Short Stories by Scott Holleran Podcast

This interview is the third in a series of author Q&As about short stories available in audio episodes and in my anthology, Long Run: Short Stories, Volume One . My story of two women on an imperiled passenger airplane takes place in the near future. A national health system mandates control of medicine by the state in “The Patient and the Passenger.” The interview addresses this topic as it appli...

This 38-minute video shows the moderated audience interview of Henry Dances co-creators Mike Voutsinos and Scott Holleran. Short Stories by Scott Holleran is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The question-and-answer session, conducted at the Henry Mingay campus of Burbank Adult School in Burbank, California, by Do...

Short Stories by Scott Holleran and Open Trail Productions present Henry Dances , inspired by “ Strapped ,” my short story about a dancer (available to read in Long Run: Short Stories, Volume One my anthology of 16 stories). This seven-minute movie, co-produced and directed by Mike Voutsinos with dance, choreography and acting by yours truly, debuted yesterday at a theatrical screening in America’...

In this interview, Andrew Folkler asks about “ Strapped ,” the tense story of Sammy, a dancer in a gay bar who is tackled by Islamic terrorists to showcase and annihilate Western depravity, fastened with a motion sensory bomb and ordered to “dance or die.” The short story’s been the topic of interest in Hollywood. Listen to this author read “ Strapped ” on Short Stories by Scott Holleran . Read “...

This is a podcast episode of Short Stories by Scott Holleran . It’s the debut of a new series exploring points, themes and ideas in my fiction writing. The topic is my first published fiction, “A Deal With God” (available in my new book of stories ). Listen to me read “A Deal With God”, which is the first chapter in my recently published anthology of 16 previously published short stories, Long Run...

My short film Henry Dances debuts next month in America’s media city. Screening in Burbank, California—the first to debut a movie on the city’s adult education campus—the seven-minute Henry Dances depicts a single exercise in self-expression as catalyst to a breakthrough in living a mindful, wholesome life. Henry Dances screens at 2pm on Saturday, February 21, 2026 in Burbank. Screenwriter and dir...

In this episode, I read a couple of poems, historian and bestselling author David McCullough’s speech excerpts and my new poem, “Evening for Thanksgiving.” Related Articles, Episodes and Links This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com/subscribe

In this 16-minute episode (above), I read aloud an untold story of being assaulted by Chicago Police. As I exercised freedom of assembly and speech at the age of 14 while protesting the U.S. vice-president at a labor union rally in Chicago, I was radicalized. For the first time, I’ve written about the siege in a new essay in Capitalism Magazine , “ The Confluence: The Making of a Radical Chicago A...

This summer, I announced upcoming publication of my first book . I addressed certain details of the e-book, including its title, timing and impetus, in this podcast episode . I’m preparing the collection of short stories for publication this fall. I’ve been thinking about how to promote the book, which got me thinking about how to promote books in general. In my five-part series for my nonfiction...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com Read this short story on Classic Chicago magazine here . “The Patient and the Passenger” is the second story in my springtime Classic Chicago trilogy about woman as resilient. In this episode, I disclose the impetus for writing this work of fiction, which made its debut earlier this month. Subscr...

The author reads the short story “Egoless” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com/subscribe

On this date last year, hours after being notified that my father died, I learned that contest editors chose my short story “ Deal with God ” for publication in an anthology titled “ Reaching the Dead End .” One year to the day, my story about a lakeside memorial reading of a banker’s will, “ Betsy’s Boy ,” which inspired an artist to draw two sketches by hand, was published in Classic Chicago mag...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com Like politics, and, in a different way, like religion, holidays are uniquely personal to one’s past, one’s childhood—the psychology you develop and create in whatever mysterious way it manifests in you—one’s philosophy. I think this is particularly true of Valentine’s Day. What does Valentine’s D...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com Become a paid subscriber to listen to the whole story, “Escape from Indigena,” my strange, new short fiction dramatizing a one-way conversation between a child and an adult riding on a passenger train while witnessing a slave’s suicide attempt. The short story was published today in the summer ed...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com Listen to my reading of a short story, “The Blankies,” (for the paid subscriber.)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com Listen to my reading of my short story, “The Corn Ball,” which is less than a thousand words, when you become a paid subscriber.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com This short story is inspired by “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush (EMI Records, 1985), about which the singer and songwriter once said : You see, for me it is still called 'Deal With God'. that was its title. But we were told that if we kept this title that it would not be played in any of the...

Preface by the author on supporting, subscribing and listening to the new and forthcoming story podcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shortstoriesbyscottholleran.substack.com/subscribe