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Sep 14, 2026

Nick FriarHOST
2:18
But obviously we don't want to spoil things and everything.
Nick FriarHOST
2:21
But just to give the people an idea of what this is, Joe, I know we have a little note here about the short stories that are included in here.
Nick FriarHOST
2:28
Can you give people that little breakdown?
JoeHOST
2:31
Yes, we have 22 short stories into the world from creators from all over the world.
JoeHOST
2:37
As you mentioned, 88 pages of comics, folks.
JoeHOST
2:40
From the Jersey Devil to the Dover Demon and the Mothman to the Yeti to the Nessie.

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Paul CarrollGUEST
18:23
And then I threw in some prose fiction in there, because that's the other thing that I was doing before I did comics.
Paul CarrollGUEST
18:30
Oh, nice.
Letlhogonolo MokgoroaneHOST
0:16
Today, we'll be speaking to Ayo Ichiro, a Nigerian writer who divides his time between Lagos and Accra.
Letlhogonolo MokgoroaneHOST
0:24
His debut collection short story, Experts in All Styles, was published in Fafafana, and his short fiction has appeared in Transition and other stories.
Letlhogonolo MokgoroaneHOST
0:37
Comfort of Distant Stars is his debut novel, a 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction finalist.
Letlhogonolo MokgoroaneHOST
0:45
You've made your name with stories in Experts in All Styles, and now Comfort of Distant Stars is your first novel.
Terri Te TauGUEST
14:09
Yeah, and so that was my contribution was this for that exhibition was this kōhui a manu and then I wanted to keep that story going from that moment and to turn it into...
Terri Te TauGUEST
14:26
I mean, the invitation that I got from my publishers, from Balamohan and Erena Shingare, was to put together a collection of short stories, and that's how it started.
Terri Te TauGUEST
14:37
And so I had thought, okay, well, I'll just write a story that connects Ōreo up to the Bay of Islands and loosely associate it.
Terri Te TauGUEST
14:44
And then after the first couple of short stories I sent them, I started realising that it was getting harder and harder to whakakape every story as its own complete entity and I wanted to keep them going and so had a chat with them about it and they were really open and happy to the idea of orientating it more towards the novel.
Terri Te TauGUEST
15:06
So yeah.
Pip AdamHOST
15:08
I
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0:49
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Jodi PicoultGUEST
0:59
Writing a thesis was the first time that I didn't write short stories.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
1:03
Instead, I was writing a novel.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
1:05
And it was a novel called Developments.

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Kelton ReidHOST
8:03
And now having worked in theater, you know, both off Broadway and overseas, it's pretty exciting stuff.
Kelton ReidHOST
8:11
I can't wait to talk about all that and how all of this came about.
Kelton ReidHOST
8:13
But yeah, take us back because from what I understand, you know in the cliff's notes edition you were you had studied creative writing at princeton and then published short stories at like age 17. so then went on to get a master's in education at harvard um it didn't seem like you know back then tell us like when you realized that this career was going to be something maybe other than you had imagined initially
Jodi PicoultGUEST
8:40
Well, I don't think anybody really goes, oh, I'm going to be an incredibly successful author.
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1:27
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John Van StanNARRATOR
1:28
Story one of Dostoevsky's Short Stories.
John Van StanNARRATOR
1:31
This is a LibriVox recording.
John Van StanNARRATOR
1:33
All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
John Van StanNARRATOR
1:36
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
John Van StanNARRATOR
1:44
An Honest Thief.
John Van StanNARRATOR
1:47
One morning, just as I was about to set off to my office, Agrafena, my cook, washerwoman, and housekeeper, came in to me and, to my surprise, entered into conversation.

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John Van StanNARRATOR
49:58
His head fell back.
AmynHOST
6:31
Also, for anybody who is interested or would like to know what's happening in the book world, September is usually where people celebrate short stories.
AmynHOST
6:42
It's called Short Story September and it's also known as Suffolk September.
AmynHOST
6:47
So in case you want to celebrate a lot of books by Not books by, but books that have sapphic characters in them.
AmynHOST
6:55
This is the time.

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AmynHOST
27:24
So I finished it.
AmynHOST
27:26
Yeah, it was made.
AmynHOST
27:27
The next book I finished reading was a short story collection, The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nittel.
AmynHOST
27:33
We read this author in March for the Indulgent Bibliophile.
Pat ShorttGUEST
1:09
It is, and it's flying out the door.
Pat ShorttGUEST
1:11
One simple reason, it's adaptation of Blind by Boat Club's book, Short Stories.
Anton SavageHOST
1:15
This explains the fridge.
Pat ShorttGUEST
1:16
That explains the fridge.
Pat ShorttGUEST
1:19
Before I took on this job, I know his podcast and I know his work, but his books are number one bestsellers.
Pat ShorttGUEST
1:25
And they got fabulous reviews.
Pat ShorttGUEST
1:27
The short stories got fabulous reviews.
Pat ShorttGUEST
1:29
And people say to me, what are you doing? I say, well, I'm doing an adaptation.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
6:24
So for that article, TK Eldridge said, and I have comments from both the word by word and the pound by pound.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
6:31
So TK Eldridge said, this year has been rough mentally, and I was beating myself up for not getting one short story out so far.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
6:40
But I have three books I'm working on now that should be out before the end of the year.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
6:45
Previous years, I've done eight to 15 books a year, but there's been a lot to deal with this year, and I'm doing well now.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
9:28
But anyways, these are some of the things I struggle with.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
9:31
And it's the same thing is I'm not going to be able to get, you know, this morning when I had a whole bunch of conflicting tasks I needed to get done.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
9:39
I, there was a short story I wanted to finish that I've kind of been struggling with working on for the last few days.
Mark Leslie LefebvreHOST
9:45
I thought I really want to get this done, but I knew I needed a good hour to two hours to get the whole story done.
BrentHOST
1:09
And if something in today's episode touches your heart, please share it with a friend.
MikaylaHOST
1:15
Welcome to Short Story Wednesday on Angels Among Us.
MikaylaHOST
1:19
Each week, we bring you a short but powerful story to lift your spirits and remind you that God is in even the smallest details of your life.
MikaylaHOST
1:27
If you have a story you'd like to share, we'd be honored to hear it.
BrentHOST
1:32
Today's short story Wednesday is another rewind and the third and final chapter of our story, the one that inspired this whole podcast.
BrentHOST
1:41
Looking back on all the miracles that brought our family together still blows us away.
BrentHOST
1:45
It's so special to remember where this all began and see how far we've come since then.
TayunHOST
1:15
The first one being Catabasis, which we've talked about a little bit on the podcast and how we're working on some other stuff with Catabasis.
TayunHOST
1:23
And for the books i've read not in any particular order the next one is someone who will love you in all your damaged glory it's a selection of short stories by rafael bob waxberg i don't know how to say this guy's name the next one is future oh futuristic violence and fancy suits this was actually gifted to me about a decade ago and i was like i guess i'll read it The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Dune by Frank Herbert.
TayunHOST
1:53
And then, do you want to do your finished books? And then we can go into the ones that I'm currently reading? Yeah.
TayunHOST
2:00
Okay.
TayunHOST
4:34
is interested.
TayunHOST
4:35
So the first book I'll fully talk about is Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory.
TayunHOST
4:41
I don't really read too many short stories currently.
TayunHOST
4:47
I only picked up this book because the author is actually the creator of BoJack Horseman.

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