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2006 Podcast Archives

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.
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• "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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