On this selected short stories that help us find new perspectives on ourselves and the

world around us, plus there's a cyclops so you know he's already seeing things just

a little differently.

I'm Meg Wallitzer, stay with us.

You're listening to selected shorts where our greatest actors transport us through the

magic of fiction, one short story at a time.

Stories always offer us new ways of seeing.

We begin reading with our standard convictions about ourselves and those around us, and

after spending some time in the lives of others, our sightlines are just a little different.

In this hour of selected shorts, stories about limited viewpoints and larger visions.

In one piece, an unusual character drops into the dating pool, in another a heist gets

hairy, and in a third, a child's fears find his family seeking tech support.

First, let's hear something from Ramona Osabel.

Her books include The Recent Novel, The Last Animal, and The Story Collection A Wayland.

This piece, a quirky take on a famous mythological figure, includes a kind of call and response,

so we ask two favorite actors to read it together.

Amy Ryan has a long resume of serious work, including Gone Baby Gone and Lost Girls, so it's

easy to forget how funny she can be in series such as Only Murders in the Building, which

of course, stars the comic Supernova Martin Short, who's known for big characters featured

on TV shows, including SCTV and films such as Father of the Bride.

Now here are Amy Ryan and Martin Short together, performing Ramona Osabel's You Can Find Love

Now.

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