Episode 110, Monsters, Here, There and Everywhere

This week we have five fantastic pieces. In Super Girl, Glenn reads 3 flash fiction pieces from a set of 5, each telling the POV of one character in a heart-wrenching tale of a young girl's rape. In Ian's Joella, the Fifth, a man who seemingly has it made, cannot admit to his childhood best friend that he's in love with her. In Cindy's Grand Boulevard, in a smoke-clogged dawn, a woman’s daily walk is interrupted by someone hiding in her rhododendron bush and a divorced property developer's reverie, by an old man rattling his shopping cart on the sidewalk. In Do the Wrong Thing, Posey teaches appearance-obsessed Ava to let go and dance even as Ava learns some ugly truths about Posey. Lastly, in Key to Paradise, "The Monster" has Mourad looking at everyone as sexual prey, threatening to destroy his burgeoning interpreter/translator career. We've included a bit of discussion around the texts, in part because our new mic makes it feasible. What do you think? Do you like hearing the comments? We think they're insightful and inspiring. We'll try to make them clearer in the future. Thanks to everyone who came out and wanted to read! We ran 3 critique groups last Monday. This was a first, as was having everyone who showed up reading! Thanks for your awesomeness and generous-ness! Lastly, please excuse the background noise. Along with the 3 critique groups, there was another event going on. Story Listing: 00:00 Glenn Mori - Super Girl - contemporary short story excerpt - saxophone at s h a w dot ca 10:00 Ian Rodriguez - Joella the Fifth - contemporary short story excerpt - http://ian-rodriguez.com 15:14 Cindy - Grand Boulevard - contemporary novel excerpt - clightbody13 at h o t m a i l d o t c o m 24:42 Malcolm van Delst - Do the Wrong Thing - character driven, narrative novel excerpt - http://malcolmvandelst.com. 34:16 Mourad Nachach - Key to Paradise - memoir excerpt. Works in progress. Copyright remains with the authors. Join us on Monday nights in Vancouver: http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Writers-Group. Image from https://pixabay.com.