The Heart In The House

Happy Holidays! This year, we're revisting our first ever Christmas Episode from 2021. We are reading the timeless festive poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas, more commonly known as 'Twas The Night Bef...

24 Joulu 202425min

This week we are reading "Caturday" by Emma Brankin and we are THRILLED to be joined by the author herself to discuss the story, and her brand new collection Attention Seekers, which is available now....

27 Touko 20241h 4min

This week we’re reading Taylor Swift, a piece of flash fiction by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, published by Gulf Coast Mag. In the alternate reality of the story, our narrator buys several Taylor Swift clone...

19 Helmi 202431min

This week, we're reading "Ophelia" by Breanne McIvor. It was published in April 2017 on Adda,  the online literary magazine of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Ophelia is a story about a young man ...

12 Helmi 202441min

This week, we're reading “How To Be An Other Woman” by Lorrie Moore which was first published in 1985. The story is told from the perspective of Charlene, a secretary, who has an affair with a married...

29 Tammi 202452min

This week, we're reading “The Lazy River” by Zadie Smith. It was published in December 2017 in the New Yorker. In this story, a group of British families go on holiday at an all-inclusive resort in So...

9 Tammi 202438min

Merry Christmas and Welcome to Season 3 of Shorts! This season, we're kicking it off with our annual Christmas episode, and we're reading, "A Childs Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas. Written and re...

21 Joulu 202339min