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Readers! New episode! An interview with Alyssa Wong in which we talk about, among other things, s*x, guilt, fear, villains, bible monsters, Junji Ito, growing up in the desert, and the many tiers of horror. Also, trash pigs. https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2018/6/5/pocket-interview-no-8-alyssa-wong
In which we talk with award-winning author, Alyssa Wong, about among other things: s*x, guilt, fear, bible monsters, growing up in the desert, and the many tiers of horror. Also, trash pigs.
Readers! New episode! An interview with Sofia Samatar in which we talk about, among other things: jazz, identity, belonging, feeling lost in life and in stories, and how we might use language to build, and remember, home.
We've talked about a couple of the amazing Sofia Samatar's stories on the podcast before. Way back in episode four of our first season we discussed, "The Closest Thing to Animals" (p: ) and And in our second season, we talked about “Walkdog” (p: Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories)
https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2018/3/27/pocket-interview-no-7-sofia-samatar
Readers! New episide! In which we discuss DANCE CARD by Roberto Bolaño in PEN America, and A KISS WITH TEETH by Max Gladstone in Tor.com. Along with, among other things, silhouettes, monsters, and the musical stylings of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. https://t.co/dWQiopKvA5
In which, we discuss: Dance Card by Roberto Bolano, Last Evenings on Earth . & A Kiss with Teeth by Max Gladstone, Tor , 2014. Along with, among other things, silhouettes, monsters, and the musical stylings of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Readers! New episode! In which we discuss stories by (THE WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A RESTAURANT, p: Barcelona Review) and Katherine Mansfield (THE DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL). Also: Lord of the Rings, Marxist critique, and regret. https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2018/2/27/storyological-302-love-makes-monsters-of-us-all
In which, we discuss: The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant by Leone Ross, Barcelona Review. & The Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield, 1920. (pdf) Along with, among other things, Lord of the Rings, Marxist critique, and regret.
Over on our Patreon, we post occasional updates on the stories we've picked, interviews we're getting ready, books we're reading, and also sometimes a little something about us. Such as this birthday drawing Emma did for Chris one time. Happy Saturday, readers. ^-^ https://www.patreon.com/posts/boy-who-thought-16899669
Official Post from Storyological: Hello, readers.It's the 9th day of February. This is the birthday of Chris. Here is a drawing Emma made for him one birthday not so many years ago. It is called "The Boy Who Thought."Over on Twitter (), we're asking people to send their birthday wishes...
Happy reading, readers. That is all. ^-^
For a look back at all our old episodes, and the stories we’ve discussed, and the magazines whence they came, take a scroll through our super-scrollable list of past episodes. https://www.storyological.com/stories/
A list of previous and upcoming episodes with links to the short stories we've discussed.
And here's another. In episode 1.10 we talked about Carmen Maria Machado's Husband Stitch in Granta No. 129. https://t.co/2gxbYuiyDV
In which we discuss “The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado & “Hwang’s Billion Brilliant Daughters” by Alice Sola Kim.
Did you know that we’ve talked about four stories from Granta Magazine? We did. Here's one. In episode 1.22 we talked about The Infamous Bengal Ming by Rajesh Parameswaran from Granta No. 117.
https://t.co/9WKFkh2lpp
1. SLIPPING by Lauren Beukes, Berlin Quarterly 2. THE INFAMOUS BENGAL MING by Rajesh Parameswaran along with, among other things... Some things about Sense8 * Sense8 and the Failure of Global Imagination * Sympathetic Sci-fi * Is Sense8 Too Radical for Critics? Some thi
Did you know that we’ve talked about two stories from Uncanny Magazine and both were by Amal El-Mothar? We did. Here's the one in which Pockets. https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2016/2/3/storyological-6-later-everything
In which we discuss “Pockets” by Amal El-Mohtar, voted their favorite story of 2015 by Uncanny readers, and "Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea" by Sarah Pinsker. Also, barnacles, pocket protectors, and the Tom Hanks film Castaway.
Here is a picture from inside our Slack channel called STORY CHUTE in which the RSS feeds of magazines like Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Nightmare, and Tor, among others, drop in their latest stories for us to gobble up.
Hello, readers. Welcome to Day 6 of the . Today it’s all about the journals and magazines without which we would not have all these stories to talk about. Here are some such journals and magazines.
In these, and in every episode, we do our best to love every story to pieces. True understanding is an act of love. And that's our aim for each episode. True love.
That is all, readers. Have an excellent Monday.
In our first season, we totally accidentally devoted an entire episode to stories from Nightmare Magazine by Matthew Kressel and Alyssa Wong. (still perhaps the best gif/story combo) https://t.co/jLh4Rxv3gS
In which we discuss, “Demon in Aisle 6” by Matthew Kressel and "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong.
We talked about Alexandra Kleeman's "Fairy Tale" in The Paris Review. https://t.co/NTrVRXE7Yt
1. “When It Changed” by Joanna Russ. Again, Dangerous Visions. 1972. ( pdf ) 2. “Fairy Tale” by Alexandra Kleeman. Paris Review. Winter 2010. along with, among other things... Joanna Russ * An appreciation by Kameron Hurley * Profile in The Independent * Obituary, in The Gua
We collaborated with Strange Horizons to unearth (from the British Library) a couple of decades-old SFF stories, see them reprinted, and discussed. https://t.co/Vh9DRVp4JQ
In which we discuss, "Created He Them" by Alice Eleanor Jones. & " The Last Refuge” by Eduardo Goligorsky. Along with, among other things, Rebecca Solnit, Pan's Labyrinth, and semicolons.
There are so many thrilling purveyors of different kinds of wonder out there. Traditionally SFF ones and ones totally open to the possibilities. Over the first two years of the podcast we’ve discussed nearly 100 stories from some 30 different magazines. Last year, for example, we talked about SFF work in Clarkesworld, American Short Fiction, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Indiana Review, Electric Literature, Uncanny, Interfictions, and The White Review, to name a few.
A lot of fantastic 🎤podcasts🎤 talk about the wonderful world of SFF. Podcats about novels. Podcasts about movies. Podcasts about writing. Podcasts that interview authors. Podcasts that read, or perform, short stories. Podcasts about a lot of amazing things.
And there are a lot of sites out there that do their level best to review, or survey, as many short stories as they can. Or collect their favorites.
There are not that many podcasts, or that many websites, devoted to extended, in-depth discussions of short stories, even though we are living in, if not a golden age, then at the very least some definite kind of Shiny Age of Short Stories.
Hello, readers. Welcome to Day 5 of the . Today it’s all about and 🚀 🚀. Nominations opened today. Here’s why you should consider Storyological for 🏆BEST FANCAST🏆. http://www.worldcon76.org/hugos
The official web site for the 2018 World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, California
At $3 a month you can read Chris' attempt, in monthly installments, to review everything he sees, hears, or reads. Well. Not everything. Most everything. He will probably not review his kitchen table. No promises he won’t, though.
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Of note, readers!
We’ve got this Patreon thingy now. If you have the ability and inclination, you can help support us in our mission of engaging with the world through various shaped worlds of make believe.
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The other day writer Joseph Allen Hill shared one of his favorite episodes of Storyological. He is a pretty cool human. This is what he said.
"This is may be my favorite episode (1.28). The conversation is really compelling, and both stories featured are like all time top 20 for me now."
In which we discuss, 1. "Through the Wardrobe" by Lucy Caldwell Belle, and her gold dress, from disney's beauty and the beast 2. "Poko Poko" by Irenosen Okojie Toby Onwumare, sense8 Along with, among other things... That one episode of Storyological where we discussed “Brokebac
I live, but there’s no life in me
And in such a hopeful way
I die because I do not die.
- St. John of the Cross (a quote from Colin Wilson's The Outsider)
In which, in the second of our holiday specials this year, we discuss that one film GROUNDHOG DAY, along with, among other things, ensouled vampires, magical girls, girls with cool hats, various sorts of existential despair, and also Magic Mike XXL.
Hello, readers! So. Storyological's third season starts February 12th with an interview featuring the awesome writer Yukimi Ogawa. We're doing a thing where each day leading up to that day we post some stuff because we're excited and proud and we're trying to learn to not only make things, but also tell people about them. We started on Twitter and failed to start here. So now we are starting here. ^-^
Our second season finale in which we discuss the state of literature. More or less. Not really. Also scrutability, adventure, and the boy who could fly.
Our season two finale! We close out by discussing the state of literature. More or less. Not really. Also scrutability, adventure, and the boy who could fly. https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2017/12/21/storyological-220-the-world-is-our-slush-pile-part-2
Our second season finale in which we discuss the state of literature. More or less. Not really. Also scrutability, adventure, and the boy who could fly.
Readers! New episode! In which we discuss A CITY INSIDE by Tillie Walden at Avery Hill Publishing and THE TRANSPLANT by Viet Thanh Nguyen from Grove Atlantic. Also: Blade Runner 2049, Hayao Miyazaki, and the space and time of comics. https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2017/12/6/storyological-219-everything-you-have
In which we discuss, A CITY INSIDE by Tillie Walden & THE TRANSPLANT by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Along with, among other things, Blade Runner 2049, Hayao Miyazaki, and the space and time of comics.
Readers! New episode! In which we chat with Joseph Allen Hill about, among other things: intertextuality, metafiction, and the hope and purpose of art. Also Flash Gordon and the theme song to the television show Frasier. Read his wonderful stories in Lightspeed Magazine and Liminal Magazine. https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2017/11/27/pocket-interview-no-5-joseph-allen-hill
Hello lovely readers, our new episode contains discussion of stories by Camilla Grudova (from her collection Doll's Alphabet from Fitzcarraldo Editions) and Jean Rhys (from her Penguin Books collection). They are both amazing and you should read them! https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2017/11/13/storyological-218-lanterny-film-type-machines
In which, we discuss: Sleep it Off Lady by Jean Rhys, *Sleep it Off Lady*, 1976. & Agata’s Machine by Camilla Grudova, *The White Review*, June 2015. Along with, among other things. Desire, solitude, and the prisons of escape.
FRIENDS! we are on holiday this week, so why not check out this archive episode discussion of beautiful stories from Joseph Allen Hill (from Lightspeed Magazine) and Laura Van Den Berg! (from her collection with Dzanc Books) https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2017/2/20/storyological-202-on-masks-meteors-and-privilege
In which we discuss: “The Venus Effect” by Joseph Allen Hill & “Where We Must Be” by Laura van den Berg. Along with, among other things, fate, politics, and bigfoot.
Readers! New episode! In which we chat with Carmen Maria Machado about her extraordinary debut collection, HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES, (from ) along with, among other things: s*x, gender, television, and the revelations of Kate Winslet’s body.
https://www.storyological.com/podcast/2017/10/3/pocket-interview-no-4-carmen-maria-machado
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