Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 108
Released January 15, 2015
36 minutes. File size: 33MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Dream Houses
Written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella
34 minutes. Starts at 1:00.

Vincent Louis Carrella is a writer, photographer, and father. He’s an East Coast soul with a West Coast heart who followed the Grateful Dead to San Francisco only to discover he was fashionably late to the Summer of Love. He has a pretty good blog on WordPress, but his passion is the short story. His debut novel, Serpent Box (Harper/Perennial) lies moldering in a remainder bin somewhere near you.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 107
Released December 15, 2014
43 minutes. File size: 40MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Since 2006 we’ve been publishing great stories for a worldwide audience, but these next two episodes will be our last until we go on an indefinite hiatus. We’re wrapping up our eighth year of podcasts with some stories from our archive.

In this edition we have five our our favorite stories from past episodes, selected by Bound Off staff.

Our Trip to the Moon
Written by Bob Thurber and read by Ann Rushton
2 minutes 57 seconds. Starts at 1:25.

Elegy for a Hometown
Written and read by Robert Dana.
3 minutes and 30 seconds. Starts at 4:35.

The Grazers
Written by Joe Farley and read by Mark Rushton
5 minutes 22 seconds. Starts at 7:58.

Telescope
Written and read by Naomi J. Williams.
13 minutes. Starts at 13:35.

Parade for Hendrik
Written and read by Stefani Nellen.
14 minutes 45 seconds. Starts at 26:50.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 106
Released November 15, 2014
18 minutes. File size: 17MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Solitaire
Written by Dennis Norris II and read by Mark Rushton
3 minutes 57 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Dennis Norris II is a graduate of Haverford College and holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. He has won several awards and fellowships for his short fiction from the Vermont Studio Center, the Hurston/Wright Foundation, and the NYS Summer Writers Institute. He lives in Brooklyn, where he is at work on a novel. This is his first publication.

Purple Jesus
Written and read by Karen Bernardo.
11 minutes and 34 seconds. Starts at 5:30.

Karen Bernardo is the director of the Coburn Free Library in Owego, NY. She loves creating a haven where literacy and creativity are valued.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 105
Released October 15, 2014
16 minutes. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Advance
Written and read by Jef Otte
3 minutes 44 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Jef Otte’s work has previously appeared in places like SmokeLong Quarterly, decomP Magazine, and the Village Voice. He’s pursuing an MFA at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

Back After a Break to Discuss the Decline of Civilization
Written and read by Audrey Kalman.
9 minutes and 45 seconds. Starts at 5:15.

Audrey Kalman has been a passionate storyteller and avid listener for more than 35 years. Her novel, “Dance of Souls,” was published in 2011; her short fiction has appeared in literary journals. Visit her at audreykalman.com.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 104
Released September 15, 2014
19 minutes. File size: 19MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Bastard
Written and read by Mika Nadolsky
7 minutes 56 seconds. Starts at 1:02.

Mika Nadolsky currently resides in Dallas, Texas by way of Denver, Colorado. He has published one novel previously, “It Rises and will be Gone”.

A Note to Hansel, Thirty Years Too Late
Written by Bob Thurber and read by Kelly Shriver.
8 minutes and 30 seconds. Starts at 9:25.

Bob Thurber is the author of “Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel” and the recipient of numerous awards and citation for short fiction including the Barry Hannah Fiction prize. Over the years he’s been called a “master of micro fiction” and “The Sam Peckinpah of flash fiction.”

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 103
Released August 15, 2014
11 minutes 30 seconds. File size: 11MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Our Sugar Maple
Written and read by Chad Broughman
3 minutes. Starts at 1:00.

Chad Broughman is a poet and short story author who teaches English and Creative Writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels. His fiction has appeared in Wild Violet, Burningwood, and Cafe Aphra, as well, he earned Honorable Mention in the New Millennium Short-Short Fiction competition – he lives in northern Michigan and will begin his MFA at Spalding University in fall 2014.

Refrigerator Children
Written and read by Erika D. Price.
6 minutes and 14 seconds. Starts at 4:40.

Erika D. Price is a writer and social psychologist in Chicago. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and her novel Corpus Callosum is available for free in all ebook stores.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 102
Released July 15, 2014
18 minutes. File size: 17MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

In a Better Place
Written and read by Andrew Cothren
2 minutes and 3 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Andrew Cothren’s work has appeared in Route Nine, Drunken Boat, and Eleven Eleven, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Currently, he is an MFA candidate and writing instructor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Monet’s Rabbit
Written and read by Michael K. Meyers.
13 minutes and 40 seconds. Starts at 3:25.

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 101
Released June 15, 2014
26 minutes. File size: 25MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

After the Wedding
Written and read by Alexander Danner
7 minutes and 22 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Alexander Danner has contributed stories to the science fiction anthologies “Machine of Death” and “The Girls at the End of the World.” He also writes comics, including the graphic novel “Gingerbread Houses” (illustrated by Edward J. Grug III) and the formalist series “Two for No” (illustrated by Tymothi Godek). He teaches online courses in writing comics at Emerson College, and his second textbook about comics “Comics: A Global History, 1968 – Present” is forthcoming from Thames & Hudson in 2014.

Say Yes to the Dress
Written by Thomas Kearnes and read by Kelly Shriver.
15 minutes and 30 seconds. Starts at 9:15.

Thomas Kearnes is a 37 year old author living in Houston. His fiction has appeared in PANK, Storyglossia, Sundog Lit, Word Riot, Digital Americana Magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly, and numerous other venues. His two short-story collections, “Pretend I’m Not Here” (Musa Publishing) and “Promiscuous” (JMS Books) are available for purchase. He is studying to become a licensed chemical dependency counselor. He throws like a girl.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 100
Released May 15, 2014
22 minutes. File size: 20MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Behold
Written by Lauren Eller and read by Khaliah Williams.
4 minutes and 56 seconds. Starts at 1:10.

Lauren Eller is a Quaker, a mandolinist, and a cat enthusiast, but above all else she is writer. She will be attending Kenyon College in the fall of 2014.

No Mas Ters
Written by Ebi Causey and read by Khaliah Williams.
14 minutes and 30 seconds. Starts at 6:30.

Ebi Causey is from Baltimore, Maryland. She’ll be attending Bennington College in the fall of 2014, and posts writing, art, and music at auoumbla.tumblr.com

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 99
Released April 15, 2014
24 minutes and 30 seconds. File size: 23MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Love Battles
Written and read by Jenny Xie.
7 minutes and 54 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Jenny Xie is a California native living in Baltimore, MD, where she is an MFA candidate at Johns Hopkins University. Her work has appeared in Literary Laundry, The Monarch Review, and Riddle Fence, among other publications.

How to Feed a Penguin
Written and read by Anna Saikin.
14 minutes and 10 seconds. Starts at 9:30.

Anna Saikin lives and writes in Houston, TX. Her reviews have appeared in Pleiades, Concho River Review, The Byron Journal, and elsewhere. She blogs at annasaikin.com

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 98
Released March 15, 2014
13 minutes and 30 seconds. File size: 13MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Marcy Cunningham
Written and read by Harry Posner.
5 minutes and 32 seconds. Starts at 1:05.

Harry Posner has authored two novels and several books of poetry. Marcy Cunningham is excerpted from his in-progress collection of flash fiction entitled AND MAYBE YOU FLOAT AWAY.

Fire Dragons
Written and read by Valerie Borey.
5 minutes and 41 seconds. Starts at 6:55.

Valerie Borey is a Minneapolis based writer, teacher, and playwright. Her fiction has appeared in publications such as Burning Wood, Diddle Dog, Heavy Glow, In Stereo Press, and Red Fez.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 97
Released February 15, 2014
38 minutes. File size: 36MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Sobriquet
Written by Justyn Harkin and read by Lindsay Hunter.
1 minute and 3 seconds. Starts at 1:23.

A Very Nice Visit
Written and read by Ashley Cowger.
2 minutes and 25 seconds. Starts at 2:40.

Waiting on Dolores
Written and read by Marcela Fuentes.
6 minute and 58 seconds. Starts at 5:18.

Lacy’s Toe
Written by KJ Hannah Greenberg and read by Kelly Shriver.
7 minutes and 30 seconds. Starts at 12:20.

Moving the World
Written and read by Adrian Dorris.
17 minutes and 45 seconds. Starts at 19:53.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 96
Released January 15, 2014
16 minutes. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

They Vampire Nights
Written and read by Douglas W. Milliken.
3 minutes and 35 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Douglas W. Milliken is the author of the codex White Horses (Nada, 2010) and the forthcoming letterpress edition Arena (Clark Ave. Ink, 2014). Other work also appears in McSweeney’s, the Believer, and Slice. His web site is douglaswmilliken.com

Ratios and Differences
Written and read by Meng Jin.
9 minutes and 8 seconds. Starts at 6:10.

Meng Jin was born in Shanghai and lives in Brooklyn. She is currently pursuing her MFA in fiction writing at Hunter College in New York.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 95
Released December 15, 2013
23 minutes 30 seconds. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Climbing
Written and read by Ben Leib.
10 minutes and 29 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Ben Leib spent twelve years as a waiter, a student (both undergraduate and graduate), and an alcoholic intravenous drug user, and each of these stations brought him an equal amount of torment. He now happily works at sea five weeks out of every ten. You can check out his publication history at benleib.com.

Gate of Sorrows
Written and read by Mary Helen Stefaniak.
10 minutes and 51 seconds. Starts at 12:00.

Mary Helen Stefaniak is author of the award-winning novel The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. Her work has been translated into several languages. Her monthly column can be found online at iowasource.com

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 94
Released November 15, 2013
16 minutes 30 seconds. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

The Grazers
Written by Joe Farley, read by Mark Rushton.
5 minutes and 22 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Joe Farley is a writer and stand-up comedian from Indiana. He stands 6′ 2″ while weighing in at 220 pounds. You can find him posting frequently at joefarley.com

The Winter of the Frozen Moon
Written by Bob Thurber, read by Ann Rushton.
8 minutes and 24 seconds. Starts at 7:00.

Bob Thurber is the author of “Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel” and a collection of exceedingly brief stories called “Nickel Fictions.” Over the years his stories have received a long list of awards and citations, appeared in Esquire and other notable publications, been utilized as teaching tools in schools and universities, and selected for 30 anthologies. “Nothing But Trouble”, a story collection accompanied by stunning photographic images, will be released in 2014 from Shanti Arts Publishing. He resides in Massachusetts. For more info, visit BobThurber.net

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 93
Released October 15, 2013
7 minutes. File size: 7MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

The Mother
Written and read by Ruby Cowling
2 minutes and 32 seconds. Starts at 1:04.

Ruby Cowling lives in London, UK, and was born in West Yorkshire. Whatever year it is, it’s safe to say she is writing a short story collection and a novel. Find out more at rubyorruth.wordpress.com

Three Seasons
Written and read by Katherine D. Stutzman.
2 minutes and 10 seconds. Starts at 4:03.

Katherine D. Stutzman’s fiction has appeared in The Summerset Review, jmww, and Bartleby Snopes, among other publications. She lives, writes, and teaches in Philadelphia.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 92
Released September 15, 2013
18 minutes 30 seconds. File size: 17MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Bevel
Written and read by Caleb Andrew Ward
7 minutes and 49 seconds. Starts at 1:00.

Caleb Andrew Ward is an undergrad at UNC-Wilmington studying Creative Writing and Film with a minor in English. ‘Bevel’ is a short chapter from his forthcoming novel. He considers being part of Bound Off both an honor and a privilege.

Ninth Grade Eternal
Written and read by Andrew Kozma.
8 minutes and 38 seconds. Starts at 9:15.

Andrew Kozma’s stories have appeared in Digital Americana, Stupefying Stories, and DIAGRAM. His book of poems, City of Regret (Zone 3 Press, 2007) won the Zone 3 First Book Award.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 91
Released August 15, 2013
12 minutes. File size: 11MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Jimmy The Mime
Written by Jason Shults and read by Mark Rushton.
2 minutes and 34 seconds. Starts at 1:20.

Jason Shults’s work has appeared recently in Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, Jersey Devil Press, and SmokeLong Quarterly. His virtual self can be found at jasonshults.com

Say It
Written and read by Liam Callanan.
6 minutes and 34 seconds. Starts at 4:28.

Liam Callanan is the author of The Cloud Atlas and All Saints, both from Dial. For more about his fiction, nonfiction, and a children’s lit guide to Paris, visit liamcallanan.com

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 90
Released July 15, 2013
15 minutes 30 seconds. File size: 15MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

An Awkward Grief
Written by Jen Knox and read by Ann Rushton.
6 minutes and 35 seconds. Starts at 1:05.

Jen Knox teaches and writes in San Antonio, Texas. She is currently writing a novel entitled We Arrive Uninvited. Links to her work and updates are at jenknox.com

Family Geometry
Written and read by Phyllis Rudin.
6 minutes and 24 seconds. Starts at 8:05.

Phyllis Rudin’s fiction has appeared in Canadian and American literary magazines. Her short story Candlepower won This Magazine’s Great Canadian Literary Hunt 2010. Her debut novel will be published by Inanna Publications in 2014. She lives in Montreal.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 89
Released June 15, 2013
15 minutes. File size: 14MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

The Truth of Grapes
Written and read by Kellelynne H. Riley
6 minutes and 37 seconds. Starts at 1:05.

Kellelynne H. Riley lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. Her work has appears in journals including Flashquake, Poetry Quarterly, and Plasma Frequency. She can be found at kellelynnehriley.com

The Metaphor Pusher
Written and read by Aaron Fox-Lerner.
6 minutes and 6 seconds. Starts at 8:08.

Aaron Fox-Lerner was born in Los Angeles and currently lives in Beijing. He writes things, mostly short prose.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 88
Released May 15, 2013
22 minutes. File size: 20MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Cold Front on the Way
Written and read by Sebastian Morgan-Lynch
7 minutes and 17 seconds. Starts at 1:15.

Sebastian Morgan-Lynch lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He also plays cello and composes music for theatre. This is his first published story.

Wilhelmina
Written and read by Monica Bergers.
12 minutes and 5 seconds. Starts at 8:55.

Monica Bergers is at work on a novel about love and murder in Dust Bowl Nebraska. She divides her time between Omaha and Iowa City.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 87
Released April 15, 2013
11 minutes. File size: 10MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

For Jane
Written and read by Gavin Broom
3 minutes and 43 seconds. Starts at 1:04.

Gavin Broom lives and writes in Michigan. He’s been published over sixty times both online and in print. He edits fiction for The Waterhouse Review.

The Turin Horse
Written and read by Douglas W. Milliken.
4 minutes and 58 seconds. Starts at 5:10.

Douglas W. Milliken’s recent work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Slice, and the Adirondack Review. “The Turin Horse” was written while a fellow at the I-Park Foundation. Douglas lives in Portland, Maine.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 86
Released March 15, 2013
22 minutes. File size: 20MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Crash
Written by Cheryl Diane Kidder, read by Ann Rushton
6 minutes. Starts at 1:20.

Cheryl Diane Kidder’s work has appeared in several literary magazines, a couple of anthologies and she’s been nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice. For a full listing see: cheryldkidder.blogspot.com. Crash was named the winner of The Watercress Review’s first annual Flash Fiction competition in January, 2013. Read the story online at www.watercressjournal.com.

Ten Solid Years of Devoted Service
Written by Shane Graber, read by Justyn Harkin
13 minutes and 45 seconds. Starts at 7:20.

Shane Graber, a born-and-raised Texan, lives and teaches English in Chicago. His short stories, which focus on earnest people almost succeeding, have appeared on line and in print.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 85
Released February 15, 2013
38 minutes. File size: 35MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

The Deep and Tragic Midnight
Written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella
36 minutes. Starts at 0:45.

Vincent Louis Carrella tells stories, takes pictures, raises daughters, and occasionally blogs. His debut novel, Serpent Box, is about a snake-handling miracle child. Read essays and see photographs at eyeattheendofmyhand.blogspot.com

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Obsolete Magazine Reading
Released February 1, 2013
44 minutes. File size: 40MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

This edition is from a live reading at CSPS in Cedar Rapids, held December 1, 2012 and sponsored by NewBo Books. The reading was a celebration of the 2nd anniversary of Obsolete Magazine, and featured readings by Obsolete contributors W. Joe Hoppe, Kelly Shriver, Walter Chien, Jonna Higgins-Freese, Todd Colby, and Rich Dana

OBSOLETE! Magazine was started in 2010 as a response to the rapid decline in time-binding media. OBSOLETE! is an old-school newsprint tabloid, complete with slapdash layout, smudgy printing and inflammatory rhetoric. For more information, visit their website at obsoletemag.blogspot.com

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 84
Released January 15, 2013
18 minutes. File size: 16MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Baby
Written and read by Andrew Kozma
3 minutes, starts at 1:00

Andrew Kozma’s stories have appeared in Digital Americana, Stupefying Stories, and DIAGRAM. His book of poems, City of Regret (Zone 3 Press, 2007), won the Zone 3 First Book Award.

Smote
Written and read by Camille Griep
12 minutes 45 seconds, starts at 4:25

Camille Griep lives and writes near Seattle, Washington. You can find more of her work at camillegriep.com.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 83
Released December 15, 2012
11 minutes and 30 seconds. File size: 12MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Our Trip to the Moon
Written by Bob Thurber
Read by Ann Rushton
2 minutes and 57 seconds, starts at 01:08

Bob Thurber is the author of “Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel” and the recipient of numerous awards and citation for short fiction including the Barry Hannah Fiction prize. Over the years he’s been called a “master of micro fiction” and “The Sam Peckinpah of flash fiction.”. Most recently he was selected as one of the top ten finalists for Esquire Magazine’s 2012 short
short fiction award. He resides in Massachusetts. For more info, visit: BobThurber.net

Driving Lesson
Written by Natasha Fish
Read by Kelly Shriver
6 minutes and 20 seconds, starts at 4:30

Natasha Fish’s work has previously appeared in numerous literary magazines. She was awarded 2nd place in the 2012 Arapahoe Community College Writers Studio Literary Contest.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 82
Released November 15, 2012
17 minutes. File size: 15.5MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Dreams
Written by Duncan Whitmire
Read by Ann Rushton
3 minutes, starts at 01:03
Duncan lives in South Portland, Maine, where he works for the local library. Find more
stories at duncanwhitmire.com

Fat Elvis
Written and read by Richard Fulco
12 minutes, starts at 4:15
Richard is the founder and editor of the online music magazine Riffraf.net. Wampus Multimedia will publish his first novel, There is No End to This Slope in fall 2013.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 81
Released October 15, 2012
10 minutes and 30 seconds. File size: 10MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

At The Core
Written by Cat Rambo
Read by Kelly Shriver
3 minutes, starts at 01:07
Cat Rambo lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. Her third story collection, Near +
Far, appeared this September from Hydra House Books. Find her website at
kittywumpus.net

Hair
Written and read by Ashley Cowger
4 minutes and 53 seconds, starts at 4:35
Ashley Cowger is the author of the collection Peter Never Came, awarded the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize. Her fiction has appeared in several literary journals. Learn more at
ashleycowger.com

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 80
Released September 15, 2012
22 minutes and 30 seconds. File size: 20MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Body
Written and read by Deepak Unnikrishnan
4 minutes and 12 seconds, starts at 00:58
Deepak Unnikrishnan, author of Coffee Stains in a Camel’s Teacup, is a short story writer from Abu Dhabi. He is presently working on a short story collection at the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago.

Goulash
Written by Luke Williams
Read by Ann Rushton
16 minutes and 14 seconds, starts at 5:33
Luke Emile Williams has no significant writing credentials to speak of [yet]. He dropped out of the University of Tennessee to write full-time. Still resides in Knoxville.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 79
Released August 15, 2012
27 minutes. File size: 25MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Whatever You Like
Written and read by David Rawson
10 minutes and 52 seconds long, starts at 01:05.
David Rawson’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Monkeybicycle, Spork Press, Prick of the Spindle, and others.

Birds
Written and read by Charles Holdefer
13 minutes and 52 seconds long, starts at 12:15
Charles Holdefer’s most recent novel is Back in the Game. New short fiction is forthcoming in Slice, The Los Angeles Review, and Gargoyle.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 78
Released July 15, 2012
22 minutes. File size: 20MB. 128kb-encoded MP3

Late in the Epoch of Print
Written and read by Richard Gess
7.56 minutes long, starts at 00:43
Richard Gess is a writer, musician, and visual artist from Atlanta. He has an MFA from UNC-Greensboro, and was most recently published in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 25.

Get Some Rest
Written and read by Nick Ripatrazone
12.34 minutes long, starts at 8:53.
Nick Ripatrazone is the author of two books of poetry, Oblations and This is Not About Birds; other writing has appeared in Esquire, The Kenyon Review, Iowa Review, and Shenandoah.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 77
Released June 15, 2012
25.5 minutes. File size: 23MB. 128kb-encoded MP3

The Stars of Track and Field
Written and read by Jane Flett
11.5 minutes long, starts at 00:52.
Jane Flett is a seamstress of most fetching stories. Listen to her fiction on BBC Radio 4 or buy her poetry book from dancing girl press. Or come to janeflett.com.

Cataclysm
Written and read by Linda Boroff
11.5 minutes long, starts at 12:40.
Linda Boroff graduated from the University of California. Her short stories have appeared in Epoch, PRISM International, and others. Her short story “Lifters” is in development as a TV series.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 76
Released May 15, 2012
14.5 minutes. File size: 22MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Four Dustpans
Written and read by Sarah Prevatt
2.5 minutes long, starts at 00:45.
Sarah Prevatt received an MFA from the University of Central Florida. Her work has appeared in several literary journals, including The Chaffin Journal, Vestal Review, and Hawai’i Pacific Review.

The Question of Influence
Written by Kristen Hamelin Tracey.
Read by Mark Rushton
10 minutes long, starts at 3:50.

Kristen Hamelin Tracey lives in New York City and works in education. Her fiction can be found in recent or upcoming issues of The Foundling Review and The Raleigh Review.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 75

Released April 15, 2012
23 minutes. File size: 22MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.
The Informant
Written and read by Roman Skaskiw
10.5 minutes long, starts at 00:43.

Roman Skaskiw is a six-year Army veteran with tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. His war writing has appeared in The Atlantic, on the New York Times’ Homefires blog, the Mises Institute website, on dailyanarchist.com, and elsewhere.

Refuse Meadow
Written and read by Adrian Dorris
11 minutes long, starts at 11:25.

Adrian Dorris lives in Ashland, Oregon. His work has appeared in Blackbird, Burnt Bridge, The Portland Review, Pindeldyboz, and other journals.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 74
Released March 15, 2012
13 minutes. File size: 12MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Death Comes to Parker Grove
Written by Charles Rafferty.
Read by Mark Rushton
3.5 minutes long, starts at 00:50.

Charles Rafferty’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker and The Southern Review. Stories appear in Sonora Review and Staccato. Currently, he directs the MFA program at Albertus Magnus College.

Newborn
Written by Bob Thurber.
Read by Vincent Louis Carrella
7 minutes long, starts at 4:55.

Bob Thurber is an old, unschooled writer, the recipient of more than forty awards and citations, and the author of Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel. He can be contacted at BobThurber.net

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 73
Released February 15, 2012
15 minutes. File size: 14MB. 128kb-encoded MP3.

Waiting Room
Written by Hobie Anthony.
Read by Ann Rushton
3 minutes long, starts at 00:50.

Hobie Anthony received his MFA in fiction from Queens University of Charlotte, NC. When he’s not writing he can be found at one of Portland’s disc golf courses.

No Quarter
Written and read by Laurence Davies
9.5 minutes long, starts at 4:15.

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’s also done a spot of acting.

 

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 5:40.

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 7:18.

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 7:38.

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.mp3Click 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.mp3Click 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”
Written 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.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 43Released 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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 — a home for wayward words.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 1
Released February 15, 2006

28 miutes, 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.