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Barn Burning: Short Stories

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Classic & modern short stories. Stories will save us. Are you a writer? Want to have your story read on an episode of Barn Burning? Contact us: BarnBurningPodcast@gmail.com.
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07/04/20 • 30 min

Over a hundred years before George Romero, Mark Twain wrote a cutting satire of politics and politicians which is still delicious in its mordant humor.
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5. Araby, by James Joyce

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04/19/20 • 22 min

Today we talk about James Joyce’s classic short story, Araby, and the quest of a besotted young man. Sorry, no Irish accents.
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4. Rashomon, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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03/28/20 • 26 min

What happens to the unemployed & dispossessed when a country is blighted by natural disasters & plague?
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3. The Student, by Anton Chekhov

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03/08/20 • 19 min

A seminary student warms himself by the fire of two widows and tells a biblical tale...
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02/11/20 • 22 min

“He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.”
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1. The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin

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02/02/20 • 12 min

Welcome to Barn Burning, a podcast about short stories! Is Louise Mallard’s wedding bed like to be her death bed? How much of an emotional roller coaster can she endure in an hour?
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11/01/20 • 17 min

Ask not for whom the Red Death comes, it comes for... everyone! You may remember this story as a nice little piece of gothiness, but I guarantee you it will shock you how eerily reminiscent of our modern moments it is.

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12/13/20 • 62 min

In this special episode, I sat down with writer Elizabeth Gonzalez James to read and discuss her story "What Kind of Love Is That?" which appeared in The Rumpus in September 2018. We discussed empathy, grace, and birthing cows. It was a great pleasure to have her on the show to discuss her fiction. Elizabeth Gonzalez James' stories and essays have appeared in The Idaho Review, PANK, Barrelhouse, and elsewhere and have received numerous Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. In 2021 she will be a regular contributor to the Ploughshares Blog. Her debut novel MONA AT SEA was a finalist in the 2019 SFWP Literary Awards judged by Carmen Maria Machado, and is forthcoming in July 2021. You can find more information at www.elizabethgonzalezjames.com. If you're a writer and would like to have your story read on Barn Burning, please email me at barnburningpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter at @barnburnpodcast.
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9. The Big Balloon, by J. Edward Kruft

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01/24/21 • 52 min

Today I had the pleasure of reading J. Edward Kruft's story "The Big Balloon," followed by a wide-ranging conversation with Joe about MFA programs, character motivation, and the #FlashFiction format.

"The Big Balloon" appeared in the June 2020 issue of Door is a Jar Magazine and you can find it on his website.

J. Edward Kruft received his MFA in fiction writing from Brooklyn College, and has been a Best Small Fictions nominee. His stories have appeared in Jellyfish Review, MoonPark Review and Typehouse Literary Magazine, among others. He is a Virgo, and as such, while working at a storied fast food chain, he made an impassioned but reasoned argument against polyester uniforms given their proximity to the fry machine. He was fired. Originally from the very west of Washington state, he now lives in the very west of Queens, NY and Sullivan County, NY with his husband, Mike, and their adopted Siberian Husky, Sasha.
If you're a writer and would like to have your story read on Barn Burning, please email me at barnburningpodcast@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter at @barnburnpodcast. Read on, fellows barn-burners!

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03/21/21 • 58 min

I was honored to have British writer Kieran Wyatt share three short stories on the Barn Burning Podcast, 'Seagull' 'Leviathan' & 'Spaniel', which first appeared in The Art of Everyone. We talked on UK Mother's Day about liminal places, magical realism, and the Camel Derby.

Kieran Wyatt lives on the Fylde Coast. He is co-chair of GenSex (@GenSexResearch), an interdisciplinary research group, asking probing questions about gender and sexuality. His work has been published by Eunoia Review, The Art of Everyone, Small Leaf Press, Fevers of the Mind, and others. He graduated from Edge Hill University in 2018 with honours in Creative Writing. You can find him on Twitter at @Kinz_Wyatt.

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    How many episodes does Barn Burning: Short Stories have?

    Barn Burning: Short Stories currently has 13 episodes available.

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    The podcast is about Podcasts, Books and Arts.

    What is the most popular episode on Barn Burning: Short Stories?

    The episode title '6. Cannibalism in the Cars, by Mark Twain' is the most popular.

    What is the average episode length on Barn Burning: Short Stories?

    The average episode length on Barn Burning: Short Stories is 35 minutes.

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    Episodes of Barn Burning: Short Stories are typically released every 52 days, 6 hours.

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    The first episode of Barn Burning: Short Stories was released on Feb 2, 2020.

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