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Urban Myths Reading aloud - and being read to - is one of life's great pleasures, whether shared with a spouse in a quiet moment together, your kids at bedtime, friends around a fire or in a school classroom. Urban Myths is dedicated to reading out loud, specializing in fiction with city settings. Frankie  By Charles Thiesen Then, one time in the summer, when I was working in my father's grocery store, this girl I liked came in. She lived right around the corner. Her name was Frankie. A new story of summertime tannning, awakening and daydreaming. Pickman's Model  By H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft is a master of the macabre when he's at his best, and in Pickman's Model he's at the top of his game. The story is set in 1920's Boston, in the North End, Back Bay and on Beacon Hill. He gets all the details just right, creating a believable backdrop that makes the coming horror all the worse. You won't see the city quite the same way ever again. Strip Club, 1952  By Charles Thiesen This is an enjoyable example of the genre of flash fiction, short-short stories that can be read, say, in the time between stops on the El. This, in fact, is set in Harry's Strip City under the El in New York. I Did Not Hear Voices in the Air  By Charles Thiesen Charles Thiesen joins us again with a new short story, an unsettling monologue that reads like Samuel Beckett ghosting for Stephen King, or maybe Stephen King channelling Samuel Becket.   Image ... Curtains at Don and Martha Bailey's house. Cedar Lane Way, Beacon Hill. Boston, Mass.