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December 28, 2023 193 mins

Episode 322:  Readers Round Up

Well, our third season is officially in the books.  Special thanks to all the writers for sharing your work with us.  And thanks to all of our listeners for your continual support!   This year-end compilation episode consists of over 3 hours of short stories and poems from As Read By Me Season 3. This compilation episode great for long car rides, dog walks or sitting around the fire.  Hope you enjoy!!!

 

Authors:

Rich Hosek: Rich is a television writer and novelist. You can purchase his novels at Amazon by visiting https://amzn.to/3GgcMm5.  You can follow Rich on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RichHosek, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/writtenbyrichhosek. Reviews and previews of upcoming books and other projects are available at https://richhosek.com/. And you can find out more about his TV credits at IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395923.  Resolved first appeared on Reedsy Prompts, you can read this story and more at https://blog.reedsy.com/short-story/g9fm7z/ 

Barbara Stakes:  Barbara spent a 30-plus year career in the offices of area Research and Development companies in Langhorne, PA and Princeton, NJ.  In her retirement, she enjoys yoga, meditation, reading, walks in the parks and working to get down on paper stories about people, places and experiences remembered over the years with a hope that others might enjoy them.

Peter Waitze:  Peter has been recounting his short, tall tales in monthly letters for over 40 years, and more recently in the form of a monthly email story.  You can sign up for his monthly email letter by sending an email to Peter@AsReadByMe.com.  Peter is also a founder and producer of the As Read By Me Podcast.

Frank Goldstein:  Frank is a retired broadcast photojournalist, the author of the upcoming book Shoot It Anyway and a producer of the As Read By Me podcast.

Heidi Bahnck:   You can find more about Heidi at her website HeidiBahnck.com.

Perry Genovesi:  Perry works as a librarian in Philadelphia. He serves his fellow workers as a shop steward in AFSCME Local 2187 and plays bass in the band Canid. You can read more of his fiction in Loud Coffee Press, CC&D, Isolation Street and elsewhere. Sometimes he looks at all the emails he's sent in 1 day & just sort of exhales & crosses his arms as if he just built a log cabin. And you can find him on Twitter @unionlibrarian

William Rausch: Bill started writing his five-minute flash-fiction podcasts three years ago. Bill is a firm believer in Shakespeare's insight: "Brevity is the soul of wit." His podcasts are always just five minutes. And always a slap-in-the-forehead ending you'll never see coming. You can hear his stories on Spotify, Apple i-Tunes or  many other podcast platforms at Bill Rausch Read My Shorts.

Mike Archer: Mike is a retired television news executive who spent over 40 years working in local television news in Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia. He was also part of a team of journalists that launched Court TV in 1991 that expanded the coverage of the legal system and trials in the United States. Mike writes a blog on journalism, politics, language, and life that can be found at www.thearcherjournal.com.  Mike’s book, Living with Humans: Stories of Each Other is his second published collection of short stories. It’s available as an e-book or paperback on Amazon.com and can be found here: https://amzn.to/3GaNsOc

Sara Colvin:  Sara is an advocate for recovery. She hosts the "Be You" video podcast, available at the YouTube link below. She has experienced the underworld of addiction as well as the beautiful joy that a life in recovery will bring. Because of this, Sara has a passion for educating the world about the nature of both addiction and the recovery process. She is available for public speaking engagements and pres

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