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Fresh New Shorts marks another milestone with this episode–inviting other award-winning writers to share their short story podcasts. Today’s episode, Tender Fruit, is by Deepam Susan Wadds. Ms Wadds won The Writers’ Union of Canada short story competition for 2016 with Tender Fruit. Her short story resonates today as people make difficult decisions about theirContinue reading “Fresh New Shorts: Tender Fruit”

Explore a different format for short stories with this week’s episode: The Dean of Game Show Hosts. Jack Jefferson is the Dean and Shakespeare of his craft, bringing real emotion to skill-testing questions and games of chance. Jack is a firm believer in luck, until he runs up against a state television service that wantsContinue reading “Fresh New Shorts: The Dean of Game Show Hosts”

Welcome to the seventh short story podcast of Fresh New Shorts. The Tornado Lovers sprang from an article I’d read about how the language you grow up with wires your brain. English speakers experience a different world than, say, Mandarin speakers or French. This idea then found itself inside an Updike-like premise of a coupleContinue reading “Fresh New Shorts: The Tornado Lovers”

We now have a half-dozen podcasts for the podcast project, Fresh New Shorts, which is offering new stories weekly. Thanks to our listeners! Cassini’s daughter is the 6th story in the series. It is mostly set on Ahmic Lake, a large northern lake in Ontario. Anyone who has ever looked out on a still, darkContinue reading “Fresh New Shorts: Cassini’s Daughter”