No Extra Words one person's search for story

Happy holidays! Today we start a 3-part series where we revisit favorite moments from the show's history. Our first repeat is Episode 6: The Microfiction Triumvirate. This episode, the shortest in th…

Timing is everything.

The "Laundromat" is not what you expected. By Paul Rousseau, copyright 2016, used with permission. Read Paul's bio.

Things look different from the "Beyond." By Francis DiClement…

Happy Halloween, No Extra Words style!

Caught by cops will never feel the same after you've had a little "Night Vision." By Michael Anthony, copyright 2017, used with permission. Read Michael's bio.

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We're showing where all the broken pieces are.

Carefully prepping which face we show the world in "Kintsugi." By Jaclyn Tan, copyright 2017, used with permission. Visit Jaclyn's website.

New segment!…

Clarissa's meticulously organized life wanders off track in "The Planner." By Catherine Moscatt, copyright 2017, used with permission. Read Catherine's bio.

Tears are the weapon in "Reading a Letter.…

Good and bad are closer together than you think.

She didn't know what "The Law of Buoyancy" would come to mean in her family. By Brittni MacKenzie Dale, copyright 2016, used with permission. Read Bri…

The back to school episode is so much more than that.

It's the lesson that's not in the curriculum but one we all remember learning in "Read Across America." By Jeff Bakkensen, copyright 2010, used w…

What do you see when you look into the eye of humanity?

A chance encounter with a stranger on a train makes a woman wonder who is friend and who is stranger in "The Good Samaritan." By Mary J. Breen,…

The world is always on the verge of exploding and reinventing itself.

"A Town Built on Salt" is on a shaky foundation indeed. By Windy Lynn Harris, copyright 2014, used with permission. This piece wa…

There are the ties that bind and those we run from.

Jim Szabo's six word story is the beginning of (a beautiful?) marriage. Copyright 2014, used with permission. Read Jim's bio or find him on the Sec…

What do you do when time away is simultaneously long enough to sink your teeth into and yet not nearly long enough? "Walk a Pavement Once." By Eivend Nerberg, copyright 2007, used with permission. Or…

I loved my chat with Jim Szabo, host of the Second Hand Stories podcast. We chatted about the inspiration for our shows, how we deal with submissions and what our pet peeves are, how much we love our…

Not what you think. This is what happens to the living that the dead don't have to deal with.

"The Adequate News Report" gives us just the facts, and just the end. As in all good microfiction, you ge…

Up late wondering if they know what they are doing to memories of "My Last Husband." By Mary J. Breen, copyright 2013, used with permission. "My Last Husband" first appeared in The Waterhouse Review …

This mini-episode launches our Instagram challenge!

Click here to see the photo of the found poem that inspired the story.

To participate in the Instagram challenge, find us on Instagram @noextraword…

It's our two year podcastiversary! This jam-packed episode honors the short form of the drabble, a story of exactly 100 words.

All 12 of today's stories were part of the Apples to Apples Drabble cont…

A little history of the No Extra Words podcast and a story I really want to share with all of you.

"Mother's Day in the NICU," by Kris Baker Dersch, is copyright 2015. I shared the true story from th…