Coffee & Ideas
In which some of the members of the Flying Kerrs writing group read aloud a Christmas Ghost story written by Denise Tanaka. Sit back and enjoy – Don’t Go Upstairs. … Continue…Episode 170 – A Christmas Ghost story written by Denise Tanaka
Welp, Jeannie’s house had Covid19, and she didn’t do much for a couple weeks. She did write a story, though, after a long night watching hockey and then having a fever dream. “Pond Hockey in Hell” is a love song. … Continue…Episode 136 – Pond Hockey in Hell
20 years ago, two towers fell in America and it shocked the world. Whether people lived in New York or California, or in between, they were wrapped in trauma and grief, and needed the words to articulate their feelings and experience. Andrea Carter Brown captured her own eyewitness views and feelings to help process the negative memories into a new healing through poetry and reflection. From shock and pain to healing and kindness, Brown’s verses speak for many who witnessed the events that day. … Continue…Episode 122 – Remembering 9-11 in Verse
Ashanti has written plays, poetry, and screenplays, and has recently released Black Under – which won the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition at Black Lawrence Press. She reads two of the poems from this collection for you all to enjoy; come revel with us in her vivid imagery and stunning clarity of phrase. … Continue…Episode 121 – Poetry with Ashanti
Cliff Winnig joins Jeannie in the coffee lounge to read a story he wrote for the last Mad Scientist Journal called The Obelisk. … Continue…Episode 106 – Cliff Winnig Reads a Story
The midwinter holidays have an old tradition of ghost stories and scary tales to whisper around the fire as people huddle close and wait for the light to return. We’ve recreated this for you with new spooky stories written by Chaz and Jeannie, and with a little help from John they’re going to read them to you. … Continue…Episode 80 – Midwinter Ghosts and Scary Stories
Grab a coffee, faithful listeners. Chaz is going to read us a story from his upcoming collection titled “Everything in All the Wrong Order: The best of Chaz Brenchley.” This story is called I am Death’s Brother – originally published in 2004, now lost to the vaguarities of publishing. We will link to the upcoming collection right here the moment it’s available for pre-order! … Continue…Episode 74 – I am Death’s Brother
Alone. All alone. Jeannie considers how much she misses drinking coffee with her cohosts, and reads you a short science fiction story about a space maneuver called The Rising Sun … Continue…Episode 48 – The Rising Sun
In which Chaz reads Jeannie a story he wrote recognizing the immortal genius of David Bowie, our Starman who fell to earth forever. … Continue…Episode Twenty – Ashes to Ashes
Today we invited Tiana Hanson in to talk about how to pursue a career in reading things out loud. If you write a book and want to read it on Audible, or really just enjoy reading aloud, there is a path to success. … Continue…Episode Eighteen – Voice Work and Audible
