stories for any time of the day: loory reads

this is love at first listen. i haven’t read Ben Loory’s collection of really short stories, Stories for the Nighttme and Some for the Day , but i’m already head over heels. i first heard about these modern fables on This American Life when Loory read one of the stories from his collection. The story is “Cold Stone Creamery” and begins at 39:00 of the posted audio. it is absolutely well worth a listen (actually, the entire episode is worth a listen if you’re so inclined.).

here’s loory reading another of his stories, “The Tree” for the Writers’ Block.

https://soundcloud.com/kqed-writers-block/ben-loory-more-from-stories

there’s something about these deceptively simple stories that i find absolutely delightful. they feel incredibly familiar yet refreshingly new. i’m so broke it’s silly (don’t ask), but when i get some dough i know where some of money’s going.

postscript: in case you’d like to do the reading yourself, a copy of Loory’s story “The TV” can found here in the New Yorker.