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 sight lines 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

Osabelle's You Can Find Love Now.

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