 5:17). Thomas Kearnes is a 31-year-old author from East Texas. His work has appeared in Night Train, SmokeLong Quarterly, Pindeldyboz, Thieves Jargon, Blithe House Quarterly and other publications.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 34
Released November 15, 2008
(18 minutes.  File size: 16.5MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Redemption of Garvey Flint" written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella (16.2 5 minutes long, starts at 1:03). Vincent Louis Carrella's debut novel, Serpent Box, chronicles the short life of a young boy on a quest for God, meaning and the secret mysteries of faith. For more info visit www.serpentbox.com. Carrella lives in a state of perpetual wonder in the state of perpetual dreams - California.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 33
Released October 15, 2008
(15 minutes.  File size: 14MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The People Here Are So Hardy and Cheerful" written by Kathy Fish. Read by Dave Robinson. (3.5 minutes long, starts at :57). A collection of Kathy Fish's very short stories is available from Rose Metal Press in A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness: Four Chapbooks of Short Short Fiction by Four Women.
  
• "The Last Thing I Need" written and read by Meghan Kenny (9 minutes long, starts at 5:00). Meghan Kenny's stories have appeared in journals such as The Iowa Review, The Gettysburg Review and Cimarron Review. She is the 2008-2009 Tickner Writing Fellow in Baltimore, Maryland.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 32
Released September 15, 2008
(15 minutes.  File size: 14MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Mailman" written and read by Merle Drown. (2.5 minutes long, starts at 1:10). The father of three sons, Merle Drown lives with his wife Pat in Concord, NH, where he earns his living by hook, crook, pen and ink. "Mailman" is from his collection-in-progress, Shrunken Heads, miniature portraits of the famous among us, or Balzac in a nutshell. Pieces have appeared in Amoskeag, Meetinghouse, Night Train and 971 Menu.
  
• "Off the Vine" written by Brian Brown. Read by Sue Andres (8.75 minutes long, starts at 4:42). Brian Brown lives in Los Angeles with his dog, Three Hole Punch.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 31
Released August 15, 2008
(43 minutes.  File size: 40MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Poet's Head Is In My Lap" written by Elizabeth Ellen. Read by Ann Rushton (8 minutes long, starts at 1:36).
  
• "Sue Ray" written by Brenda C. Wilson. Read by Kelly Shriver (13 minutes long, starts at 9:33).
  
• "Mother Country" written by Nick Antosca. Read by Mark Rushton (2 minutes long, starts at 22:49).
  
• "Broomstick Limbo" written and read by Craig Terlson. (5 minutes long, starts at 25:06).
  
• "Apocalypse" written and read by Tomi Shaw. (2 minutes long, starts at 30:10).
  
• "Breaking it Down" written by Beverly C. Lucey. Read by Mark Rushton (6.5 minutes long, starts at 32:07).
  
• "Love, Mortar" written by Amelia Gray. Read by Dave Robinson (3.75 minutes long, starts at 38:45).
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 30
Released July 15, 2008
(16 minutes.  File size: 15MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Not Even a Murmur" written by Terry Collett. Read by Kelly Shriver (2.5 minutes long, starts at 1:15). Terry Collett is a 60-year-old poet who has been writing since 1972. He has had two slim volumes of poems published, in 1974 and 1978. Since that time he has had poems and short stories printed in anthologies, magazines and newspapers. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren.
  
• "The Bathchair" written by Maureen Wilkinson. Read by Mark Rushton (11 minutes long, starts at 4:23). Maureen Wilkinson lives in the United Kingdom. She has been told she has a warped sense of humour. It is when walking her German shepherd her mind travels its own strange paths.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 29
Released June 15, 2008
(22 minutes.  File size: 20MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "In Response To Your Presentation" written by Matt Plass. Read by Dave Robinson and Mark Rushton (8.25 minutes long, starts at 1:17). Matt Plass lives in Brighton, England. He is a member of Alex Keegan's Boot Camp for writers.
  
• "Milk, the Wound, and Recompense" written and read by John Stadler (11.5 minutes long, starts at 9:45). John Stadler currently teaches a fiction workshop at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He likes orbs, hates his cat, and is writing a collection of short stories.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 28
Released May 15, 2008
(19 minutes.  File size: 17.4MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Visit" (11.5 minutes long, starts at 1:17) and "Elegy for a Hometown" (3.5 minutes long, starts at 13:38), both written and read by Robert Dana. Robert Dana's most recent books of poetry are The Morning of the Red Admirals (Anhinga Press, 2004) and Summer (Anhinga Press, 2000). He also edited A Community of Writers: Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa Press, 1999); and Against the Grain: Interviews With Maverick American Publishers (University of Iowa Press, 1986.) Dana graduated in 1954 from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop where he studied with Robert Lowell and John Berryman. He has served as Distinguished Visiting Writer at universities in the US and abroad; and after 40 years of teaching at Cornell College he retired in 1994 as Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence. His work was awarded National Endowment fellowships in 1985 and 1993, the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Poetry Award in 1989, and a Pushcart Prize in 1996. He is currently the Poet Laureate of Iowa.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 27
Released April 15, 2008
(15.15 minutes.  File size: 14MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Down There" written and read by Jenny Arnold (2.5 minutes long, starts at 1:00). Jenny Arnold lives in Green Bay, WI, where she works in a bookstore. She has stories forthcoming in Versal and The Sheepshead Review.
  
• "New Carpet" written and read by Andrew Dugas (10.75 minutes long, starts at 3:55). Andrew Dugas's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Loafer's Magazine, edifice WRECKED, Unlikely Stories, Oysters & Chocolate, Bear Creek Haiku, Minotaur, Misnomer, and Poems Niederngasse, among others.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 26
Released March 15, 2008
(19 minutes.  File size: 17.4MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Hurricane" written and read by Karen Bernardo (3 minutes long, starts at 0:44). Karen Bernardo is the director of the Coburn Free Library in Owego, NY, and the originator of the website www.storybites.com. She lives with her husband David in upstate New York.
  
• "Deeper Into Sicness" written and read by Tyler McMahon (13.5 minutes long, starts at 4:10). Tyler McMahon's work has appeared in Three Penny Review, Passages North, The Surfer's Journal, Barrelhouse, and elsewhere. His collection of surfing stories, Missing the Point, needs a publisher.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 25
Released February 15, 2008
(13 minutes.  File size: 12MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Fish Camp" written by Sarah Black and read by Kelly Shriver (2.5 minutes long, starts at 0:37). Sarah Black writes flash fiction and erotic romance; her latest anthology of three novellas, Fearless, is available from Amazon, and the ebook Border Roads from Loose ID.
  
• "Last Call" written Clifford Garstang and read by Mark Rushton (8.5 minutes long, starts at 3:43). Clifford Garstang left the practice of international law to write fiction. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Shenandoah, The Ledge, Baltimore Review, GSU Review and elsewhere.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 24
Released January 15, 2008
(29.5 minutes.  File size: 27MB.  128kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Sky Darkens" written by Len Kruger and read by Dave Robinson (13.5 minutes long, starts at 0:50). Len Kruger's fiction has appeared in Zoetrope All-Story, The Barcelona Review, CrossConnect, and elsewhere. He lives in Washington, DC.
  
• "Acapulco Blue" written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella (14 minutes long, starts at 14:14). Vincent Louis Carrella's debut novel, Serpent Box, chronicles the short life of a young boy on a quest for God, meaning and the secret mysteries of faith. It will be available on February 26, 2008. For more info visit www.serpentbox.com. Carrella lives in a state of perpetual wonder in the state of perpetual dreams - California.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 23
Released December 15, 2007
(19 minutes.  File size: 13.1MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Rain Day" written by Craig Terlson and read by Dave Robinson (5 minutes long, starts at 0:42). Craig Terlson's fiction has appeared in Carve, Hobart, Smokelong Quarterly and other literary journals. He shouts about fiction at his website woofreakinhoo.squarespace.com. He is currently working on a novel.
  
• "Action Figures and Other Playthings" written and read by Ross Kimble (12 minutes long, starts at 6:18). Ross Kimble lives in Saskatoon, Canada, with his beautiful wife and adorable 1-year old son. Though he gave up most toys years ago, he'll be playing with words forever.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 22
Released November 15, 2007
(24 minutes.  File size: 16.5MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Three Guys Over" written and read by Brian Brown (6 minutes long, starts at 0:48). Brian Brown lives in Los Angeles and is looking for work.
  
• "The Book of Punishments" written and read by Dawn Corrigan (16 minutes long, starts at 4:32). Dawn Corrigan lives in Sandy, Utah with her husband and a small but growing menagerie. Her fiction has appeared online at Opium Magazine, The Big Jewel, Pindeldyboz, and elsewhere. Her nonfiction appears regularly at The Nervous Breakdown.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 21
Released October 15, 2007
(16 minutes.  File size: 26MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Whiskey Midget Freak Show" written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella (3.25 minutes long, starts at 0:48). Vincent Louis Carrella's upcoming debut novel, Serpent Box, chronicles the short life of a young boy on a quest for God, meaning and the secret mysteries of faith. Carrella lives in a state of perpetual wonder in the state of perpetual dreams - California.
  
• "Root" written by Claudia Smith and read by Kelly Shriver (3.5 minutes long, starts at 4:32). Claudia Smith's work has been anthologized in Norton's The New Sudden Fiction: Short-Shorts From America and Beyond and So New Media's Consumed: Women on Excess. Her collection The Sky Is A Well And Other Shorts is available from Rose Metal Press.
  
• "European Tour" written by Kendall Walker and read by Ann Rushton (7 minutes long, starts at 8:25). Kendall Walker lives in self-imposed exile in Berlin, Germany and upstate New York.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 20
Released September 15, 2007
(38 minutes.  File size: 26MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Dasi's Hair" written and read by Jeremy Wexler (13.25 minutes long, starts at 0:45). Jeremy Wexler is a Montreal writer. His writing is collected at www.jeremywexler.com. Jeremy edits the CD-format magazine NO DAMN GOOD Art, Music and Tomfoolery from NDG.
  
• "Fall Down" written and read by Gavin Broom (13.25 minutes long, starts at 6:49). Gavin Broom lives in the Scottish countryside with his wife and his cat. He dreams of the day his writing earns him enough to buy a house at the beach.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 19
Released August 15, 2007
(38 minutes.  File size: 26MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Ethical Dilemma of a Sandwich Down the Pants" written and read by Kelly Shriver (5.5 minutes long, starts at 0:45). Read this story online at Pindeldyboz.com.
  
• "The Euchre Game" written and read by Ann Rushton (25.5 minutes long, starts at 6:49). Read this story online at Storyglossia.com.
  
• "Older Writers" written by Clarice Flagel and read by Mark Rushton (4.75 minutes long, starts at 32:40). Clarice Flagel was a writer and public speaker who lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She died in 2004, but not before she published many of her writings.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 18
Released July 15, 2007
(21 minutes.  File size: 14.5MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Sext 1947" written by Terry Collett and read by Kelly Shriver (3.25 minutes long, starts at 0:42). Terry Collett is a 59-year-old poet who has been writing since 1972. He had two slim volumes of poems published in 1974 and 1978. Since that time he has had poems and short stories printed in anthologies, magazines and newspapers. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren.
  
• "The Cutting of Carrots" written by Kevin P. Keating and read by Mark Rushton (15.25 minutes long, starts at 4:35). Kevin P. Keating has never prepared carrots nor has he attended culinary school but he does teach English at Baldwin-Wallace College near Cleveland, Ohio. His essays and fiction have been published in Fringe, Smokebox, Exquisite Corpse, Whiskey Island, Fiction Warehouse, Double Dare Press, The Oklahoma Review, The Spillway Review and many others.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 17
Released June 15, 2007
(20 minutes, 30 seconds.  File size: 14.1MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Boxes" written by Belea T. Keeney and read by Dave Robinson (9.75 minutes long, starts at 0:48). Floridian Belea T. Keeney's stories have appeared in Florida Horror: Dark Tales from the Sunshine State, WordKnot, Best Gay Romance, Men of Mystery, Clean Sheets and other venues.
  
• "The Two Hundred Dollar Turd" written by Shayn Nicely and read by Kelly Shriver (8.75 minutes long, starts at 11:10). Shayn Nicely is young, hot, and mostly broke. She's published poetry and runs the web-comic Bitchface, hoping to live in someone's attic for no rent and achieve posthumous fame.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 16
Released May 15, 2007
(15 minutes.  File size: 10.5MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Driftwood" written by Maureen Wilkinson and read by Mark Rushton (5.25 minutes long, starts at 0:42). Maureen Wilkinson lives in the United Kingdom. She has been told she has a warped sense of humour. It is when walking her German shepherd her mind travels its own strange paths.
  
• "Karaoke at 2100" written by Julia LaSalle and read by Ann Rushton (5.25 minutes long, starts at 6:23). Julia LaSalle's work has appeared in The Mississippi Review and Storyglossia and is forthcoming in Drunken Boat. She is currently co-editor of Steel City Review.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 15
Released April 15, 2007
(18 minutes.  File size: 12.4MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Spontaneous Eruption" written and read by Brian Reynolds (6.25 minutes long, starts at 0:40). Brian Reynolds, a retired elementary school teacher, lives and writes in southwestern Ontario. His stories have appeared in FRiGG, The Hiss Quarterly, The New Quarterly, LICHEN, Event, and other journals. One of his stories was nominated for The Journey Prize.
  
• "A Beach in Kauai" written by Tom Conoboy and read by Ann Rushton (10 minutes long, starts at 7:23). Tom Conoboy has won competitions at JBWB and Seventh Quark. His work has appeared in about sixty ezines and journals, including Word Riot, Transmission, Reflection's Edge, Altar, Eclectica, and The Harrow. He writes with Alex Keegan's Boot Camp.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 14
Released March 15, 2007
(23 minutes, 30 seconds.  File size: 16MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Portrait of a Virtuous Woman" written by Bob Thurber and read by Kelly Shriver (6.25 minutes long, starts at 0:42). Bob Thurber's short stories have appeared in several journals and received numerous awards, most recently the 2007 Barry Hannah Fiction Prize and the 2006 Meridian Editor's Prize.
  
• "Parade for Hendrik" written and read by Stefani Nellen (14.75 minutes long, starts at 7:40). Stefani Nellen is a German psychologist-turned-writer who lives in Pittsburgh and Groningen with her husband. Her short fiction has appeared in Lablit: The Culture of Science in Fiction and Fact and VerbSap.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 13
Released February 15, 2007
(29 minutes.  File size: 20MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Killing of Clyde" written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella (12.75 minutes long, starts at 0:42). Vincent Louis Carrella's debut novel The Serpent Box is scheduled for release this summer by Harper-Collins/Perennial. His fiction and poetry have been published in Literal Latte, LinnaeanStreet.com, TalkingKitchen, Better Non-Sequitor and MicroFiction.net.
  
• "Deliberations on the Eve of Manhood" written and read by Anthony Evans (1.5 minutes long, starts at 13:57). Anthony Evans is a British-born filmmaker and writer living in Denmark.
  
• "The Unhappy Inventor" written by Jensen Whelan and read by Mark Rushton (12.5 minutes long, starts at 15:47). Jensen Whelan's work has appeared online and in print in Hobart, Bullfight Review, Quick Fiction, elimae, Opium and many others. He is also one of the web editors at Hobart. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and son where he is at work on a collection of stories. His website: jensenwhelan.com.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 12
Released January 15, 2007
(34 minutes, 25 seconds.  File size: 23.6MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Thing at the Blue Joy Dragon" written and read by Susan O'Neill (15.75 minutes long, starts at 0:35). Susan O'Neill wrote Don't Mean Nothing (Ballantine; UMass Press), short stories set in Viet Nam combat hospitals. She's shopping a novel, and her blog essays are linked to http://susanoneill.us. Her story was recorded and edited by the brilliant Kramer O'Neill, who does such things for a living.
  
• "Homage" written and read by Craig Terlson (4.25 minutes long, starts at 16:50). Craig Terlson's fiction has appeared in Cezanne's Carrot, Hobart, the Laura Hird Showcase and other literary journals. He was recently awarded an arts council grant to complete his short story collection, The Plate Spinner. You can visit his fiction and art website at terlson.com.
  
• "Palo Alto" written and read by Gavin Broom (12.25 minutes, starts at 21:40). Gavin Broom lives in the Scottish countryside with his wife and his cat. He dreams of the day his writing earns him enough to buy a house at the beach.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 11
Released December 15, 2006
(22 minutes, 30 seconds.  File size: 15.5MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Delivery" written and read by Kathy Fish (2.5 minutes long, starts at 0:45). Kathy Fish's stories have appeared in Night Train, Quick Fiction, Smokelong Quarterly, FRiGG, Spork, Denver Quarterly and elsewhere. She loves her four children very much.
  
• "Girl on the Floor" written by Thomas Kearnes and read by Ann Rushton (4.75 minutes long, starts at 3:58). Thomas Kearnes is a 30-year-old author and photographer from Tyler, Texas. His fiction has appeared in over a dozen publications including Blithe House Quarterly, SmokeLong Quarterly and Flashquake. He is an Eagle Scout.
  
• "The Smallest of Offerings" written and read by Susi Wyss (5 minutes, starts at 9:15). Susi Wyss's fiction is forthcoming in The Connecticut Review and Writers in the Attic. She holds an MA in Fiction Writing from Johns Hopkins University and is working on a novel.
  
• "Mario's Three Lives" written by Matt Bell and read by Mark Rushton (6.5 minutes, starts at 15:05). Matt Bell lives in Saginaw, Michigan. His writing has appeared in many publications, including Hobart, Barrelhouse, Smokelong Quarterly, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He can be found online at www.mdbell.com.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 10
Released November 15, 2006
(24 minutes, 10 seconds.  File size: 16.6MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Blink" written by Marian Allen and read by Kelly Shriver (5.5 minutes long, starts at 0:45). Marian Allen is a member of Southern Indiana Writers Group. She has always lived in Kentucky, Indiana, and the inside of her own head. Her website is MarianAllen.com.
  
• "Love, Mortar" written by Amelia Gray and read by Dave Robinson (3.75 minutes, starts at 6:52). Amelia Gray, an Arizona native, currently resides in San Marcos, Texas. Her stories have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Spork, Swivel, and Barbaric Yawp.
  
• "Goodbye Blue" written by Tracie McBride and read by Ann Rushton (12 minutes, starts at 11:17). Tracie McBride is a mother of three from New Zealand. Her work has appeared in various e-zines, including Alien Skin, Flash Me and Spoiled Ink.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 9
Released October 15, 2006
(17 minutes.  File size: 11.7MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Father and Son" written by Robin Caine and read by Scott Rayow (5.75 minutes long, starts at 0:50). Robin Caine lived in Manhattan for the past 6 years. This fall she began to pursue her MFA at USC. She is currently working on a novel titled Little City.
  
• "Disappearing Act" written by Carol Carpenter and read by Ann Rushton (2 minutes, starts at 7:05). Carol Carpenter's stories and poems have appeared in Margie, Cape Rock, Stickman Review, Yankee, America, The Pedestal Magazine, Barnwood, Indiana Review, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly and various anthologies. She received the Richard Eberhart Prize for Poetry.
  
• "Breaking It Down" written by Beverly C. Lucey and read by Mark Rushton (6.5 minutes, starts at 9:45). Beverly C. Lucey has been widely published in anthologies, literary magazines in the US and the UK, and on the Web. Her website is tuliptreeroad.com -- a home for wayward words.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 8
Released September 15, 2006
(18 minutes, 6 seconds.  File size: 12.4MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Apocalypse" written and read by Tomi Shaw (2 minutes long, starts at 0:40). Tomi Shaw lives in Kentucky, amid the clutter of her writing, family and mutt dog. Her work has appeared in over fifty publications, including Identity Theory, storySouth, Pindeldyboz, Mad Hatter's Review, the Harrow and Southern Gothic. Her website is www.tomishaw.com.
  
• "The Diary Of A Salaryman" written and read by Mark Budman (3.5 minutes, starts at 3:00). Mark Budman has been born and raised in the former Soviet Union, but now resides in New York State. His fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry have appeared or about to appear in Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, Exquisite Corpse, Iowa Review, McSweeney's, Turnrow, Connecticut Review, The Bloomsbury Review, the anthology Flash Fiction Forward (WW Norton), and elsewhere. He is the publisher of a flash fiction magazine Vestal Review, and the recipient of the Broome Country Art Council grant. He is also the interview editor for Web Del Sol.
  
• "Spanish Lessons" written and read by Jeffrey Pierce (5.5 minutes, starts at 7:30). Jeffrey Pierce lives in Chicago. A friend once commented that he is a master of few words; that is yet to be determined, let alone understood. In addition to literary musings, Jeff is a systems integration consultant and a solo acoustic musician. He is allergic to cats and afraid of snakes. Zen is a way of life for Jeff, as well as import beer.
  
• "Licorice Night" written by Joyce Finn and read by Kelly Shriver (4 minutes, starts at 13:40). Joyce Finn is a freelance writer who has lived in Australia, S. Africa, and Bermuda. Her short stories and travel articles have been published internationally and one play was staged in Bermuda.
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 7
Released August 15, 2006
(32 minutes, 46 seconds.  File size: 22.6MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Fourth of July, Austin, Texas" written and read by Ann Rushton (3.5 minutes long, starts at 0:58).
  
• "The Origin of the Drug Pyramid" written by Kelly Shriver and read by Dave Robinson (12 minutes long, starts at 4:50).
  
• "Lords of the Fair" written by Dave Robinson and read by Mark Rushton (12 minutes long, starts at 17:04).
  
• "Anoka-Hennepin" composed and performed by Mark Rushton (3 minutes long, starts at 29:30).
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 6
Released July 15, 2006
(33 minutes.  File size: 23MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Washing Machine" written by Vicki L. Wilson and read by by Kelly Shriver (2.5 minutes long, starts at 0:52). Vicki L. Wilson is a fiction writer, poet, and playwright whose work has appeared in journals including The Oregon Literary Review and Salvage. She lives in upstate New York.
  
• "Virgin Footprints" written by Nathan Versaw and read by Dave Robinson (13 minutes long, starts at 3:53). Nathan Versaw was born, raised, and cultivated in the Mormon mecca of the world, Salt Lake City, Utah. He is not Mormon. His stories and poems have appeared in BIGnews, Outsider Ink, Thunder Sandwich, InkPot, and Unlikely Stories.
  
• "The Steenburgen Report" written and read by Matthew Summers-Sparks (14 minutes long, starts at 18:08). Matthew Summers-Sparks lives in Washington, DC. His stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Mississippi Review, and McSweeney's.
  
• Music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 5
Released June 15, 2006
(19 minutes.  File size: 13MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "600 Seconds" written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella (10 minutes long, starts at 0:34). Vincent Louis Carrella's debut novel The Serpent Box is scheduled for release August 2007 by Harper-Collins/Perennial. His fiction and poetry have been published in Literal Latte, LinnaeanStreet.com, TalkingKitchen, Better Non-Sequitor and MicroFiction.net.
  
• "Mother Country" written by Nick Antosca and read by Mark Rushton (2 minutes long, starts at 11:05). Nick Antosca was born in New Orleans, went to college in Connecticut, and lives in New York. His first novel, Fires, was recently published by Impetus Press.
  
• "Broomstick Limbo" written and read by Craig Terlson (5 minutes long, starts at 13:30). Craig Terlson's fiction has appeared in Cezanne's Carrot, Hobart, the Laura Hird Showcase and other literary journals. He was recently awarded an arts council grant to complete his short story collection, The Plate Spinner. You can visit his fiction and art website at terlson.com.
  
• Music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 4
Released May 15, 2006
(27 minutes, 25 seconds.  File size: 20MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "The Beach Ball" written and read by Charles Kaufmann (6.5 minutes). Charles Kaufmann plays historic replica bassoons in various orchestras. An additional story, "Some Things I Forgot To Tell You," appears online in The Salt River Review.
  
• "Try" written and read by Todd Zuniga (5.33 minutes). Todd Zuniga is the founding editor of Opium Magazine (.com and .print). A 2005 Pushcart Prize nominee, his work has appeared in Sweet Fancy Moses, Small Spiral Notebook, online at McSweeney's and elimae, and is forthcoming in Monkeybicycle. Contact him at todd@opiummagazine.com .
  
• "Feedback from the Committee" written and read by Matthew Petti (12.75 minutes). Matthew Petti teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the University of the District of Columbia. Short stories of his have appeared in Puerto Del Sol, RE:AL, Salt Hill, Thema, Stray Dog, and other magazines.
  
• Music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 3
Released April 15, 2006
(28 minutes, 30 seconds.  File size: 20MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Orlando, Florida" written by Tao Lin and read by Mark Rushton (6.33 minutes). Tao Lin is the author of YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM (October 2006, Action Books) and BED (Spring 2007, Melville House). His web site is Reader of Depressing Books.
  
• "The Report on You or Someone Very Close, Issue #14" written and read by Christopher Wallace (6.25 minutes). Christopher Wallace is a writer, designer, and student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently he is writing a bio for Bound Off.
  
• "Sue Ray" written by Brenda C. Wilson and read by Kelly Shriver (13 minutes). Brenda C. Wilson is an unpublished novelist. Her short stories have appeared in The Maryland Review, Pride Magazine, and Chicken Bones On-line Literary Journal. She has been a finalist in both Ebony Magazine's Gertrude Johnson Williams Literary Contest and the Reynolds Price Short Fiction Contest.
  
• Music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 2
Released March 15, 2006
(29 minutes, 25 seconds.  File size: 20MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "La Vie du Jour" written by Steven Gullion and read by Dave Robinson (11 minutes). Steven Gullion's other fiction has appeared in Night Train, In Posse, Smokelong Quarterly, The Adirondack Review, Opium Magazine, and others, and is forthcoming in The Barcelona Review and StoryGlossia.
  
• "Twelve Steps Down" written and read by Mark Budman (5 minutes). Mark Budman has been born and raised in the former Soviet Union, but now resides in New York State. His fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry have appeared or about to appear in Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, Exquisite Corpse, Iowa Review, McSweeney's, Turnrow, Connecticut Review, The Bloomsbury Review, the anthology Flash Fiction Forward (WW Norton), and elsewhere. He is the publisher of a flash fiction magazine Vestal Review, and the recipient of the Broome Country Art Council grant. He is also the interview editor for Web Del Sol.
  Read this story online at Smokelong Quarterly.
  
• "The Poet's Head is In My Lap" written by Elizabeth Ellen and read by Ann Rushton (8 minutes). Elizabeth Ellen is editor of Hobart's Short Flight/Long Drive mini-book division. Her writing has been published in Spork, Pindeldyboz, Maisonneuve, The Insomniac Reader (Manic D Press), and elsewhere. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  
• "Yellow Chicken Claw" written and read by Christine Boyka Kluge (2 minutes). Christine Boyka Kluge's first book of poetry, Teaching Bones to Fly, was published by Bitter Oleander Press. In 2007, Bitter Oleander Press will release a second book, Stirring the Mirror, a collection of prose poetry and flash fiction. Her chapbook, Domestic Weather, won the 2003 Uccelli Press Chapbook Contest. She is also a visual artist.
  
• Music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 1
Released February 15, 2006
(28 minutes, 32 seconds.  File size: 20MB.  96kb-encoded MP3.)

• "Dear Larry and Lyndi" written by Dianne Cormier and read by Kelly Shriver (3 minutes). Dianne Cormier is in the process of moving and is considering embracing Buddhism and selling all worldly possessions. She covets non-material things like cake batter ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery.
  
• "Another Round" written by Tim O'Brien and read by Mark Rushton (8.5 minutes). Tim O'Brien is not that Tim O'Brien but rather this one. He is a writer living with his wife and two boys in the Chicago area. He one day hopes to ride in a sidecar.
  
• "Do Not Steal From the Dump" written and read by Dave Robinson (15 minutes). Dave Robinson is taking a sabbatical from teaching high school to be a stay-at-home dad. He is from Bradford, Massachusetts.
  
• Music provided by Mark Rushton.

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