Storyological is a podcast about stories. In particular, short stories. In particular, any sort of short story that amazes us. Sometimes we talk about stories in Clarkesworld. Sometimes in Granta. Sometimes we talk about comics. Very occasionally we talk about films. Every episode, writers E.G Cosh and Chris Kammerud discuss how stories work and why they matter and what it is about these particular stories that we love more than anything.
In which, in the second of our holiday specials this year, we discuss that one film GROUNDHOG DAY, along with, among other things, ensouled vampires, magical girls, girls with cool hats, various sorts of existential despair, and also Magic Mike XXL.
Read MoreIn which, in honor of the holidays, we discuss that one film Home Alone. Happy 2018, you filthy animals.
Read MoreOur second season finale in which we discuss the state of literature. More or less. Not really. Also scrutability, adventure, and the boy who could fly.
Read MoreIn which we discuss, A CITY INSIDE by Tillie Walden & THE TRANSPLANT by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Along with, among other things, Blade Runner 2049, Hayao Miyazaki, and the space and time of comics.
Read MoreIn which we chat with writer Violet Allen about, among other things, intertextuality, metafiction, the one power all superheroes share, and the hope and purpose of art. Also, Flash Gordon and the theme song to the television show Frasier.
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Along with, among other things. Desire, solitude, and the prisons of escape.
In which we discuss: “The Venus Effect” by Joseph Allen Hill & “Where We Must Be” by Laura van den Berg. Along with, among other things, fate, politics, and bigfoot.
Read MoreIn which we chat with writer Carmen Maria Machado about, among other things, sex, gender, television, the revelation of Kate Winslet's body, and the danger and power of imagining that there are, and have always been, other ways of being.
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Along with, among other things, pity, compassion, and footnotes.
Read MoreIn which we discuss "The Dead Father Cookbook" by Ashley Blooms & Selections from The Teeth of the Comb & Other Stories by Osama Alomar.
Also. Cuddly horrors, romanticism, and the Cones of Dunshire!
Read MoreIn which we chat with writer Amal El-Mohtar about, among other things, moons, musicals, orchards, friendship, Star Trek: The Next Generation, the wonderful wobbliness of time and space, and the little bits of magic you find as you travel along the way, there and back again.
Read MoreIn which we discuss, Selections from Super Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki (2015) & “My Friend Janna” by Emily Carroll, Through the Woods (2014).
Along with, among other things, Twelfth Night, dead rabbits, and queering the gothic.
Read MoreIn which, we discuss, “The Sweet Sop” by Ingrid Persaud (Granta, 2017) & “Swimmer Among the Stars” by Kanishk Tharoor (Swimmer Among the Stars, 2017).
Along with, among other things. John Green, Nutella, and death.
Read MoreSam J. Miller lives in New York City. His debut novel, The Art of Starving, has been described by Book Riot as "funny, haunting, relentless and...a classic in the making" and by Kirkus as a "dark and lovely tale of supernatural vengeance and self-destruction."
Read MoreIn which we discuss, “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love” by Kathleen Colins, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love, Granta, 2017 & “The Embassy of Cambodia” by Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 2013. Along with, among other things. Idealism, fads, and The White Stripes.
Read MoreIn which we post Strange Horizons' podcast of David Bowles reading Eduardo Goligorsky's "En El Último Reducto" in the original Spanish.
This is part of our crossover with Strange Horizons. They are cool people. That make a cool magazine. Check them out.
In which we post Strange Horizons' podcast of editor Anaea Lay reading Eduardo Goligorsky's "The Last Refuge", as translated by Andrea Bell.
This is part of our crossover with Strange Horizons. They are cool people. That make a cool magazine. Check them out.
In which we post Strange Horizons' podcast of editor Anaea Lay reading Alice Eleanor Jones's "Created He Them."
This is part of our crossover with Strange Horizons. They are cool people. That make a cool magazine. Check them out.
In which we discuss, "Created He Them" by Alice Eleanor Jones & "The Last Refuge” by Eduardo Goligorsky.
Along with, among other things, Rebecca Solnit, Pan's Labyrinth, and semicolons.
Read MoreIn which we discuss: An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk According to One Who Saw It by Jessie Greengrass & Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin.
Along with, among other things, murder, victim blaming, and meeting cute.
Read MoreStoryological is a podcast in love with stories. Every episode, writers E.G. Cosh and Chris Kammerud choose a pair of short stories and discuss something of how they work and why they matter and what they might teach us about life, the universe, and everything.
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