The Short Story Show

Al Tee, "Free Cable." Bill Burnyeat, "Dead Reckoning." Bryant Ross, "Grandaddy's Whiskey." E.E. King, "In the Hood." Jim Murray, "Art Class." Kelly Ellis, "Let's Put This In Perspective." Leslie Stark, "Tinder Fire." Mike Funergy, "Bills and Barbs." Phyllis Graham, "The Hairy Princess." Robert Bockstael, "Her Demin Blue Eyes." Sherry MacDonald, "Hot Milk." Susan Cormier, "Metaphor for an Apple."

Jackson Ford, "On the Border." T.J. Mair, "Wipe Privilege." Dick Cummins, "At Your Age, Compromise is Seeing Things My Way."

Sara Morley, "Run." Kelly Roux, "[untitled]." Leslie Stark, "Conversations with My Mother."

Susan Dickson, "Cuba Ashes." Cali Haan, "Danarchy." Reive Doig, "The Bridge."

Ava Love Hanna, "Optimus Prime vs The English Major." Sharookh Daroowala, "You Showed Her Your What!?" Deb Van Slet, "Time Trapped."

Dick Cummins, "Lights Out, Cold Storage, and A Way You'll Never Be." Susan Cormier, "Three Keys." Geneviève Goggin, "Failed Drug Bust."

Van Gal, "Gumbo." Michele Hall, "Ballet Class 1959." Soo Jeong, "Chicken."

Susan Cormier, "Jack in the Box." Michele Luchs, "Breakdown." Bill Burnyeat, "San Fransisco Dreaming."

Dave Berg, "Art of the Flea Market Deal." Mike Funergy, "Old Zeke and Billy Bob." Zed Payne, "The Laundromat."

Mark Fleisher, "Flowers for Annie." E.E. King, "How the Monarchs Came to Utah." Bill Burnyeat, "Blind Date."

Do Dworschak, "The Ruler." Tyler Gooden, "The Heavy Kite." Karen Spears, "Library Slut."

Robley Stephen Browne, "You Know We'll Have a Good Time Then." Soo Jeong, "Emergency Kit." Reive Doig, "The Happiest Place on Earth."

Max Langert, "Technology is Hard." Greg Bishop, "Driving Home." Geneviève Goggin, "The Frankencamper."

Shlomo McPeake, "My First Time in the Ring." Mike Sheridan, "Glory Days." Maia Brundage, "Gravol Mistake."

Liv, "Not That Kind of Club." Spillious, "Can I Go Pee Pretty Please?" Reive Doig, "Outed on TV."

Anthony Portulese, "Screech." Erin Reddekopp, "I Converted it to Canadian Tire Money." Bill Burnyeat, "Wendigo."

Becky D'Ugo, "I'll Be Waiting." Emily Kelsall, "Climate Bitch." Geneviève Goggin, "OK Cupid."

Leslie Stark, "Bob Dylan Redux." Al Tee, "The Skeptic." Tyler Gooden, "My Friend, Jude Law."

Sharookh Daroowala, "Better Than Yesterday." Jennifer Martin, "Wedding Dress Trauma." Zed Payne, "The Wedding."

Owen Reid, "A Bad Trip to Belgium with a Bad Boss." Soo Jeong, "The Regret." Bill Burnyeat, "Bitter End."

Geneviève Goggin, "The Special Christmas Tree." Michele Luchs, "The Gift." Dick Cummins, "An Autographed Baseball Worth More Than Something Someday."

Deb VanSlet, "The Innlet." Nat Jategaonkar, "Ocean Magic." Alix Born, "Beautiful."

Bryant Ross, "Lost in the Forest." Torsten Schoeneberg, "Brenda Craigdarroch and the Glove." Tyler Gooden, "Fire Alarm."

David Hu, "Blessing in Disguise."Ash, "At My Wits' End." Geneviève Goggin, "Don't Shoot...I'm a Biologist."

Adam Szudrich, "Jake's Room." Skye Morrissey, "(untitled)." Alix Born, "The Other Wedding Dress."

Jim O'Loughlin, "Taken, or Not." Karly Pinch, "Cameron Bus Story." Melody Ann, "Babysitting Nightmare."

Emily Kelsall, "Eagle Bluffs." Eleanor Novia, "[untitled]." Kathrin Lake, "My Spiderman."

T.J. Mair, "Hair Peace." Katherine Moore, "Breaking Bald." Maia Brundage, "Truth or Hair."

Ann Burfeind, "Hamburger with my Mom." Al Tee, "Research." Bill Burnyeat, "Footwear."

Reive Doig, "A Life in Transit." Michele Hall, "Gail Remembers 1947." Alix Born, "The Food Bank."

Cory Branson, "Tricycle for Change." Shannon May Craig, "Road Bingo." Karen Spears, "Bike Power."

Phyllis Graham, "The Hairy Princess." E.E. King, "A Fairy Tale." Leslie Stark, "Aflynn."

Kathrin Lake, "Siesta Sex." Mike Funergy, "Terlingua." Zed Payne, "Mexican Arrest."

The first, second, and third place winners of our recent short story contest, plus the first runner-up. Christopher Taylor, "Kung Fu Magic." Nat Jategaonkar, "Hungry." Stephen B. Pearl, "Elf's Truth.' Dick Cummings, "Channeling My Inner McMurphy at Key West High."

Three runner-up stories from our second short story contest. Stephen B. Pearl, "The Single Life." Bill Burnyeat, "The Reporter." Sherry MacDonald, "Dial Tone."

Shlomo McPeake, "Feng Shui or the Highway." Al Tee, "Vampire Bob." Torsten Schoeneberg, "Brenda Craigdarroch Once Gave a Jigsaw Puzzle."

Katlyn Townson, "Dreaming in Reality." Tyler Gooden, "Doug the DooDoo Bug." Bill Burnyeat, "Chicago Confidential."

Zed Payne, "Straight Man." Leslie Stark, "The Election of Ronald Dump." Dick Cummins, "Rudeness: A Small Man's Imitation of Power."

Robert Bockstael, "Her Denim Blue Eyes." Sara Marrocco, "Grocery Shop." Tyler Gooden, "A Jacket for the Crisis."

Bryant Ross, "Good Dog." Clark Antonich, "Sputnik's New Home." Bill Burnyeat, "Dog Days."

Brendan Reid, "The Tapestry." Susan Cormier, "(If I Could) Turn Back Time." Christopher Taylor, "Foiling Curses."

Griffin, "Jagged Little Melody." Ilana Labow, "Peace Train." Clark Antonich, "Sing Out Strong."

E.E. King, "The Island of Leah." Bill Burnyeat, "The Falling House that Never Falls." J.P. Lorence, "Echo."

Leslie Stark, "Drake Eats Poutine." Erin Meehakopp, "Ryan Reynolds Ruined My Life." Dick Cummins, "I'm Sorry to Say this Mr Yamamoto - But it's Unlikely He'll Be Coming Back."

Sherry MacDonald, "Hot Milk." Marylee Stephenson, "Partner of 51 Years." L.C., "The Death Threat."

Robert Bockstael, "Hurry." Dick Cummins, "The Lure of Easy Money." Jim Murray, "Lobsterman." Plus: the opening of our second short story contest.

Soo Jeong, "Natasha. " Clark Antonich, "Family in the End." Maia Brundage, "P is for Pants."

Erik Traulsen, "My Favorite Kind of Memory." T.J. Mair, "Fap Boy Slim." Jeff Rotin, "Bottom of the Ninth."

Christine Venzon, "The Crossing." Mike Funergy, "Grandma's Wisdom." Bryant Ross, "Hottest Day of the Year."

Keara Barnes, "Victoria." Leslie Stark, "The Dance of Shiva." Torsten Schoeneberg, "Brenda Craigdarroch and the Wasps." And some behind-the-scenes trivia from our first year of production.

J.I. Harvey, "A Meeting with Unmet." J.P. Lorence, "The Deal." Lozan Yamolky, "In the Presence of an Angry Ghost."