Reading Fan Fiction

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Why are boys circumcised? Are cougars hot or creepy? These are the real questions Motoki needs to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

What are the most common fetishes? Figure out how weird you are. Motoki also talks naughty TikToks, cocaine wine, real life wizards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Reading? Reading books? Ever heard of it? Mark, Bob, and Wade definitely have. They do it all the time... For sure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

A woman with fictophilia talks about only being romantically and sexually attracted to fictional characters and not real people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Slate’s David Plotz, Julia Turner, and Seth Stevenson celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novel on its 200th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Unwind as you listen to the heartwarming years-long romance between Gilbert and Anne of Green Gables. Through this Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved novel, remind yourself it's OK to be yourself because people will accept you the way you are.  This bedtime story will gently lul ... Show More

We’ve gotten a ton of requests for book recommendations, so this week I’ve dedicated an entire episode to talking about my favorites. Fiction, essays, short stories, and the books that have influenced my own writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch ... Show More

My new book "Inappropriately Human: 21 Short Stories" is now available as an audio book! You can listen to it via Audible.com. To pique your interest, here is a funny story from it: "RE: Your Timeline Infractions."  Download your copy on Amazon.com, or mightyheaton.com/books 

In this tale from Iceland, undying love is anything but romantic… Enjoy this episode from Tales! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Play along! Can you guess is it a cheap romance novel that everyone turns their nose up at or the international phenomenon 50 Shades of Grey? 

This story from American writer Louisa May Alcott recalls her personal experience with a wounded Maine veteran while was serving as a nurse in Washington D.C. during the Civil War. Alcott was a prolific writer and one of the first successful American female authors-that due to th ... Show More

Book sales — in general — are down, but one genre is bucking that trend: romance. Romance novel sales surged a whopping 52% in 2022. So what’s behind the popularity? How did romance become the reigning champion among fiction genres in America? To find out we talk with Leah Koch a ... Show More