Bound Off Short Story Podcast #31 (August 2008)

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 always goes "on holiday" in August, so this is a rebroadcast of stories from 2006.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast #30 (July 2008)

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.

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Bound Off Short Story Podcast #28

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.

Music in this episode is "Pajarito" by Mark Rushton, from the album Flow.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast #25

I completed assembly of Bound Off Short Story Podcast #25, which came out on February 15, 2008. Here's the MP3. It's 13 minutes long and about 12MB in file size.

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Stories in February are:

• "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.

Music for this podcast is "Brush Creek" from my 2007 album Regeneration X.

"Brush Creek" is available as a single download through iTunes or Amazon MP3.

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Bound Off Podcast #24 - January 2008

I completed assembly of Bound Off Short Story Podcast #24, which came out on January 15, 2008. Here's the MP3. It's 29 minutes and 30 seconds and about 27MB in file size.

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Stories are:

• "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.

Music in this podcast includes:

Intro: "Adsorption"

Between the two stories: "Preemergence"

Closing: "Memory Trigger"

All tracks are available on Mark Rushton's 2007 release Regeneration X.

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Bound Off Literary Audio Podcast #23, December 2007

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.
  
  
• Additional music ("Whiteout") provided by Mark Rushton. Available from the album "Hum And Drift"
  

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Bound Off Short Story Podcast #22

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.
  
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton. The track is called "Pajarito" and can be streamed at iLike.
  

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Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 21

Bound Off Short Story Podcast, Issue 21 is now available.

Stories include:

• The Whiskey Midget Freak Show, written and read by Vincent Louis Carrella.

• Root, written by Claudia Smith and read by Kelly Shriver.
  
  
• European Tour, written by Kendall Walker and read by Ann Rushton.

Total time of the podcast is 16 minutes.

Music by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 20

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.
  
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 19

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.
  
  
• Additional music provided by Mark Rushton.

Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 18

I engineered, read a story, and provided music for Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 18, which became available on July 15, 2007.

The show is 21 minutes long. You can download the MP3 here. It's 14.5 MB and encoded at 96kb.

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Stories are:

* "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.

The music used is the song Memory Trigger. You can download a free MP3 of the track at last.fm. Memory Trigger comes from my album Regeneration X, available on CD or digital download at iTunes.