Keep It Short: A Short Story Discussion Podcast

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Every other Friday, RPCVs Casey and Larry discuss a new short story: what they liked, what freaked them out, and what made them feel smart/dumb/amazed/scared/confounded. Looking for a book club but can't find the time to read a whole book, this short story discussion podcast is for you!

Keep It Short


    • Aug 16, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 40 EPISODES


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    Keep It Short 38: Carmen Maria Machado's' "Inventory"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 27:28


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Carmen Maria Machado's' "Inventory" and contemplate the way in which one can succeed in escaping their identity. CARMEN MARIA MACHADO: Inventory (barcelonareview.com)  

    Keep It Short 38: Jared Jackson's' "Locals"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 29:46


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Jared Jackson's' "Locals" and contemplate the way in which one can succeed in escaping their identity. Locals – Guernica (guernicamag.com)  

    Keep It Short 37: Nancy Kress' "Little Animals"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 32:31


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Nancy Kress' "Little Animals" and contemplate the way in which we interact with the memories of those who've passed away. Little Animals by Nancy Kress : Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Keep It Short 36: Erin Somers' "Ten Year Affair"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 24:17


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Erin Somers' "Ten Year Affair" and contemplate the affairs we're having in other parts of the multiverse. Ten Year Affair | JOYLAND (joylandmagazine.com)

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    Keep It Short 35: Annalee Newitz' "#Selfcare"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 21:03


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Annalee Newitz' "#Selfcare" and contemplate how the fae can really ruin a business. #Selfcare | Tor.com

    Keep It Short 34: Ben Okri's "A Wrinkle in the Realm"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 31:28


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Ben Okri's "A Wrinkle in the Realm" and contemplate the masks we wear. “A Wrinkle in the Realm,” by Ben Okri | The New Yorker

    Keep It Short 33: James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 31:10


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" and contemplate what addiction they'd substitute for the ability to jam away on the piano. No link to the story so that you may support the author's estate and purchase the story as it is not freely available online.

    Keep it Short 32: Tamsyn Muir's "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 30:20


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Tamsyn Muir's "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex" and contemplate how far we'd go to solve a puzzle. The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex | Tor.com

    Keep it Short 31: Lucia Berlin's "Tiger Bites"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 38:04


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Lucia Berlin's "Tiger Bites" and contemplate how family is just weird.  Tiger Bites | Literary Hub (lithub.com)

    Keep it Short 30: Robin Sloan's "The Conspiracy Museum"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 43:30


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Robin Sloan's "The Conspiracy Museum" and contemplate how wacky theories become our lived reality. https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2020/05/conspiracy-museum/610984/ 

    Keep it Short 29: Henry Dumas' "The Marchers"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 37:04


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Henry Dumas' "The Marchers" and contemplate what a movement is and where it should not end. https://coffeehousepress.org/blogs/chwp-blog/the-marchers-a-short-story-by-henry-dumas Causes worthy of your time and support: Northside Funders Group & West Broadway Business Coalition [ https://giving.onecause.com/public/02ad4737-2285-4ad2-91c6-95cd66b423bf/fundraisers/c60e5030-69ce-4853-8b11-4727da5054ad/donate?fbclid=IwAR18aPPh3tcli7bA0hZGytXZ1JF-poa-yCo5D89d3fx82RbxWgU3nsf5eIYt:]

    Keep It Short: Dark This Week

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:13


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    Keep it Short 28: Shiv Ramdas' "And Now His Lordship is Laughing"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 31:56


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Shiv Ramdas' "And Now His Lordship is Laughing" and contemplate the legacy of colonialism. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/and-now-his-lordship-is-laughing/

    Keep it Short 27: Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 36:16


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep it Short 27: Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" and contemplate the time we find ourselves in. https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death

    Keep it Short 26: Kevin Barry's "The Coast of Leitrim"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 40:56


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep it Short 26: Kevin Barry's "The Coast of Leitrim" and contemplate the love everyone deserves. Sound fun? Okay. Let's go! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/the-coast-of-leitrim

    Keep It Short 25: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's "The Era"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 38:50


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep it Short 25: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's "The Era" from Guernica and contemplate telling the truth for once. Sound fun? Okay. Let's go! https://www.guernicamag.com/the-era/

    Keep it Short 24: Matthew Kressel's "Your Future is Pending"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 45:41


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep it Short 24: Matthew Kressel's "Your Future is Pending" from Clarkesworld and contemplate how we'd keep the neighborhood strays fed. Sound fun? Okay. Let's go! http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kressel_11_19/

    Keep it Short 23: Lauren Groff's "Birdie"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 40:45


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep it Short 23: Lauren Groff's "Birdie" from The Atlantic and contemplate forgiveness. Sound fun? Okay. Let's go! https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2020/01/lauren-groff-birdie-short-story/604669/

    Keep it Short 22: Maria Dahvana Headley's "The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 44:50


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep it Short 22: Maria Dahvana Headley's "The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods" from Tor.com and contemplate what it means to survive. Sound fun? Okay. Let's go! https://www.tor.com/2020/01/23/a-girlfriends-guide-to-gods-maria-dahvana-headley/

    Keep it Short 21: Karlo Yeager Rodriguez' "This is Not My Adventure"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 32:20


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep it Short 21: Karlo Yeager Rodriguez' "This is Not My Adventure" from Uncanny Magazine and contemplate our own reverse Narnias. Sound fun? Okay. Let's go! https://uncannymagazine.com/article/this-is-not-my-adventure/

    Keep It Short 20: Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" and "Zero Hour"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 36:47


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 20: Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" and "Zero Hour" contemplate how our kids might kill us. Sound fun? Really? Okay. Let's go!

    Keep It Short 19: Joseph O'Neill's "The Flier"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 44:23


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 19: Joseph O'Neill's "The Flier" from The New Yorker and consider our inconsequential superpowers. Sound fun? Really? Okay. Let's go! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/the-flier

    Keep It Short 18: Paul Tremblay's "The Last Conversation"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2020 30:36


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 18: Paul Tremblay's "The Last Conversation" from Amazon's Forward series and contemplate how far we'd go to rekindle the love of our dead departed. Sound fun? Really? Okay. Let's go! Note: Larry's mic is fucked on this episode. I apologize.

    Keep It Short 17: Phil Klay's "Redeployment"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 42:38


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 17: Phil Klay's "Redeployment" from Granta Magazine and contemplate what we'd do if we had to put down our dogs. Sound fun? Really? Okay. Let's go! https://granta.com/redeployment/

    Keep It Short 16: Joseph O'Neill's "The Flier"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 44:18


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 16: Joseph O'Neill's "The Flier" and contemplate what we'd do if we could float just a little. Sound fun? Let's go! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/the-flier

    Keep It Short 15: Nick Antosca's "The Quiet Boy"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 38:55


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 15: Nick Antosca's "The Quiet Boy" and contemplate what we'll do when the monsters come for us. Sound fun? Let's go! https://www.guernicamag.com/the-quiet-boy/

    Keep It Short 14: Akil Kumarasamy's "The Office of Missing Persons"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 39:12


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 14: Akil Kumarasamy's "The Office of Missing Persons" and contemplate gaslighting. Sound fun? Let's go! https://lithub.com/the-office-of-missing-persons/

    Keep It Short 13: Han Kang's "Fruit of My Woman"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 49:13


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 13: Han Kang's "Fruit of My Woman" from Granta and contemplate how we'd communicate if we were plants. Sound fun? Let's go! https://granta.com/the-fruit-of-my-woman/  

    Keep It Short 12: Alix E. Harrow's "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 38:46


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 12: Alix E. Harrow's "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" and contemplate whether or not our books want to reach out and touch us. Sound fun? Let's go! https://www.apex-magazine.com/a-witchs-guide-to-escape-a-practical-compendium-of-portal-fantasies/

    Keep It Short 11: Anthony Marra's "Chechnya"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 48:41


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 11: Anthony Marra's "Chechnya" and contemplate whether or not we'd dress the wounds of corpses. Sound fun? Let's go! https://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-2009/spring-contest-winners/chechnya-anthony-marra

    Keep It Short 10: Breece D'J Pancake's "Hollow"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2019 44:39


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Breece D'J Pancake's "Hollow" and consider anthracite. Sound fun? Let's go! https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/10/hollow/376308/

    Keep It Short 9: Anton Chekhov's "The Man in A Case"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 53:03


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Keep It Short 9: Anton Chekhov's "The Man in A Case" and consider what kind of story we'd tell if we told a story about people telling a story. Sound fun? Let's go! https://genius.com/Anton-chekhov-the-man-in-a-case-full-text-annotated

    Keep It Short 8: Regina Porter's "Saturday Night Special"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2019 41:18


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Regina Porter's "Saturday Night Special" and consider the ghosts that walk among us. Sound fun? Let's go! https://tinhouse.com/saturday-night-special/

    Keep It Short 7: Marko Kloos' "How to Move Spheres and influence People"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 44:09


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Marko Kloos' "How to Move Spheres and influence People" and contemplate their own, innate superpowers. Sound fun? Let's go! https://www.tor.com/2019/03/27/how-to-move-spheres-and-influence-people-marko-kloos/

    Keep It Short 6: Ted Chiang's "Exhalation"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 37:40


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Ted Chiang's "Exhalation" and contemplate equilibrium in the world. Sound fun? Let's go!

    Keep it Short 5: Celeste Ng's "Girls, At Play"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 41:48


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Celeste Ng's "Girls, At Play" and contemplate schoolyard shenanigans. Sounds fun? Let's go!

    Keep It Short 4: Daisy Johnson's "A Bruise the Size and Shape of a Door Handle"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2019 36:27


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Daisy Johnson's "A Bruise the Size and Shape of a Door Handle" and contemplate how to make love to a bedroom wall. Sound fun? Let's go!

    Keep It Short 3: Wren Wallis' "Ghosts of Bari"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 47:12


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Wren Wallis' "Ghosts of Bari" and contemplate the best ways to salvage across the universe. Sounds fun? Let's go!

    Keep It Short 2: Brian Evenson's "Smear"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 42:56


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Brian Evenson's "Smear" and contemplate the worst ways to die. Sounds fun? Let's go!

    Keep It Short 1: Alice Sola Kim: "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2019 42:07


    In this episode of Keep It Short, a short story discussion podcast, Casey and Larry jump into Alice Sola Kim's "Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying." What kind of spell can put you in contact with a mother you never knew? Let's find out!

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