Gorsky Press Story Podcast Round Nine

Summary: Periodically, Gorsky Press posts new short stories for free download and streaming on the Gorsky Press Bandcamp page. This round, we proudly present: Myriam Gurba reads two poemy stories (super short), “Roving You Is Easy” and “Forever Egg Fu Yung,” and a short, short, short story called “Nuestra Casa Is Bilingual.” “My works enshrine extremely ordinary experiences anybody could have in Southern California if they were me. Hopefully, they will make you want to learn another language or improve the juans you already speak.” Website Brodie Foster Hubbard reads "Guillermo," excerpts from Fair Dig issues #1 and #2 At age thirty-three, with no athletic background beyond his time as a teenager in circle pits at punk shows, Brodie Foster Hubbard decided he wanted to fight in a cage. After an extensive search for a mixed martial arts school, he found a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy where he was paired with a fourteen-year-old training partner. It did not end well. Website | Podcast John Ross Bowie reads “Hardly Getting Over It,” an excerpt from his novel-in-progress. Christmas, 1991. A college student, driven to the brink by the phenomenon of lacrosse players listening to Nirvana, barricades himself into his college radio station. What follows is a monologue about his tumultuous relationship with music and medication. Twitter If you enjoy those stories, check out the previous eight rounds of Gorsky Press Short Stories. Alice Bag reads an excerpt from her novel Violence Girl, “The Orpheum Show” Michael M.B. Galvin reads an excerpt from the novel Louder than Bullets Cheryl Klein reads “Back to Her Mermaid State,” from her novel-in-progress, Saint Julian, Make Us Reborn. Kate Durbin reads an excerpt from her novel Kim's Fairytale Wedding Mary Hamilton reads her short story, “Fucking Birds” Todd Pound reads an excerpt from All & Nothing, a novel-in-progress. Bianca Barragan reads “The Formation of Cataracts in Northeast Los Angeles” Cassie J. Sneider reads a section from her graphic novel in progress, Deer Toyota. Taleen Kalenderian reads “How to Leave Cities” Gabe Durham reads “Tough Love Couples” Justin Maurer reads “Down on the Boulevard” Rev. Norb reads “Pogologue” Amelia Gray reads “On the Illness” Mike Huguenor reads “Dog Police!” J. Ryan Stradal reads “The Augustus Mackinnon Story” Patrick O'Neil reads "Something's Wrong" Sarah Tomlinson reads an excerpt fromThe Year of Mister Nobody. Scott O'Connor reads an excerpt from Untouchable Antonia Crane, from her upcoming memoir Spent. Ben Loory, “The Man and the Moose” Sean Carswell, “Big Books and Little Guitars.” Matthew Hart, “Legacy of Brotality” Jim Ruland, “The Jungle for Real” Todd Taylor, “We Called It War”