Ursa Story Company Deesha Philyaw dawniewalton S.A.Cosby yay!!!

With shout outs to Jordan Harper 🏴 Bobby Mathews Nikki Dolson Megan Abbott Dennis Lehane and Stephen King among others

I love a cold open! Our is hilarious. Check it out and then stick around for more gems from our play cousin Shawn (aka S.A. Cosby aka S.A.Cosby )!

In our latest episode of Ursa Story Company short fiction, dawniewalton and I introduce an Ursa original audio production of “Telling Stories” by T.E. Wilderson, published in The Account magazine in 2021, and narrated by Jordan Cobb.  Listen here: link.chtbl.com/YdLpDkYD

It's Wednesday, so as promised here's my literary news: Ursa Story Company has dropped the podcast reading of my short story, "Telling Stories." Such huge thanks to Deesha Philyaw, dawniewalton, and Mark Armstrong for believing in my story and bringing it to life!🫶 megaphone.link/SAAMR1654417266

Deesha Philyaw Mark Armstrong Ursa Story Company dawniewalton Deesha— I haven’t at all forgotten how something sparked you to not only take time and read my little story, but that you enjoyed it enough to bring it to Dawnie and Mark for Ursa Story to produce…an enormous honor I’ll never forget. This is such a joy-filled life highlight! 🙏🏽

Ursa Short Fiction Member Exclusive: 'Sonny's Blues,' by James Baldwin ursastory.com/member-exclusi…

New Ursa Short Fiction: Deesha Philyaw and dawniewalton in conversation with reeamilcarscott.bsky.social : ursastory.com/rion-amilcar-s…

You need a good podcast to listen to while cooking your turducken? I talk short story creation with my faves Deesha Philyaw and dawniewalton on the latest episode of Ursa Story Company ursastory.com/rion-amilcar-s…

I usually listen to a literary podcast while cooking breakfast on Sunday. Can’t listen to my favorite one this week cuz I’m on it 😬 but you should.

"Your patience will likely be more rewarded than your impatience." New Ursa Short Fiction: Deesha Philyaw and dawniewalton sit down with their own agents, Danielle Chiotti and PJ Mark. ursastory.com/agents-pj-mark…

The latest on Ursa Short Fiction! Dawnie and I interview our agents about the publishing industry, what it means to be a white agent representing authors of color, what makes an agent say “hell yes” to a pitched book, common red flags with scammy “agents,” and more!

"So I asked myself, What if Amazon Alexa was a Navajo woman?" Deesha Philyaw and dawniewalton introduce "Snow Bath Season," a story by Stacie Denetsosie, performed by Nasheen Sleuth. ursastory.com/snow-bath-seas…

Listen and find out why Dawnie's agent said, "Fuck Nev..."

Last year, ✨🌸 Dr. Destiny O. Birdsong 🌸✨ published a short story, “The Jump,” only to have it pulled from publication less than a day later over disagreements with the editors. She talks with Deesha Philyaw and dawniewalton about it: ursastory.com/destiny-o-bird…

Destiny talks about navigating censorship and what happens when writers and editors don’t see eye to eye, and about the intersections of religion and queerness, the representation of queer sex and sex work in literature, and how she follows instinct when approaching her work.