Weekly Short Stories
Each week The Literary Roadhouse podcast hosts deeply read and discuss one short story.
Each week The Literary Roadhouse podcast hosts deeply read and discuss one short story.
This week’s story: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia
Next week’s story: Suffering in Motion by McKenna Marsden
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Chemical Bonds” by Neema Avashia, an auto-biographical story about the political divide between immigrant parents and their American-born daughter. While this podcast typically focuses on fiction, reading non-fiction was a happy accident. A bit of a departure from our normal show, “Chemical Bonds” sparked an interesting discussion that led Anais and Andy to reflect on their own immigrant families.
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This week’s story: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami
Next week’s story: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” by Haruki Murakami, a story of talking monkey who works an honest job and pines for lost loves from afar. If you’re looking for meaning, listen to this podcast to relieve yourself of such a weighty burden! This story is light, charming, and a wonderful break from the heavy-hearted and forlorn.
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This week’s story: Agashi by AC Koch
Next week’s story: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami
Rated: Adult Themes, Clean Language
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Agahsi” by AC Koch, a story two ex-pat English teachers in Hong Kong sent to South Korea by their boss. Their mission carries questionable morals, and the two men have very different responses. Our hosts also have very different responses to the story, and debate the ethics and story alike.
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This week’s story: The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror by Carmen Maria Machado
Next week’s story: Agashi by AC Koch
Rated: Explicit!
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror” by Carmen Maria Machado, a story that pays an homage to the Grand Guignol tradition and delivers the horror, sex, and shock! All three hosts tip their hats to this masterfully crafted story, but can all three look past their squeamishness?
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This week’s story: The Afterlife by Jonathan Lethem
Next week’s story: The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Afterlife” by Jonathan Lethem. Having made it to the afterlife by bus, main character “R” is repeatedly disappointed by everyone and everything he encounters. If this former sculptor can’t find deeper meaning in the visions of the afterlife, can we?
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This week’s story: The Smart House of Mrs O by Lincoln Michel
Next week’s story: The Afterlife by Jonathan Lethem
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The The Smart House of Mrs O” by Lincoln Michel. The haunting story of a widow who uses her husbands body parts in home improvement work. But their love was so true…can you blame her for wanting to hold on? Some of us can!
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This week’s story: Boar Taint by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Next week’s story: The Smart House of Mrs. O by Lincoln Michel
Rated: Explicit
Gerald, Andy and Anais debate “Boar Taint” by Bonnie Jo Campbell. This story centers on the farmer’s wife, Jill, and her bet to save the farm with the dubious purchase of a cheap hog. Was it a good gamble?
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This week’s story: Two Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant
Next week’s story: Boar Taint by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Rated: Adult Themes
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Two Little Soldiers” by Guy de Maupassant. Its a classic tale of two boys and a girl. Very mixed reviews make for an exciting discussion. Tune in!
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This week’s story: Disaster Stamps of Pluto by Louise Erdrich
Next week’s story: Little Soldiers by Guy de Maupassant
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Disaster Stamps of Pluto”, a slice of life told in memories that is surprisingly not a work of science fiction. It wasn’t what they hoped or expected, yet all three read it pleasurably. Enjoy!
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This week’s story: Out There by Kate Folk
Next week’s story: Disaster Stamps of Pluto by Louise Erdrich
Rated: Adult Themes
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Out There” by Kate Folk. In the near future, artificially intelligent androids enter the dating world! This story was (mostly) very high rated. Follow the link to figure out why!
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