Streetlight Voices: Short Fiction & Memoir
Episodes
Thank You For Calling by Margaret Watson
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a story about endings. Read by Jennifer Sims.
Down the Shore by John Adinolfi
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Down by the Shore is about the rhythm of the sea and a marriage. Read by Jennifer Sims.
The View by Kay Rae
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kay Rae Chomic's The View is about self sabotage.
Still Life with Black Pants and Peppers by Christine Tucker
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A story about endings and new beginnings.
Free Swim by Marjory Ruderman
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A story about uneasy sleep.
The Chair by Sue Allison
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A short fiction about a huge absence.
Places To Go Things To See by Richard D. Key
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Places to Go Things to See is a wry travelogue. Ready by Jennifer Sims
Erebus by Patrick Christie
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The threat is getting closer.
The Murmuration by S.W. Gordon
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Murmuration is a story about bad choices. Read by Jennifer Sims.
One Hundred by Tara Lindis
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One Hundred by Tara Lindis by Streetlight Voices: Short Fiction & Memoir
Firedamp by Tonja Matney Reynolds
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Firedamp is a story that captures the dimming light.
Talisman by E.H. Jacobs
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talisman is a love story.
Just Another One Of Those Stephanie Coyne DeGhett
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just Another One of Those is a story about a man who moves forward by touching back.
Come and Get My Gun by Sean G. Murphy
02 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A story about a change in roles.
Calico Cat by William Cass
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A passing train, snapshots of life.
The Arithmetic of Love by Deborah Prum
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's left after a bad relationship?
Vanilla Music by Mark Galarrita
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coming of age
Diluted by Jaime Balboa
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Left at home
The War by Carla Myers
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Who is inside the front line fighting a disease?
Tips and Guidelines for Becoming a Shooting Star by Ashley Morrow
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Exit in a blaze of glory.
Accidents Will Happen by Nancy Christie
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mishaps are not always random.
Turkeys by R.H. Emmers
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Down and out and on the brink of even worse.
Ernestine Goes to Heaven by Susan Heeger
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When a woman faces the loss of a beloved, aging pet, she finds herself confronting her own experience with age and death.
Keeping Score by Lawrence Farrar
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A man's loss of a role on his bowling team means more to him than even he realizes.
No Matter What by Tracey Levine
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A young woman faces the most difficult of decisions.
Natives by Chuck Nwoke
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A family's trip to the beach becomes a metaphor for colonialism, gentrification and class struggle.
Away by Juditha Dowd
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marital and family duties constrict the life of a matriarch who contemplates change in her latter years.
Tooth by Jennifer Coffeen
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Try to laugh about it, but not even a personal crisis will cancel tonight's dinner plan.
Invisible Girls by Tonja Matney Reynolds
23 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Three friends are reminded that youth does not confer invincibility.
The Joplin Room by Anne-Marie Yerks
09 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the hotel where Janis Joplin died, a young desk clerk makes a choice that turns a guest's tragedy into a fresh start on life.
Jean Auguste Gravel - My Father’s Tears
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A father coping with a loss to the family becomes a powerful memory for his son.
Ants on the Wall by Jabeen Akhtar
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A woman takes a shortcut through a back alley where she finds both tragedy and revenge. TRIGGER WARNING: rape
Lyn Martin - The Whirlwind
17 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A young girl and her brother experience a miracle of nature that later becomes a lesson for life.
Will Conway - Memo to Right Brain
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel like one half of your brain is taking over? It's all a farce. A short story read by Jennifer Sims for Streetlight Magazine.
Amy Kenyon - Belle Isle Aquarium
26 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An aging woman twines her past memories with the present. A short story read by Jennifer Sims for Streetlight Magazine.
Marjorie Rissman - Cuba Revisited
08 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A young girl describes a family vacation to Cuba in the 1950's interrupted by a historic moment.
Karol Lagodzki - A Bald Spot
20 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lena copes with a devastating loss that has fractured her family. A short story read by Jennifer Sims for Streetlight Magazine.
Jenna-Marie Warnecke - The Ones Who Stay
10 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna-Marie Warnecke's "The Ones Who Stay". A short story read by Jennifer Sims for Streetlight Magazine. Isolation and the need for connection in the...