Stories About Death, Sex and Money to Start the New Year

Stories About Death, Sex and Money to Start the New Year

Anna hosted Selected Shorts, an evening where professional actors read short stories in front of a live studio audience at Symphony Space in New York. The theme for the night? Death, sex, and money.

Stories performed:

  • Cat Owner by Alissa Nutting performed by Phoebe Robinson

  • The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde performed by Peter Francis James

  • You Again by Seth Fried performed by Amy Ryan

Hear more readings on the Selected Shorts podcast.

There’s still time to join our “low-stakes” 30-day creativity challenge, listen here.

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