Podcast appearances and mentions of david gaffney

Editor’s choice: The prognostic impact of substantial lymphovascular space invasion in women with node negative FIGO stage I uterine carcinoma Editorial: Is substantial lymphovascular space invasion in FIGO stage I endometrial carcinoma ready for primetime in deciding adjuvant treatment? Hosted by: Dr David Gaffney, MD, PhD, Associate Editor of Gynecologic OncologyFeaturing: Mohamed Elshaikh, MDBeriwal Sushil MD

Editor’s choice: Management of inguinal lymph nodes in locally advanced, surgically unresectable, squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva Editorial: Optimizing and harmonizing lymph node dissection and radiotherapy in advanced vulvar cancer Hosted by: Dr David Gaffney, MD, PhD, Associate Editor of Gynecologic Oncology Featuring: Dr Lilian T. Gien, MD, MSc, FRCSC, University of Toronto, Canada Dr Brenna Swift, MD, FRCSC, MSc, MASc, University of Toronto, Canada Dr Scott Glaser, MD, City of Hope, USA

Reviews: 2023 changes to FIGO endometrial cancer staging: Counterpoint; 2023 FIGO staging system for endometrial cancer: The evolution of the revolution Editorial: 2023 FIGO staging for endometrial cancer, a look at both sides of the coin Hosted by: Sean Dowdy, MD, FACS, FACOG, Associate Editor of Gynecologic Oncology Featuring: Dr. Alexander Olawaiye, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA Dr. David Gaffney, MD-PhD, University of Utah, USA Dr. Mario Leitao, Jr., MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

In this episode of "Status Go," host Jeff Ton interviews cloud expert David Gaffney to dispel the myth of cloud unreliability and explores key factors impacting cloud infrastructure reliability and its cost-effectiveness compared to traditional on-premises solutions. The post Status Go: Ep. 227 – Myth Buster: The Cloud is Not Reliable – Expert Perspective | David Gaffney appeared first on InterVision Systems.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. David Gaffney, Dr. Carien Creutzberg, and Dr. Anuja Jhingran to discuss this month's special issue on radiation oncology. Dr. Gaffney, MD, PhD, Senior Director of Clinical Research, is Professor and Vice-Chair of the University of Utah (U of U) Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Gaffney is a distinguished clinician and a long-standing leader in clinical research, and he is also a past president of the American Brachytherapy Society. Dr. Carien Creutzberg is Professor of Radiation Oncology at Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands. She specializes in research and treatment of gynecological cancers and has been initiator and principal investigator of the four PORTEC trials and the TransPORTEC consortium. She is current chair of the GCIG Endometrial Cancer Committee and past Council member of ESGO and IGCS. Dr. Anuja Jhingran is a Professor of Radiation Oncology in the Section of Gynecology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is the present treasure/secretary for IGCS. She is highly active in GCSC, GCIC, ASCO, and SGO. Her passion is to improve treatment for all women with gynecological cancer throughout the world and she does this through mentoring physicians in underserved regions throughout world. Highlights: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is useful in gynecological cancers. Brachytherapy improves survival in cervix cancer. Image guidance in radiation oncology decreases morbidity. Patients with small volume disease and long disease-free interval may be good candidates for SBRT. Immunotherapy can be combined with radiation therapy.

Carey Pietsch and Dan Berry chat about being a trusting collaborator, showing your working out and visualising the story in your head or on paper. You can follow Carey on twitter, and check out Carey's Patreon here. The fourth Adventure Zone graphic novel, The Crystal Kingdom is available now! Dan has a new book out too! Check out Rivers, with David Gaffney published by Top Shelf! Order it from your local independent book store! Consider supporting the Make It Then Tell Everybody podcast on Patreon for listening notes and behind the scenes blog posts from $1 per episode.

Lyndon White and Dan Berry talk about redrawing a book because you levelled up, accidentally becoming a teacher and kickstarter caution. Lyndon's book Candles is out soon with Cast Iron Books. Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! Also, Dan's new book Rivers with David Gaffney is out now from Top Shelf! Get it from your favourite independent book store! OK Comics in the UK has exclusive signed bookplates that you can't get anywhere else. 

We're now deep into September, and once again Gary and Becca have got a week full of events and an incredible number of new books to talk about!   Events this week: Tuesday, September 21st: Jonathan French, in conversation with Will Damron  Wednesday, September 22nd: Ari Honarvar  Thursday, September 23rd: Alex London, in conversation with Tui Sutherland Friday, September 24th: Young Adult Book Club discussing This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Saturday, September 25th: Virtual Storytime with Catherine Manning  Monday, September 27th: Alex Pheby, in conversation with Christopher Buehlman    New this week: A Girl Called Rumi by Ari Honarvar  Battle Dragons: City of Thieves by Alex London  The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki  Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson  All These Bodies by Kendare Blake  The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi  Into the Dying Light by Katy Rose Pool  Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick  On Location by Sarah Echavarre Smith  Gutter Mage by J.S. Kelley  She Rides the Storm by Caitlin Sangster  Maya and the Return of the Godlings by Rena Barron  Iyanu: Child of Wonder by Roye Okupe, illustrated by Godwin Akpan Barb the Last Berzerker by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson Rivers by David Gaffney, illustrated by Dan Berry Swing, Volume 4 by Matt Hawkins, illustrated by Yishan Li   You can now find us on Patreon! Unlock exclusive content by subscribing today! Special thanks to Austin Farmer for letting us use the track "Kill the Farm Boy", from his album Bookshelf Symphony Orchestra!  Send us your questions to mystgalaxypod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook,  YouTube, and TikTok!  And support the store by ordering books at mystgalaxy.com!

Improving care in vulvar cancer via the prospective Vulvar GROINSS VII study   TRANSCRIPT This JCO Podcast provides observations and commentary on the JCO article “Radiotherapy Versus Inguinofemoral Lymphadenectomy as Treatment for Vulvar Cancer Patients with Micrometastases in the Sentinel Node: Results of GROINSS-V II” by Oonk et al. My name is David Gaffney, and I am a professor and Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah. I am also Senior Director for Clinical Research at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. My oncologic specialty is radiation oncology. I have no relevant disclosures to this study. The GROINS VII study is the successor trial of the GROINS V I trial. In the GROINSS-V I study, the authors demonstrated that omission of an inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy was safe in patients with a negative sentinel lymph node with an isolated GROIN recurrence rate of 2.3%. It also showed that with long term follow up a significant proportion of patients will recur. At 10 years local recurrence occurred in 39.5% of all patients. Although local recurrences are treated with curative intent, the disease-specific survival of these patients decreases significantly. It is important to ask if there is a dose response to radiotherapy in vulvar cancer?  GOG 101 was published in 1998 and employed a split course of radiotherapy to a dose of 47.6 Gy with concurrent cisplatin and 5-FU. The complete response rate was 46.5%. The subsequent prospective phase II randomized trial, GOG 205, was published in 2012 and employed 10 Gy more of radiotherapy with weekly cisplatin to a total dose of 57.6 Gy. This study demonstrated a 78% pathologic complete response rate. Hence, by adding 10 Gy, the complete response rate increased by 30%, indicating a steep dose response. Also, by way of background, a retrospective study from MD Anderson by Stecklein et al. published in 2018 demonstrated a 3-year actuarial groin control rate of 83% with high dose conformal radiotherapy with a median dose of 66 Gy to grossly positive nodes. These data demonstrate that radiotherapy can sterilize gross disease in select circumstances.   The GROINSS-V II study was a phase II prospective study in a rare disease, and sought to answer whether radiotherapy to 50 Gy could be an effective and less morbid alternative to inguinofemoral lymphadenctomy   Patients were accrued from 59 hospitals in 11 countries. Eligibility for this study were patients with tumors less than 4 cm, with  negative groin nodes on preoperative CT, MRI, or ultrasound. The primary endpoint was a groin recurrence rate at 24 months. A combined technique was used to evaluate the sentinel lymph node of lymphoscintigram and blue dye. Bilateral sentinel lymph node procedures were required for midline lesions. The radiotherapy was 50 Gy in 25-28 fractions with the field size to extend to the bottom of the SI joints, including the distal external iliac lymph nodes. Greater than 1700 patients were registered. One hundred sixty patients were found to have micrometastases, that is disease less than 2 mm, whereas 162 patients were found to have macrometastases. The median size vulvar lesion for patients with negative sentinel lymph node was 18 mm, 23 mm for patients with micrometastases, and 25 mm for patients with macrometastases.   Results at 2 years demonstrated an isolated groin recurrence rate occurred in 1.6% of patients that were treated per protocol with micrometastases. Whereas patients with macrometastases had an isolated groin recurrence rate at 2 years of 12.2%. For patients with macrometastases treated with radiotherapy, the groin recurrence rate was 22%. Whereas groin failure was 6.9% for patients who had macrometastases treated with inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy and radiotherapy. For patients with macrometastases, no groin recurrences were observed in 7 patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. Among the 1213 patients with a negative sentinel lymph node, an isolated groin recurrence occurred in 31 patients for a rate of 2.7% at 2 years. For the 56 patients who suffered a groin recurrence, 31 of them died of vulvar cancer for an overall survival rate of 39% at 2 years.   This trial also looked at morbidity of patients treated with inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy versus sentinel lymph node procedure plus radiotherapy. The lower extremity edema rate was 32% at 6 months versus half of that for patients treated with the sentinel lymph node procedure plus radiotherapy. It should be noted that IMRT was utilized in 19% of cases, and chemotherapy was utilized in 12% of cases.   This trial clearly demonstrated that in patients with a macrometastasis or disease greater than 2 mm within a groin node, radiotherapy is not a safe alternative to inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy due to a higher rate of groin recurrence, albeit there was no difference in disease-specific survival.   Management of patients with vulvar cancer is complex. Clinicians need to control the ipsilateral and the contralateral groin. The GROINSS-V II study gives us data on contralateral groin failures also. Overall, there was a very low rate of contralateral groin failure.   The subsequent study GROINSS-V III will evaluate patients with macrometastases and compare inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy versus chemoradiotherapy with weekly cisplatin and an elevated dose of radiotherapy to the groin with 56 Gy utilizing a simultaneous integrated boost technique. It will be quite interesting in years to come to discern if IMRT with more precise daily imaging and dose escalation together with chemotherapy will improve local regional control. Additionally, there may be select populations of node positive patients where intensification of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or more extensive surgery may be useful. McAlpine and colleagues have demonstrated that cases of HPV-negative vulvar cancers had a markedly inferior survival rate with a hazard ratio of 0.35. It is also hoped that advance radiotherapy techniques such as IMRT will decrease longstanding morbidity such as lymphedema. The GOG prospective study 244 demonstrated no increase in lymphedema in gynecologic cancer patients where radiotherapy was added compared to surgery alone.   The study by Oonk et al. is a remarkable effort in a rare disease demonstrating that patients with micromets can be safely treated with 50 Gy and patients with macromets should be treated with an inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy. It will be very interesting to see if chemoradiotherapy with increased dose can improve local-regional control and provide a high quality of life for patients with macro mets in the GROINS VIII trial.    This concludes this JCO Podcast. Thank you for listening.

In this episode of Can't Find My Way Home, I was joined by David Gaffney. David, originally from Jersey in the Channel Islands takes us through his Expat story and his musical adventures. An intrepid busker, David had been travelling throughout the UK from London to Brighton, and beyond. But it was on Mathew Street in Liverpool, where he was busking that things were about to change. David was approached by German actress Meret Becker who asked him to join her band on a German tour...and that chance meeting took him to Berlin. David tells us all about it... We talk musical influences, Joel, Carole King, James Taylor, and some Hue and Cry... As well as some of his on-going projects at the moment, the release of his new single, the realities of making a living in the music business, his success at the German and European songwriting Awards, as well performing at Song Slam and the buzz he gets from the audience. In the Top 5, there's Ed Sheeran (again), Nick Cave, Elton John not quite standing, why you should be listening to David Keenan...All this and opening for Pete Doherty at Huxley's in Berlin Follow David Spotify https://spoti.fi/3rqje4k Facebook https://bit.ly/3hLNWBu Instagram @davidgaffneymusic Youtube https://bit.ly/3kvcEI9 Can't Find My Way Home https://linktr.ee/cantfindmywayhome --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/craig-branch/message

Guided imagery is a powerful technique to lessen anxiety, pain, cognitive decline, insomnia, and many other chronic ailments. It can lead to better outcomes with surgery and many other health issues. Naparstek is a pioneer in recorded guided imagery programs and this dialogue is filled with practical advice. Belleruth Naparstek is a psychotherapist, author, and guided imagery pioneer, She, along with George Klein, launched the Health Journeys guided imagery audio series in 1991. Since then, this audio library has expanded to include over 250 carefully curated, science-based, meditations that target a wide range of physical and mental health conditions. Many major medical institutions, departments of corporate human resources, and wellness centers provide this content to their members. Some of these organizations include Kaiser Permanente, Johns Hopkins, the US Veterans Health Administration, the Mayo Clinic, Blue Shield of California, Progressive Insurance, the US Armed Services and many more. Belleruth Naparstek is the author of Staying Well With Guided Imagery (Warner Books 1995), Your Sixth Sense (HarperSanFrancisco 1998) and Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal (Bantam 2004) Interview Date: 5/14/2021   Tags: MP3, Belleruth Naparstek, guided Imagery, hypnosis, Ericksonian Hypnosis, stress, anxiety, diabetes, dementia, Alzheimer's, cognitive decline, chronic fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Allergies, sleep, Marty Rossman, Emmitt Miller, Ben Kriegler, David Gaffney, stem cell therapy, Health & Healing, Personal Transformation, Psychology

Gaffney is a singer-songwriter whose remarkable story of luck and talent started out with him busking on the streets of Liverpool. After being spotted by Meret Becker, he was invited to tour Germany and is now releasing his debut solo album. We talk about growing up on the island of Jersey, how one moment can change your life, and what it's like releasing an album during a global pandemic. We end the show, as we always do, discussing why live music is so important. Stick around until the end of the episode for an exclusive live acoustic version of Gaffney's latest single 'Miles'. You can follow Gaffney below:Music PlatformsFacebook Instagram Check out the official video for his latest single ‘Miles' here. Hit follow/subscribe to be the first to know when new episodes are released and visit livelikeyouloveitpod.com for more information on the podcast.

Cheers! It's the 50th episode of Artsy Fartsy Immigrants and the boys have invited musician David Gaffney back to the show to talk about his new single, "Miles," and what his plans are when Corona finally releases us all back into the wild. The conversation touches on the big, the small, the nerdy, and the hilarious. Don't miss this one!

Geevagh ladies joint manager David Gaffney speaks to Ocean FM ahead of this weekend's Connaught LGFA Intermediate semi final against Naomh Anna Litir Mór, Galway. Photo credit to Geevagh GAA Facebook page

Heute ein Interview mit meinem lieben Kollegen Martin Bach. Schlagzeuger, Produzent und Songwriter u.a. bei Mockemalör und David Gaffney. Wie wenig Schläge kann ein Groove vertragen um richtig wirken zu können? Mit welchen Sound mache ich die Arbeit für die Tontechniker*innen im Studio oder live am leichtesten. Und wie man aus einer Pappkiste einen geilen HiHat Sound hervorzaubert, das alles erfahrt ihr in dieser Folge. Viel Spaß und nochmal herzlichen Dank an Martin Bach!

I describe characteristics of flash fiction, explore its long and varied background, and provide tips for writers looking to try their hand at writing flash fiction. ********************************************************************************************************************************************** Email me: marisadellefarfalle@gmail.com Twitter: @marisadee13 I'd really appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher, as it'll help more people find out about my show! ************************************************************************************************************************************************* Helpful links: "Flash Fiction": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction "What is Flash Fiction?": https://blog.reedsy.com/what-is-flash-fiction/ "Stories in Your Pocket: How to Write Flash Fiction," by David Gaffney: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/14/how-to-write-flash-fiction "Expert Tips for Writing the Best Flash Fiction," by Jack Smith: https://www.writermag.com/improve-your-writing/fiction/best-flash-fiction/ "Everything You Need To Know About Flash Fiction," by Joanna Smith: https://medium.com/@joannasmith008/everything-you-need-to-know-about-flash-fiction-29e2513b4f4a "The Ultimate Guide To Flash Fiction (And How To Write Your Own)," by Flavia Young: https://writersedit.com/fiction-writing/the-ultimate-guide-to-flash-fiction-and-how-to-write-your-own/

Dan Berry is a cartoonist, illustrator, podcaster and educator based in the town of Shrewsbury, UK. He is a frequent collaborator with the author David Gaffney and is currently working on the follow-up to The Three Rooms in Valerie’s Head; a book called Rivers. Since 2012 he has produced the podcast Make It Then Tell Everybody in which he has spoken to over a hundred and sixty other artists about what they do and how they do it. Between 2008 and 2019 he was the Programme Leader for the illustration, comics and children’s books degree courses at the School of Creative Arts, Wrexham Glyndwr University. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/danberry In this episode, Dan discusses: -His fascination with being able to create something that puts ideas and images in other people’s minds. -Being hospitalized from the extreme stress he experienced working as a designer for a marketing agency. -His decision to quit teaching. -How everyone has different responses to stress, and the value in being able to determine your own. -The large amount of work that you can get done in one hour. -The stress level of effort and “half-assing it” to aim for a B-grade instead of an A. -Why he called his podcast “Make it then Tell Everybody.” -Illuminating the “grubby underbelly” of the creative process. -The BMX story and the false belief that growth in your career has to come from the outside. -Telling people about your work, both old and new. -Some of the resistances that his guests have experienced. -How he gets past “page fright” – the fear of the blank page. -How he interacts with his ideas and why he is wary of the ones that come into his head fully formed. -Why he draws people as birds. -The experience of drawing an entire comic in 24 hours and other forms of “stunt drawing.” Dan's Final Push will inspire you to forget about making the thing perfect.  Save that for the next one.   Quotes: “It was a good and fun job.  Up until the point it wasn’t.” “Creativity is not a muscle that you can just flex.  It’s also a gland and you’ve got to relax it.” “I managed to convince myself that everything else was stressful aside from the thing that actually was.” “You could be the best artist on the planet, but if you’re only drawing in your bedroom and never showing anybody, you basically don’t exist.” “I had this belief that any growth in my career had to come from outside.” “Trying to remain enthusiastic about something that isn’t representative of your current level of ability is difficult.” “If it exists, then you’ve done it right.” “Once you have something that exists, you have something that’s editable.” Links mentioned: Make It Then Tell Everybody | How artists do what they do Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud The Three Rooms in Valerie's Head by David Gaffney and Dan Berry Dick Rivets & Other Stories by Dan Berry Connect with Dan: Website / Podcast / Store / Twitter On the next episode: Emilija Angelovska : Podcast / Website Join the discussion in the Facebook group!

Jordan and Moe sit down with the award-winning singer/songwriter David Gaffney to hear about his adventures with Liam Gallagher, Meret Becker, and a new life in Germany. You can find David on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/davidcgaffney Insta - https://www.instagram.com/davidgaffneymusic Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyh-461HdFsPNYFpCkMqbMA Twitter - https://twitter.com/dgaffneymusic All streaming/download platforms - https://song.link/i/1479484972

Novelist and flash fiction maestro David Gaffney, and author Polly Checkland-Harding join Chris and guest co-host Mark to read their contributions to the Two Minute Stories cannon, and chat about storytelling, writing practice, and how to write flash.

Suzanne's guest this week is Enneagram 4, David Gaffney! If you think that a Texas high school football coach couldn't excel as a 4 with more 4s on his staff, then you're wrong! The kids at John Paul II High School are really blessed to have him there.  A real theme in this week's conversation is the enneagram and orientation to time, and David does a great job of speaking to the strengths and struggles of his number. Thank you for listening and sending in your questions, and please leave a review to let us know what you think about the show!

Time Codes: 00:32 - Introduction 003:07 - Gene's flu...part deux 05:15 - The Three Rooms in Valerie's Head 26:34 - Days of Hate #1 40:42 - Vinegar Teeth #1 57:46 - Wrap up 58:45 - Contact us On this week's review episode, Gene and Derek discuss recent titles that are quite varied in tone and narrative approach. They begin with  David Gaffney and Dan Berry's The Three Rooms in Valerie's Head (Top Shelf/IDW Publishing). This is a somewhat surreal, and dark, look at a young woman and her various relationships with men. The memories of these encounters are something she apparently cannot let go of, and this is represented deftly through the metaphor of rooms and psychological compartmentalization. The guys like the fact that the story ends ambiguously -- and with happy elves, no less! -- but they're not too sure what to make of the sudden shift in point of view about two thirds of the way through. The Two Guys follow this with a very timely new title. Days of Hate #1, written by Aleš Kot and with art by Danijel Žeželj (Image Comics), is set in the year 2022, a time after some sort of civil war takes place in the US -- we're not sure yet of the details surrounding this conflict -- and it apparently has resulted, or perhaps even caused by, the rise of extremist or alt-right groups in America. In this inaugural installment, we're introduced to several characters on various ends of the political spectrum, some of which have intermingled and contentious pasts. There are many questions set up and left unanswered in this first issue, but that doesn't detract from the intrigue and motivation to continue on with the series. And what better way to follow up a story on the alt-right than a discussion of monstrous Lovecraftian mayhem? This is exactly what you'll find in Damon Gentry and Troy Nixey's Vinegar Teeth #1 (Dark Horse Comics).It's a strange and wacky tale revolving around a schmucky, but effective, cop named Artie Buckle. An undercover assignment he's on is almost ruined when a Cthulhu-like creature pierces his world's dimension, with the unlikely result that the city's mayor makes this creature a police officer and assigns him as Artie's partner. What transpires is the beginning of a weird buddy cop story with interdimensional, and narratively warped, potential.

The Ice Cream Man comes round this week as the gang gets into it with some of the best and brightest from last week's comics, including the debut issue of THE ICE CREAM MAN, a new horror-anthology comic from Image!!! Then, the crew covers The Three Rooms in Valerie's Head, a new graphic novel by David Gaffney and Dan Berry for Top Shelf/IDW!!! Also, the ladies abound this episode, as Bob throws it back to a special Wonder Woman edition of Ms. magazine, Steve brings out The Unbelievable Gwenpool, Joey chats Assassinistas, and Melissa talks Jenny Finn, a crime/horror comic from Mike Mignola & Troy Nixey!  Also also, more listener questions and some comics-related news!!! The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

In this podcast, Rob talks to the nicest (and certainly most well turned out) couple in the Manchester Literature scene, David Gaffney and Sarah-Clare Conlon. They discuss Les Malheureux, Clare’s literature night Verbose, David’s latest projects (including a trio of novels… exciting!) and using music and graphic art in your on stage reading. They also get into what makes a good short story, what it’s like having your partner critique your work, and… oh yeah, coffee tables.

Flash fiction—also known as short short fiction, sudden fiction, or "a smoke long" fiction—has been around since Aesop's Fables, but it's never been more popular, with magazines and websites now dedicated solely to it. It even has its own national day. In this Litro Lab episode, I talk to flash fiction writers David Gaffney (Sawn-off Tales, Salt, 2006), Tania Hershman (The White Road and Other Stories, Salt, 2008; My Mother Was an Upright Piano, Tangent, 2012) and Calum Kerr, director of National Flash Fiction Day (NFFD), about what makes great micro-fiction. We also hear some of their ultra-short stories, among pieces by Franz Kafka and Vanessa Gebbie. Featured stories (in this order): "Vegetable Mineral" by Tania Hershman, from My Mother Was an Upright Piano, Tangent, 2012. Read by Tania Hershman "The Cares of a Family Man" by Franz Kafka, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, from A Country Doctor, 1919.  Read by Greg Page "Flight" by Vanessa Gebbie, from Jawbreakers, NFFD, 2012. Read by Claire Lacey "Happy Place" by David Gaffney, from Sawn-off Tales, Salt, 2006. Read by Kenny Reid "Who's the Boss" by Calum Kerr Read by Richard Koworld "Of Human Kindness (Buenos Aires)" by Vanessa Gebbie Read by Claire Lacey MUSIC CREDITS: 'Piano Between', Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ —Emily Cleaver See full article at http://www.litro.co.uk/?p=30641