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Loveless Oregon
by Elliot Matson
Loveless Oregon is a short story collection about death, rebirth, prosperity and its pitfalls. Each story takes place in the same building in the same town, across many years. The stories feature disparate characters and different situations linked by their geography and omnipresent supernatural forces. From a down-on-his-luck stranded traveling salesman in the 1970s to a duo of precocious Alsea Native children 700 years in the past, the stories are woven with delicate, whimsical attention to detail and acute sense of place. Welcome to Loveless.
Episodes
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Story #10: (I'm Goin' to the) Oregon Coast
A lyrical and musical transcription of musician Tex Bartlett’s hit song recorded in partnership with the Oregon Coast Tourism Bureau in an effort to draw acclaim, interest and dollars to the small towns dotting the state’s Pacific border.
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Story #9: Incantation
700 years in the past, Alsea brother and sister, Mootcik and Saa, set off on an adventure away from their coastal village into the wilderness. But when the children get lost and a mysterious stranger offers assistance with a price, they have to decide how to navigate the situation and find their...
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Story #8: Turn Me Loose
When fleeing, injured outlaw Henry Handsome comes knocking at homesteader Cyril O’Dowd’s door on the barren Oregon coast, she’s reluctant to help. Against her better judgement, she lets the man in but regrets her decision when a US Marshal visits. As the Marshal pries and questions, Henry learns...
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Story #7: Before It Gets Dark
Candice Kane (@yesyoucandice) works in a trendy Loveless coffee shop by day and dreams of becoming an influencer by night—and most of the day. Having left collegiate opportunity, her Iowa home and family behind, she’s determined to make it out in the Pacific Wonderland, where self-doubt and...
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Story #6: Dermitt's Nuts
1970s traveling salesman Dermitt M. Downs has an inventory problem. In order to get out of Loveless, Oregon, he needs gas in his car, and in order to buy gas he needs to sell his trunkful of Carlotti’s Ceramic Ice Cream Cones. However, the only viable customers are the uninterested elderly owners...
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Story #5: Cold Roses
In the early 1950s, Maynard Clay agrees to let a Hollywood film crew shoot some of their noir detective feature in his struggling boutique hotel. As he witnesses the director, producer and crew mercilessly deconstruct the space and life he built with his late husband, Gavin, Maynard confronts...
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Story #4: Appointments
Martha Gardenia’s consignment dress shop is thriving in mid-90s Loveless. But not for the reasons you might expect. Martha plays appointment Wack-a-Mole throughout her day, juggling an array of regular annoying customers and increasingly shady characters.
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Story #3: Watcher
Things were going well for Aemon’s whale watching tours business five years ago—but not in 1988. Faced with a never-ending migratory dry spell in the wettest part of the country, the proprietor feels constantly trapped, down on his luck and ready to crack. Until a mysterious phone call instills a...
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Story #2: Praying for Bad Days
Two estranged sisters meet in a trendy, present-day Loveless café. Decades-old tensions reignite and secrets come to light as Cass, a blue-collar townie who never left, discusses the condition of their ailing mother with Val, a bougie NYC sophisticate who put Loveless in the rearview a long time...
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Story #1: Love Me Like That
In 1964, struggling rockabilly musician Keith “Tex” Bartlett finds himself in Loveless, Oregon, performing at a sorry excuse for a music venue. Keith becomes stuck in a loop between maintaining his artistic integrity trying to write his sophomore album and selling out to write a Woodie...
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Welcome to Loveless
Loveless Oregon by Elliot Matson about death, rebirth, prosperity and its pitfalls. Originally written as a short story collection, Matson recorded each one as a serialized Podcast. Each story takes place in the same building in the same town, across many years. The stories feature disparate...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Loveless Oregon is a short story collection about death, rebirth, prosperity and its pitfalls. Each story takes place in the same building in the same town, across many years. The stories feature disparate characters and different situations linked by their geography and omnipresent supernatural forces. From a down-on-his-luck stranded traveling salesman in the 1970s to a duo of precocious Alsea Native children 700 years in the past, the stories are woven with delicate, whimsical attention to detail and acute sense of place. Welcome to Loveless.
HOSTED BY
Elliot Matson
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Loveless Oregon is a short story collection about death, rebirth, prosperity and its pitfalls. Each story takes place in the same building in the same town, across many years. The stories feature disparate characters and different situations linked by their geography and omnipresent supernatural...
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