Wily Stories for Wily Readers – Fiction Podcast

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A couple, grieving the loss of their son in Iraq, returns home to find their living room ransacked, and the police have no answers. (6min) Excerpt: It has been four years since their son vanished in a massive truck bomb explosion in Baghdad. Witnesses said he was standing right next to it when it went [...]

Aliens have invaded Earth, and my girlfriend might be breaking up with me. [27min] Excerpt: An hour after she leaves, I am climbing the walls. What do I do? Am I really supposed to look for jobs? Would anyone seriously consider a resume from someone who’s applying for jobs in the middle of an alien [...]

When love first blooms, it is all sparkles and sleek fur, but as the years roll on, the true nature, and the true price, of eternal love becomes apparent. [14min]

The Pied Piper. Peter Pan. A thousand stories of children vanishing in the night–but what’s the reality? Those who survived the Year of the Children know the truth.

Scott McGough, a renowned writer in his own right who just happens to also have a wonderful reading voice, graciously agreed to donate his time to read some of the marvelous stories we share here on the Wily Writers site. Scott is an author and editor who lives in Seattle. He pursued creative writing at [...]

When a young man’s life is threatened in a dark alley, a powerful stranger steps in to help. But is this stranger really as altruistic as he seems? (24min)