Short People is back just in time for halloween with a ghost story written and read by Stephanie Burell. 

Short People

La Llorona

A bonus Short People double feature. This week you get Two stories for the price of one! Hudson and Sam each read one of their earlier stories and are mercilessly grilled by special guest host Amanda Dash.

Feed Us! / Untitled

Guest Cody Hanna reads an excerpt from his in-process novel Halfway out of the Dark. Cody breaks our morbid streak by reading the first story on the show not to directly feature death!

Halfway out of the Dark

This week our guest is Amanda Dash. She reads the obituary of Doreen Hammerfeld: Actress, philanthropist and plaintiff in several big box store lawsuits. Discussion topics include Starwars, Michael Dukakis and the Flat-earthers.

Doreen Hammerfeld 1953-2018

I am very pleased to introduce to you Talon Florig, Author of Lessons in Madness, a collection of art, poetry and prose (Available on Amazon.com) Talon shares a very powerful poem from his book and discusses with us his thoughts on writing, painting and life. 

Lessons in Madness

Do you like time travel? Well you shouldn't and ill tell you why. On our second episode, the roles are reversed. Hudson reads a short story that he wrote and Samantha interviews him. Time travel is discussed.

Time Travel Sucks!

The First episode of Short People features a story read by the show’s co-host Samantha Lopez-VanOrmer. Samantha is a writer, roller derby athlete, and cat parent living in Lancaster, PA. She writes allegorical personal essays, absurd short stories, and white board poetry. Her story is called Blue Birthday.

Blue Birthday

A podcast dedicated to the appreciation of short stories and the people who write them. Each episode features a different author reading a short, followed by a discussion of the writing process. New episodes will be available every other Wednesday.