Hosted by Nels Challinor · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 52 episodes
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Short stories and poetry, read aloud by the author. Host: Nels Challinor Theme Music by DAIN Cover Art by Natalie Vukic
Nels Challinor hosts Written and Read, a arts show with 52 episodes published.
"A Girl Called Tomorrow," originally published in reference mollusk in January of 2026. "With the new name, she would be heartless, strong, angry, beautiful, young forever, temperamental, effortlessly cool. With the new
Discussion with Dale Hall and Charlie Hope-D'Anieri about the best books we read in 2024.
Two original pieces of flash fiction by Alex Carolan - "Lolita" and "Pink Pigeon" - originally published in Pom Pom Lit and Pinch, respectively.
"My Angel," original and unpublished. "I wake up beside an angel. Every morning, she plants a kiss on my lips. And then I get up to make coffee and feed the cat."
Unpublished and original.
An original poem.
"Trimbell's Complaint," original and unpublished. " On October 2nd, 2029, at 7:42 PM PST, the Basketville sheriff department received a call from Mr. Trimbell’s neighbor, Mrs. Petunia Foxwood, stating that she heard stra
"Even Me," original and unpublished. " As long as I can remember, I have been alone."
One original poem: "The Little Secret"
"Dog Won't Hunt," original and unpublished. " Barry didn’t know how to refuse the flowers so he accepted them bashfully and left without saying thank you or goodbye."
Krishna Sharma reads three original poems.
"Sunday Morning," original and unpublished. "For the first time that day, I felt sad, for it seemed to me that the place where someone died should be special or noteworthy in some way and yet, for all my riding up and do
Marcus Changed talks poetry and reads several original poems.
"Follow Her," original and unpublished. "My fear is unformed molten steel. It’s a knife, a jet engine, a crutch, whatever I need whenever I need it."
"The Simulator" is an original one-act play. Characters Ben: Nels Challinor Aliss: Alexandra Duprey
"Loneliness," original and unpublished. "His attempts to soothe her, his soft cooing words, his very presence, these only made her angrier and sadder. This time, he lies very still, looking at his long unbitten fingernai
Four original micropoems, unpublished.
"Candlemaker," previously unpublished. "Our purpose, if we have one beyond the abilities we perform effortlessly thousands of times per day, is ethereal and divine. It is related to survival and beauty and the interrelat
Dan Foley reads three original poems.
One original poem: "Gravity's Mistake"
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