Season 5 Prologue: Short Stories

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Wendy and Amy are back with another season of books, banter and bubbles! This go around it's all about short stories and jello shots, made with prosecco, of course! Find out what's in store for the season and who really doesn't like jello shots. Pop a cork to Season 5!
Today's Prosecco Jello Shot: Raspberry Prosecco Tulip using Chambord
This Season’s Books
1) First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Authors
2) The Best American Short Stories of the Century edited by John Updike

This Season's Line-Up
Episode 41 - F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Babes in the Woods” & “Crazy Sunday” | An Aperol Spritzer Jello Shot

Episode 42 - Tennessee Williams:
“The Vengeance of Nitocris” & “The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a
Coffin” | A Peach Bellini Jello Shot

Episode 43 - Flannery O’Conner: “The Geranium” &“Greenleaf” | A Naturally Green Prosecco Jello
Shot

Episode 44 - William Faulkner: “Landing in Luck” & “That Evening Sun Go Down” | The French 75 with gin

Episode 45 - Raymond Carver: “Furious Seasons” & “Where I’m Calling From” | The 78 Jelly Shot

Episode 46 - Dorothy Parker: “Such a Pretty Little Picture” &“Here We Are” | A Pretty Pink Prosecco Jello Shot

Episode 47 - John Updike: “Friends from Philadelphia” &“Gesturing” | A Prosecco Jelly Shot

Episode 48 - Joyce Carol Oates: “In
the Old World” & “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” | Prosecco Jelly Shot with Pomegranate Bursting Boba

Episode 49 - Alice Monro: “A Basket
of Strawberries” & “Meneseteung" | Strawberry Prosecco Dessert

Episode 50 - Ernest Hemingway: “in our time” &“The Killers” | Mimosa Jello Shot.

Summer course that inspired this Season's Episodes - The Great Courses Course: Great American Short Stories | A Guide for Readers and Writers featuring Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black Ph.D.

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A great short story reader and writer information website.