Literature

Literature: A&P by John Updike

In this episode, we review the John Updike short story about a kid who watches some girls in bathing suits wander around a store. It’s called A&P.

Literature: The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft

For the final installment of MOTS Ado Halloween 2016, we attempt to wrestle with insanity-inducing indescribable things in a ‘cosmic horror’ story from the progenitor of the genre.

Literature: The Boogeyman by Stephen King

In this second installment of MOTS Ado for the 2016 Halloween season, we journey into the dark reaches of one man’s closet of horrors in Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman.” Is there actually a monster lurking in the dark or is it only in the mind of a broken man?

Literature: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe

MOTS Ado starts off the 2016 Halloween season with the first of a series of horror short stories. In this episode, we discuss a classic tale from one of the all-time masters of the craft- Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death.

Literature: Lich-House by Warren Ellis

Steven Ormosi evokes William Shatner as he hosts Veronica Hernandez, Scott Thurlow and Jonathan Ian Manczur in a discussion of “Lich-House” by Warren Ellis, a speculative future story involving “smart-houses.”

Literature: Myth Manners’ Guide to Greek Missology #1 by Harry Turtledove

Steven Ormosi hosts, and apologizes during, this discussion of Harry Turtledove’s parody on a Greek Myth with cultural references nearly as old as the original story itself.

With Katie Kelly, Veronica Hernandez, Scott Thurlow and Jonathan Ian Manczur.

Literature: Feliz Aniversário by Clarice Lispector

The Lost Signals crew discusses age, birthday cake and death at obligatory family functions in their discussion of Clarice Lispector’s short story “Feliz Aniversário.”

Veronica Hernandez hosting Katie Kelly, Jonathan Ian Manczur, Steven Ormosi and Scott Thurlow

Literature: The Second Bakery Attack by Haruki Murakami

In this episode we discuss Haruki Murakami’s story of marriage, felony and fast food.

Guest Starring: Katie Kelly and Veronica Hernandez

Literature: The Axiom of Choice by David W. Goldman

Today’s short story begs the question: Does free will really exist? David W. Goldman’s The Axiom of Choice plays with the Choose Your Own Adventure format and we’re there to talk about it. [Aggregate Score: 8.00]

With Guest Speaker: 
Veronica Hernandez

Literature: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

It’s another short story! This time we review the all-American classic, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, the original M. Night Shyamalan. It is the story of two fools and their thoughtful, but ultimately pointless Christmas gifts to each other. [Aggregate Score: 6.00]

Guest starring Veronica Hernandez.