An exerpt from Never hurt her by Joey Stadelmann

Hi everyone,
Two weeks ago the Calgary Writing Collective met up at the Auburn Saloon. Between trying to disturb a dry geologists meet-up and sampling a few house ales, we took turns sharing our latest works.
One of my writers, who has been with the Collective since its June 2008 inception, is Joey Stadelmann. Every week, with a devilish grin, he pedals his latest short story with plenty of well-developed characters. His descriptions always paint images in my head and lure me into his tales.
Joey wanted to share this story called Never hurt her. The full story is available on DeviantART but here's an excerpt to get you started...

“I promise I will never hurt her.” I tried to breath. The pine fresh air of the campground was a murky sludge dribbling down my throat. I swallowed, and felt sick from the effort. Scott and I stood there, staring at each other, both waiting for the other to say something. I could feel my cheeks getting warm, my blood rushing under my skin, reddening my face. What the hell was I supposed to do now?

He said it, and he said it right to my face. Of their own accord, the fingers in my right hand slowly flexed into a fist, the knuckles crackling like gunshots. I forced them to straighten. My teeth ground together. Scott stood there, a weak, pleading half smile on his face.

Walk away, I thought, One of us, just please walk away. … Goddamnit, he’s not leaving until he gets a response.

Hello again, fave fiction podcasts

I'm going to try to update this more often, possibly twitter style.
Actually, I just created a Twitter account called Calgarywriters
Our next meeting is on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the Auburn Saloon, 163-115 9 Avenue SE. Bring some paper to write on or a laptop + any works you wish to share or discuss. We offer encouragement to writers in any stage of their creative masterpieces.

I love finding new short story or fiction podcasts, writing tools or literary sites, so I'd like to share a few with you as I come across them.

Fiction podcasts I love:
You can subscribe off these pages or find them in iTunes:

Public Radio International's: Selected Shorts Podcast
If you are stuck inside for lunch, get carried away with this multi-story podcast frequently read by famous actors at Peter Norton Symphony Space in NYC.
Updated: Mondays at 9 p.m.
Runs: 60 minutes


The New Yorker Fiction Podcast
Each month New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman discusses a piece with a current author. Sometimes they go back in the archives to find older or more unconventional pieces. Here you will also find links to the last year's worth of podcasts and you can subscribe.
Updated: Monthly
Runs: Approx. 30 minutes

Stephen Fry
Watch actor and writer Stephen Fry read Oscar Wilde's short stories or just check out all his rad comings and goings.
Published: 2008
Runs: Approx. 2 hours 14 minutes