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Season 4 continues in July with two more extraordinary authors in conversation about their new books. New Hampshire author J.D. Barker and Montreal author Veena Gokhale share their personal insights on writing literary fiction. shortstorytoday.com

🙏 Jon. Veena also discuses her first collection with us, BOMBAY WALI AND OTHER STORIES (2013), and her novel LAND FOR FATIMAH (2018)!
THIS WEEK! Montreal author Veena Gokhale joins me to discuss her new collection ANNAPURNA'S BOUNTY: INDIAN FOOD LEGENDS RETOLD (Dundurn Press). BOMBAY WALI, her first collection, was followed by her novel LAND FOR FATIMAH. shortstorytoday.com
OUT NOW! Montreal author Veena Gokhale's new collection, Annapurna's Bounty: Indian Food Legends Retold (Dundurn Press), is a literary smorgasbord. Folk tales, myths & legends from India's rich tapestry of oral & written history are re-imagined for modern readers - plus recipes!

THIS WEEK! We celebrate Montreal author Veena Gokhale. ANNAPURNA'S BOUNTY (Dundurn Press), her new collection, was featured in Ms. Magazine's July 2025 "Reads for the Rest of Us" - a selection of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.

THIS WEEK! Montreal author Veena Gokhale joins me to discuss her new collection ANNAPURNA'S BOUNTY: INDIAN FOOD LEGENDS RETOLD (Dundurn Press). BOMBAY WALI, her first collection, was followed by her novel LAND FOR FATIMAH. shortstorytoday.com

At the pub, you meet Britain’s greatest could have been pop star. His brief career took him from the New Romantics to power-pop, and his story will take you along with him. Read “Starstruck” by @TimLees2 now: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #music #fiction #WritingCommunity
OUT NOW! As a child, J.D. Barker would never set foot in the basement. He'd read the stories about what happens to little boys who wander off into places like that. Now he's writing those stories - and they're doing the same thing to a whole new generation of readers. @jdbarker

THIS WEEK! We celebrate New Hampshire author J.D. Barker. He's penned the popular Fourth Monkey thriller series, and written NY Times bestsellers with James Patterson, who's called him "a one-of-a-kind writer." @jdbarker @simonschuster shortstorytoday.com

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OUT NOW! In SKIN, her new collection, Catherine Bush "explores how we are deepening our love affair, in this time of climate storms and glacier melt, with the more-than-human world." (Shaena Lambert, author of PETRA and OH, MY DARLING) shortstorytoday.com

THIS WEEK! We celebrate Toronto author Catherine Bush. Her new collection is SKIN (Goose Lane Editions): "Subtle, stinging and beautifully observed, the title story still has its grip on my heart." - Tessa McWatt, author of THE SNAG and THE SNOW LINE shortstorytoday.com

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THIS WEEK! Toronto author Catherine Bush joins me to discuss her new collection SKIN (Goose Lane Editions). She's published five acclaimed novels, including THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (Harper Collins), which was a national bestseller and was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book.

Always a treat to hear your work read by a talented voice actor, even better when they are as humble and giving as a host as Jon is. open.spotify.com/episode/4WdReQ…
OUT NOW! William R. Hincy’s work has been featured by many of America’s best short fiction publishers, including Short Story America, Watershed, the Avalon Literary Review, Ellipsis, Oracle, Passages North, and Black Mountain Press. williamrhincy.com
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THIS WEEK! We celebrate California author William R. Hincy. His collection WITHOUT EXPIRATION was the winner of the 2021 American Book Fest American Fiction Award. He's just begun releasing his novel PIRATES OF APPALACHIA in serial form on his Substack . shortstorytoday.com
OUT NOW! William R. Hincy’s work has been featured by many of America’s best short fiction publishers, including Short Story America, Watershed, the Avalon Literary Review, Ellipsis, Oracle, Passages North, and Black Mountain Press. williamrhincy.com

THIS WEEK! We celebrate California author William R. Hincy. His collection WITHOUT EXPIRATION was the winner of the 2021 American Book Fest American Fiction Award. He's just begun releasing his novel PIRATES OF APPALACHIA in serial form on his Substack . shortstorytoday.com

A real honor to be on one of the truly best podcasts out there. Jon is insightful, generous, gracious, and oh so talented.
THIS WEEK! Award-winning SoCal author William R. Hincy joins me to talk about his collection WITHOUT EXPIRATION. He's the host of the wild & wonderful YouTube interview series known as WRITERS DRINKING WHISKEY, a "literary happy hour." shortstorytoday.com
THIS WEEK! Award-winning SoCal author William R. Hincy joins me to talk about his collection WITHOUT EXPIRATION. He's the host of the wild & wonderful YouTube interview series known as WRITERS DRINKING WHISKEY, a "literary happy hour." shortstorytoday.com
