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S2 Ep 70Episode 70: The School by Donald Barthelme

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The School by Donald Barthelme

Dec 29, 202526 min

S2 Ep 69Episode 69: The Gospel According To Mark by Jorge Luis Borges

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Gospel According To Mark by Jorge Luis Borges

Aug 3, 202540 min

S2 Ep 68Episode 68: The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Trev Downey reads and discusses The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Mar 23, 202542 min

S2 Ep 67Episode 67: The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen

Trev Downey reads and discusses The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen

Feb 24, 202545 min

S2 Ep 66Episode 66: Game by Donald Barthelme

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Game by Donald Barthelme.

Nov 30, 202443 min

S2 Ep 65Episode 65: The Color Out Of Space by H P Lovecraft

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Color Out Of Space by H P Lovecraft

Oct 31, 20241h 43m

S2 Ep 64Episode 64: Reunion by John Cheever

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Reunion by John Cheever.

Jul 31, 202433 min

S2 Ep 63Episode 63: The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor

Jul 26, 202447 min

S2 Ep 62Episode 62: A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

Jul 15, 202445 min

S2 Ep 61Episode 61: The Summer People by Shirley Jackson

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Summer People by Shirley Jackson.

Jul 3, 202458 min

S2 Ep 60Episode 60: Korea by John McGahern

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Korea by John McGahern

Jun 15, 202444 min

S2 Ep 59Episode 59: Who's-Dead McCarthy by Kevin Barry

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Who's-Dead McCarthy by Kevin Barry

Apr 2, 202427 min

S2 Ep 58Episode 58: A Painful Case by James Joyce

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Painful Case by James Joyce

Mar 27, 202453 min

S2 Ep 57Episode 57: Casting The Runes by M R James

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Casting The Runes by M R James

Dec 21, 20231h 10m

S2 Ep 56Episode 56: The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

Nov 19, 202352 min

S2 Ep 55Episode 55: The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Jun 30, 20231h 29m

S2 Ep 54Episode 54: The Creature by Edna O'Brien

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Creature by Edna O'Brien

Jun 11, 202336 min

S2 Ep 53Episode 53: Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes by J D Salinger

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes by J D Salinger

Mar 29, 202353 min

S2 Ep 52Episode 52: Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell

Feb 9, 202345 min

S2 Ep 51Episode 51: Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang

Jan 11, 20231h 16m

S2 Ep 50Episode 50: Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad by MR James

Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad by MR James

Dec 21, 20221h 4m

S2 Ep 49Episode 49: Sea Oak by George Saunders

Trev Downey reads Sea Oak by George Saunders

Nov 8, 20221h 0m

S2 Ep 48Episode 48: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Oct 11, 202234 min

S2 Ep 47Episode 47: A Cruelty by Kevin Barry

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Cruelty by Kevin Barry

Sep 6, 202243 min

S2 Ep 46Episode 46: Dagon by H P Lovecraft

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Dagon by H P Lovecraft

Jul 31, 202233 min

S2 Ep 45Episode 45: Baster by Jeffrey Eugenides

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Baster by Jeffrey Eugenides

Jul 23, 20221h 5m

S2 Ep 44Episode 44: A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

Jun 22, 202246 min

S2 Ep 43Episode 43: To Build A Fire by Jack London

Trev Downey reads and then discusses To Build A Fire by Jack London

Jun 6, 20221h 1m

S2 Ep 42Episode 42: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

May 2, 202236 min

S2 Ep 41Episode 41: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

May 1, 202231 min

S2 Ep 40Episode 40: All You Can Do Is Breathe by Kaaron Warren

Trev Downey reads and then discusses All You Can Do Is Breathe by Kaaron Warren

Mar 30, 20220 min

S2 Ep 39Episode 39: The Million Pound Bank-Note by Mark Twain

Trev Downey reads and then very briefly reacts to The Million Pound Bank-Note by Mark Twain

Mar 9, 202255 min

S2 Ep 38Episode 38: Button, Button by Richard Matheson

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Button, Button by Richard Matheson

Feb 26, 202234 min

S2 Ep 37Episode 37: My Father's Life by Raymond Carver

Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses My Father's Life by Raymond Carver

Feb 6, 202229 min

S2 Ep 36Episode 36: The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Dec 23, 202146 min

S2 Ep 35Episode 35: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K Le Guin

Trev Downey reads The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K Le Guin and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Dec 15, 20211h 15m

S2 Ep 34Episode 34: Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King

Trev Downey reads Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King

Nov 12, 20211h 2m

S2 Ep 33Episode 33: Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

Trev Downey reads Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been? by Joyce Carol Oates and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Oct 2, 20211h 39m

S2 Ep 32Episode 32: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Aug 31, 20211h 8m

S2 Ep 31Episode 31: Cathedral by Raymond Carver

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Cathedral by Raymond Carver.

Jul 30, 202159 min

S2 Ep 30Episode 30: The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

Jun 20, 202147 min

S2 Ep 29Episode 29: The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov

Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov

May 27, 202143 min

S2 Ep 28Episode 28: Fjord of Killary by Kevin Barry

Trev Downey reads Fjord of Killary by Kevin Barry and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Apr 18, 20211h 25m

S2 Ep 27Episode 27: The Dune by Stephen King

Trev Downey reads The Dune by Stephen King

Mar 30, 202141 min

S2 Ep 26Episode 26: Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler

Trev Downey reads Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Feb 18, 20211h 25m

S2 Ep 25Episode 25: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Trev Downey reads The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Jan 22, 202137 min

S2 Ep 24Episode 24: The Dead by James Joyce

Trev Downey reads The Dead by James Joyce in this special feature-length, story-only episode.

Jan 4, 20211h 29m

S2 Ep 23Episode 23: The Five Forty Eight by John Cheever

Trev Downey reads The Five Forty Eight by John Cheever and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Dec 10, 20201h 24m

S2 Ep 22Episode 22: Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Trev Downey reads Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Nov 24, 20201h 10m

The Man In The Black Suit by Stephen King

Trev Downey reads The Man In The Black Suit by Stephen King and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Nov 11, 20201h 36m