The Story King Podcast

Season 3: Episode 7 Hi everyone out there! I hope this podcast finds you in good health. In light of the coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through right now, I’ve decided to dedicate Season 3 to all the kids and parents at home with each other, looking for things and activities to do. Though I try to keep everything clean, language-wise, normally the show is not exclusive to children. I often...

Season 3: Episode 6 Hi everyone out there! I hope this podcast finds you in good health. In light of the coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through right now, I’ve decided to dedicate Season 3 to all the kids and parents at home with each other, looking for things and activities to do. Though I try to keep everything clean, language-wise, normally the show is not exclusive to children. I often...

Season 3: Episode 5 Hi everyone out there! I hope this podcast finds you in good health. In light of the coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through right now, I’ve decided to dedicate Season 3 to all the kids and parents at home with each other, looking for things and activities to do. Though I try to keep everything clean, language-wise, normally the show is not exclusive to children. I often...

Season 3: Episode 4 Hi everyone out there! I hope this podcast finds you in good health. In light of the coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through right now, I’ve decided to dedicate Season 3 to all the kids and parents at home with each other, looking for things and activities to do. Though I try to keep everything clean, language-wise, normally the show is not exclusive to children. I often...

Season 3: Episode 3 Hi everyone out there! I hope this podcast finds you in good health. In light of the coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through right now, I’ve decided to dedicate Season 3 to all the kids and parents at home with each other, looking for things and activities to do. Though I try to keep everything clean, language-wise, normally the show is not exclusive to children. I often...

Season 3: Episode 2   Hi everyone out there! I hope this podcast finds you in good health. In light of the coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through right now, I’ve decided to dedicate Season 3 to all the kids and parents at home with each other, looking for things and activities to do. Though I try to keep everything clean, language-wise, normally the show is not exclusive to children. I ofte...

Season 3: Episode 1   Hi everyone out there! I hope this podcast finds you in good health. In light of the coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through right now, I’ve decided to dedicate Season 3 to all the kids and parents at home with each other, looking for things and activities to do. Though I try to keep everything clean, language-wise, normally the show is not exclusive to children. I ofte...

Season 2: Episode 10   So what I decided to do for this last episode of Season 2 is dig through my little notebook of story ideas. Find three of them and use them as writing prompts to write three different stories, in the same way I did on the two episodes I had my sons on.   I put myself on a ten-minute timer for each prompt, but honestly, just like the snooze button in the morning, I had to pre...

Season 2: Episode 9   So today is the first installment of writing advice for the podcast. I’m calling these episodes Story King Tips. And the first topic we’re dealing with will be methods for writing longer stories. I’ll be going over three in particular: Interweaving storylines, multiple perspectives and then we’ll talk a little bit about the use of flashbacks.   But why talk about any of this...

Season 2: Episode 8 Today is the last installment of our three-part series of The Grimm's Fairy Tales! The two stories we’re reading today are “Tom Thumb” and “Rumpelstiltskin.” If you've written a short story and would like the chance for it to be read on the show, or if you have a writing prompt for me to write a story, please email it to  storykingpodcast@gmail.com   Support The Story King Podc...

Season 2: Episode 7 Today we dive into the second of our three-part series of The Grimm's Fairy Tales! As I mentioned last time, The Grimm’s Fairy Tales are some of the most famous stories in the world. First published in Germany in 1812 and written by two brothers, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, and the original title for the work was “Children’s and Household Tales.” The two stories we’re reading from...

Season 2. Episode 6   Today we take a break from our Grimm Fairy Tales series to review the nominations for this year's 92nd Academy Awards, which will air next Sunday, February 9, at 8 PM EST. I went ahead and watched every single film we’re going to talk about today with the exception of Pain and Glory with Antonio Banderas, so my thoughts on Best Actor will not reflect his performance, because...

Season 2: Episode 5 Today we dive into the first of our three-part series of The Grimm's Fairy Tales! The Grimm’s Fairy Tales are some of the most famous stories in the world. They were first published in Germany in 1812. They were written by two brothers, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, and the original title for the work was “Children’s and Household Tales.” The first story we’re reading today is “Litt...

Season 2: Episode 4 Back by popular demand. I have my three sons on the show again, ages 11, 9, and 5. I've asked each of them to think of writing prompts for me. Then I time myself to write the stories and read them on the show.  Let's see how I did this week! If you've written a short story and would like the chance for it to be read on the show, or if you have a writing prompt for me to write a...

Season 2: Episode 3 Switching things up a bit.  I'm very excited to have my three sons on The Story King today, ages 11, 9, and 5. I've asked them to think of writing prompts for me. Then I time myself to write each story and read them on the show. Enjoy! If you've written a short story and would like the chance for it to be read on the show, or if you have a writing prompt for me to write a story...

Season 2: Episode 2 Today we read two short stories by Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was a german-speaking Ashkenazi Jew from Prague. He lived from 1883 to 1924. He was only 40 when he died. His most famous novella, “The Metamorphosis,” is about a protagonist named Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning and discovers he’s been transformed into a large cockroach of some sort. You may have heard the term...

Season 2: Episode 1 Happy New Year! Thank you for checking out The Story King Podcast. Today we read a very famous story by the great D.H. Lawrence. D.H. Lawrence lived from 1885 to 1930. Some of his well-known novels include Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, among others. But today we read one of his famous short stories called “Odour of Chrysanthemums.” If you've writt...

2019 Holiday Bonus Episode Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I thought today's story was appropriate for the season. This is one of his more famous tales called "The Gift of the Magi." Enjoy! If you've written a story and would like the chance for it to be read on the show, please email it to  storykingpodcast@gmail.com   Keep it clean and under 3000 words. I prefer speculative fiction, but will...

Bonus Episode, Movie Breakdown 1: El Camino and Yesterday Film and TV are basically our preferred modern-day forms of storytelling. So I plan on doing more  episodes like this one intermittently. I'm hoping to watch all the Oscar nominations (at least for Best Picture). You should see an episode with my Academy Award predictions some time in early to mid-February of next year. If you've written a...

Season 1: Episode 11 Another story by the great O. Henry! This one is called "The Furnished Room." If you've written a story and would like the chance for it to be read on the show, please email it to  storykingpodcast@gmail.com   Keep it clean and under 3000 words. I prefer speculative fiction, but will appreciate a good story in any genre. Support The Story King Podcast at  https://www.patreon.c...

Season 1: Episode 10 O. Henry was the pen name used for William Sydney Porter. He was an American short story writer who lived from 1862 to 1910. He’s noted for his surprise and twist endings. You may come across the term from time to time, an “O. Henry ending.” That’s what that means. That there was some twist or surprise at the end. The one we’re reading today is called "The Cop and the Anthem."...

Season 1: Episode 9 So I’m reading two short stories today, because they’re flash fiction pieces, which means they’re extra short. I think both of these are under a thousand words each, though I didn’t do a word count. The first story I’m reading is called “Bad News” and the second is called “The Funnel Horn.” And both of these are in Deborah Ghedini's collection Twilight Tales, which is available...

Season 1: Episode 8 Happy Halloween! Poe is more famous for his poetry than his prose, but today we’re reading, arguably his most famous work, “The Raven,” as well as “The Black Cat.” Now the latter is a short story, but “The Raven” is actually a poem. I chose to read it on the show because it’s a narrative poem, and so even though it rhymes, it does tell a story. A lot of his work is considered s...

Season 1: Episode 7 Besides being known for his play The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde also wrote a number of short stories. “The Happy Prince” is probably the most famous one. It was first published in 1888 in a collection called The Happy Prince and other stories, and that’s the one we’re reading today. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. If...

Season 1: Episode 6 Eddie Newton has had several short stories published and has won the Robert L. Fish Memorial award for Best First Mystery Short Story. He has a political thriller available on Amazon called American Herstory, and his forthcoming novel Horrorfrost is being published this winter and will also be available both digitally and in print on Amazon. He and myself both contributed stori...