The Really Short Story Podcast

written and directed and produced by James Lott Jr

For June's Mens Mental Health Month,James Lott JR wrote and recorded this piece.

Cynthia Schumacher is an author, retired public-school teacher, and education activist who has spent decades working in education and writing. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in English and taught for 33 years. During her career, she was recognized as a Teacher of the Year in her county and helped rewrite Florida's Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct for educators. Some of her recent books include:Soul Flowers — A collection of poetry exploring universal human experiences through both rhymed and unrhymed verse. The poems focus on finding meaning, beauty, and connection in everyday life.Prose Pizza — A collection of nine stories that examine the many "slices" of life, relationships, social expectations, and personal choices. Interestingly, many of the stories were originally written about 60 years ago and later revisited for publication.Schumacher has said that her writing aims to make the inner lives of people accessible and to help readers discover a sense of kinship with others through language and shared human experiences. She lives in Sebring and continues to write well into her 90s. In 2026, she was featured on the Born To Talk Radio Show podcast at age 97, discussing her life, teaching career, poetry, and fiction. One of the most inspiring things about Cynthia Schumacher is that she demonstrates that creativity doesn't have an expiration date. She is still writing, publishing, and sharing her work with readers decades after beginning her career.

James Lott Jr wrote a piece for Mens Mental Health Month (June) 

 A short monologue by James Lott Jr. 

We are introducing the origin story (kinda) of a new character in the JLJ universe. Stay tuned for more story and actual appearances. 

Produced by Jeremiah Jones .Written by James Lott JrExecutive Producer JLJ Media 

Produced/Written and voiced by James Lott Jr

Produced/Written and Voiced by James Lott Jr

What Love Means to Different Generations by James Lott JrVoice Actor (and Role):Grandma- Tami GoveiaSon- Anthony TupasiAdult Grandson- Jack WolfAdult Great Granddaughter- Amanda RussMale Cousin- Kushal HollaFemale Aunt - Candice Mack3rd Cousin- Jeremiah JonesProduced and Directed by James Lott Jr Cheers to the next 100! 

James Lott Jr goes down memory lane of this podcast. We are 2 away from 100 episodes! 

The last episode, The Last Light, has begat this version.This time it's Harold the character talking about the same thing. Written and performed by James Lott Jr

Original short story for this podcast written and performed by James Lott Jr

For Episode 96, James Lott JR reads a couple of his jounal entries from 30 years ago! 

James shares a fun story of his past! 

James Lott Jr tells you whats coming up for the podcast as it reaches a milestone. 

Story by James Lott JrRead by James Lott JrMusic by James Lott Jr 

Story by James Lott Jr.Read by James Lott JrMusic by James Lott Jr 

read by James Lott Jr.

A path is chosen...

Anthony reads a short story by James Lott Jr!

There is a package...Story by James Lott JrRead by Jack Wolf

A man is literally standing in a fork in the road. He has two choices. Which one will he make.Story by James Lott JrRead by Kushal Holla!

Jounral Entry written by James Lott Jr.Opening by James Lott JrRead by Kushal Holla! 

Written by LaMonica Andrews.Read by Lalaina RivasProduced by Lalaina RivasRead as a one sided conversation.

Read by Anthony Tupasi, Kim Pinto and introducing Jack Wolf.Written by LaMonica AndrewsProduced and directed by James Lott Jr.Parts 1 and 2 are out now! 

You are not crazy. There is no part 1! That is the uniqueness of Jaime Molina. Read by Anthony Tupasi. 

A late in life gay coming out story in time for Pride Month (June). Read by Hans. Written by James Lott Jr.

Story by La Monica Andrews.Part 1 available on this podcast! 

Story by LaMonica Andrews! 

Penultimate Wish part 1 is written by LaMonica Andrews! 

The Light In Apartment 3B was written by Charles Wong! 

The Bookshop Cat was written by Charles Wong. 

Our 2nd AI generated story about A Filipino American Son and his DAD. Read by Anthony Tupasi! 

James updates you on the exciting writing projects he's working on! 

JLJ Reads some of his unreleased Short stories and poems! 

JLJ is reading a scene from the Unreleased/unfinished musical Who IS Arthur Jackson and Why Is His House So Messy. 

JLJ is reading excertps from Scrabble the Musical, an unreleased/unfinished project from 2014. 

JLJ is reading unreleased works from his "vaults".  This one is from 2017, The Key.

James Lott Jr explains! 

This is April 2024 and thank you to all the newer or returning listeners to this podcast! 

James Lott Jr makes up a short story while in bed waking up! 

The Leap Of Love by Charles Wong (read by James Lott Jr)An original story about a Leap day miracle. This story is being released on Leap Day 2024

James Lott Jr shares his experience as a teen going to a Pentecostal church!

Writer and host James Lott Jr examines the Difference Between Flash Fiction, Short Stories, Novellas, Novelettes, six word stories, twitterature, and novels!

James Lott Jr went to Chat GPT and asked for a short story about January and AI generated this one. Here it and James' commentaty afterwards!

James Lott Jr the founder of the Really Short Story Podcast makes an announcement!

An original short story by Charles Wong and read by James Lott JrCharles has books on Amazon.com

James comes up with a short story at the top of his head Not written down anywhere!

A backstory for character Angus Starr (currently in House Of Frost Audio series). Written by James Lott Jr and Jaime Molina. Read by the actor who plays him, Anthony Tupasi!