Thursday, July 3, 2025


 Guerrilla Podcasts 

                                                                                    bite-sized nutrition for the mind



The Impala by Catfish McDaris


When Shelter Is the Only Family by Marianne Szlyk


Catfish McDaris was born in Albuquerque, NM in 1953. He lives in West Allis, WI with his wife of 41 years. Writing and reading have always been a joyous hobby of his. 

Marianne Szlyk thought she was done with writing fiction, but fiction is not done with her. Her most recent book of poetry is Why We Never Visited the Elms.

Musical excerpts from The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 1902 (Frog Legs, Ragtime era Favorites)


Friday, June 27, 2025

Guerrilla Podcasts
                                         bite-sized nutrition for the mind




When Jimmy Leaves Me Again, by Francine Witte

Or How Can We Ever Cut Down to the Bare Essentials, by Hedy Habra 

A Novel So Great It Cannot Be Named, by Ethan Goffman

I Planted a Cat, by Francine Witte  



Francine Witte is a flash fiction writer and poet and the recipient of a Pushcart Prize. She is the author of the flash collection RADIO WATER and several poetry books. Her newest poetry collection, Some Distant Pin of Light, has just been published by Cervena Barva Press. She lives in NYC. 

Hedy Habra is a poet, artist and essayist. Her fourth poetry collection, Or Did You Ever See The Other Side? won the 2024 International Poetry Book Awards and was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Awards. www.hedyhabra.com

Ethan Goffman produces Guerrilla Podcasts and is the author of five books of poetry and fiction. His latest book is The Church of the Oversoul and Other Storiesfrom the Uncollected Press. 

Musical excerpts from The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 1902 (Frog Legs, Ragtime era Favorites)

Monday, January 13, 2025

 Guerrilla Podcasts

                            bite-sized nutrition for the Mind!

A Broken Heart, by Catfish McDaris

Chase the Squirrel, the Acorn, by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

Green Fairies, by Anthony Ripp


Catfish McDaris was born in Albuquerque, NM in 1953. He lives in West Allis, WI with his wife of 41 years. Writing and reading have always been a joyous hobby of his. 

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author who lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage.  His most recent books are These Many Cold Winters of the Heart (Roadside Press) and Cake Jumping Out of Strippers is Just Vomiting and Other Poems (Dark Heart Press).  His forthcoming book from Marathon Books is titled: Faces of the Seraphim.

Anthony Ripp is a storyteller who takes his inspiration from real-life events and enjoys featuring the beauty that is attached to the rusty side of life.

Musical excerpts from The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 1902 (Frog Legs, Ragtime era Favorites)



Monday, August 26, 2024

 Guerrilla Podcasts

                           Bite-sized nutrition for the mind!

Of a Feather, by Susan Israel as read by Elizabeth Bruce

And Endless Stars to Wish Upon, by Tara Campbell

The Limits of Art, by Marianne Szlyk


Susan Israel’s work has recently been published by MacQueen’s Quinterly, 50 Word Stories, Flash Boulevard (where this story was originally published) and is forthcoming in The Dribble Drabble Review and Blink-Ink. Links to her longer works can.be found here: www.susanisrael.net.

Tara Campbell is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction co-editor at Barrelhouse Magazine. Her sixth book, City of Dancing Gargoyles, is forthcoming from Santa Fe Writers Project (SFWP) in September 2024. "And Endless Stars to Wish Upon" was originally published in Twin Pies Literary, October 2022 Find out more at www.taracampbell.com.

Marianne Szlyk thought she was done with writing fiction, but fiction is not done with her. Her most recent book of poetry is Why We Never Visited the Elms.

Musical excerpts from The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 1902 (Frog Legs, Ragtime era Favorites)

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Guerrilla Podcasts

                                                        bite-sized nutrition for the mind!

Homelandby Jeff Friedman

Dope Show, by Anthony Ripp

Or Could I Finally Be Allowed To Leave My Analyst? by Hedy Habra

Jeff Friedman is the author of 10 books of poetry and prose, including Ashes in Paradise, The Marksman and Floating Tales. Homeland is from his new book Broken Signals, published by Bamboo Dart Press. 

Anthony Ripp is a storyteller who takes his inspiration from real-life events and enjoys featuring the beauty that is attached to the rusty side of life.

Hedy Habra is a poet, artist and essayist. Her fourth poetry collection, Or Did You Ever See The Other Side? won the 2024 International Poetry Book Awards and was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Awards. www.hedyhabra.com

Musical excerpts from The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 1902 (Frog Legs, Ragtime era Favorites)


Saturday, July 27, 2024

 Guerrilla Podcasts

    bite-sized nutrition for the Mind








We Drink the Universe in a Cup of Tea, by Ethan Goffman

Mama Isn't Always Right, by Luanne Castle

First Kiss, by John Stanizzi


Ethan Goffman writes fiction so brief it barely exists.

Luanne Castle lives in Arizona, next to a wash that wildlife use as a thoroughfare. She has published two full-length poetry collections, Rooted and Winged and Doll God, which won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Poetry.

John L. Stanizzi is the author of 15 books. His newest releases are Feathers and Bones, Viper Brain, and SEE.


Musical excerpts from The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 1902 (Frog Legs, Ragtime era Favorites)

Friday, July 12, 2024

Guerrilla Podcasts

    bite-sized nutrition for the mind!


1999, by Francine Witte

Gutter, by Elizabeth Bruce

What's in a Handbag, by Ethan Goffman


Francine Witte is the author of 12 books of poetry and flash. She lives in NYC.  Visit her website at francinewitte.com.

Elizabeth Bruce is a DC-based, Tex-pat fiction author, educator, theatre artist and arts producer. whose new collection, Universally Adored & Other One Dollar Stories, was just published by Vine Leaves Press. She's published fiction in the USA and 13 other countries; her debut novel, And Silent Left the Place, won Washington Writers' Publishing House's Fiction Prize.

Ethan Goffman is a poet, fiction writer, journalist, and teacher. He and his wife, Marianne Szlyk, reside in Rockville, Maryland in a tiny house that contains multitudes.

Musical excerpts from The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 1902 (Frog Legs, Ragtime era Favorites)