Author Omaria Sanchez Pratt reads from her short story Hyde River and talks about her writing and growing up in North Carolina. Rick Harsch stops by for a blink-you-missed-it Smiley Face Killers installment.

Oddfellows

May 22nd, 2021 2h 3m

In this outing we interview Falls City architect Steve Wiser on historic preservation and efforts to save a storied Oddfellows Hall in town. Rick Harsch comes one step closer to solving the Smiley Face Mystery. TK examines the Oddfellows myster

Voilà: The Shaver Mystery Files

Mar 31st, 2021 1h 58m

The Shaver Mystery barely survives as a footnote in the annals of science fiction history. But for a few years in the 1940s, it possessed the imagination of a sizeable group of Americans. A fierce band of detractors, and the American government

Screen name: Honey GB

Mar 1st, 2021 1h 33m

In this episode: Rick Harsch delivers the third Smiley Face Killer installment. Bell Roe tells of the mysterious Honey GB, the "perfect reader" he met in an AOL chat room called Poet Seeks Muse. Conversation with CR Sammy.

Send in the Clown

Jan 26th, 2021 50m 37s

Our author teams up with the afterschool cartoon show duo of his childhood to host a mysterious birthday party out in middle of nowhere. Nothing is as what it appears, nor will ever be the same. Author Rick Harsch returns with the second segmen

The Twelve Cringes of Christmas

Dec 18th, 2020 1h 9m

A creepy Santa, an Advent murder and the infamous Grope Cone... Christmas memories return to haunt in our title story. Also, Rick Harsch begins his Smiley Face serial and Strong Like Bear share the story behind their naughty new holiday classic

The Blossom Watchers

Nov 21st, 2020 1h

In this strange story by David Vardeman, a blossom watching party reveals much more than meets the eye... Featuring an interview with David, as well as his publisher and fellow author Rick Harsch. Rick recently started the daring new publishing

My Outlaw Mom

Oct 29th, 2020 39m 20s

What sorts of stories does a mom tell? A collection of tales can connect the dots or blow up the map. For my mom it's a little of both: A smitten farmer who wraps a hay rack in silk, to a doting husband who ends up stalking his wife with a corn

The Summer My Sister Took Over the Camper

Sep 26th, 2020 37m 14s

Was your family a camping family? For some, camping is the experience of a lifetime; for others, an ordeal from which they hope to one day recover. But what happens when your little sister decides to take over the family camper?

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