1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
A huge collection of beautifully narrated and carefully chosen short stories from golden age authors (1850-1930) who knew how to deliver stories that reach the heart and soul of the reader and listener. Here you'll find short masterpieces from the likes of Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Edgar Alla...
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ROCKET SUMMER by RAY BRADBURY
Taken from Bradbury's novel, 'Rocket Summer' takes a futuristic look (from 1947 to future) at a businessman who spends two years designing a rocket wh...
HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE and THE BRAVE THREE HUNDRED and CROSSING THE RUBICON
⚔️ 1. Horatius at the Bridge
Source: James Baldwin's retelling of the Roman legend from Livy.
Summary
Rome is under sudde...
SREDNI VASHTAR & ST. VESPALUUS by H.H.MUNRO (SAKI)
Hector Hugh Munro, also known as Saki, was born in British Burma, . Saki was the son of Charles Augustus Munro, an Inspector General for the Indian Im...
MIGGLES by BRET HARTE
"Miggles" by Bret Harte
Bret Harte's "Miggles" is one of those frontier stories that begins with rough humor and bad weather, then quietly shi...
THE RUBE by ZANE GREY
⭐ Show Notes Summary — "The Rube" by Zane Grey
Zane Grey's "The Rube" is a lively, character‑driven baseball tale that blends humor, h...
THE PRETTY GIRL IN THE ARMY by HENRY LAWSON
"That Pretty Girl in the Army" by Henry Lawson
In this light, good‑humored tale, Henry Lawson turns his attention to the small misunderstandin...
THE LAST FIGHT IN THE COLISEUM by CHARLOTTE YONGE
"The Last Fight in the Coliseum" — Charlotte Yonge
Episode Summary
In this episode, we bring you Charlotte Yonge's powerful historical...
THE CHEST OF BROKEN GLASS and FEDERALIST No. 55 by JAMES MADISON
The Chest of broken Glass is an old folk tale about a father who has grown old- to old to care for himself, and in order to gain more time from his th...
AN O.HENRY DOUBLE PLAY! AFTER TWENTY YEARS and BRICKDUST ROW
"After Twenty Years" — Summary
Set on a quiet, rain‑slicked street in early‑20th‑century Manhattan, After Twenty Years explores loyalty, fate,...
BURIED TREASURE by O.HENRY
Two men try to outwit and outclass each other for the love of Martha May Mangum but she scores a win when her father, jealous of the attention she is...
MIX WAR, ART, AND DANCING and CAT IN THE RAIN by ERNEST HEMINGWAY
AN ERNEST HEMINGWAY DOUBLE PLAY
🎙️ Mix War, Art, and Dancing
Hemingway's early newspaper sketch drops listeners into a Kansas City Y.W....
HOT POTATOES by ARNOLD BENNETT
Hot Potatoes by Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett's Hot Potatoes is a gentle comedy of good intentions gone wrong, centered on a devoted mother,...
ZERO HOUR by RAY BRADBURY
🕒 Summary of "Zero Hour"
"Zero Hour" follows a seemingly ordinary suburban day in the Morris household, where seven‑year‑old Mink and the neig...
THE FIRST CLASS PASSENGER by ANTON CHEKHOV
The First‑Class Passenger unfolds during a winter train journey, where a modest, observant narrator finds himself seated vis‑à‑vis a well‑dressed stra...
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY by MARK TWAIN
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THE MONKEY'S PAW by W.W.JACOBS
"The Monkey's Paw", a classic horror tale from W.W.Jacobs places an old British soldier in a friends home with a tale to tell about the magical and da...
THE LADY WITH THE DOG by ANTON CHEKHOV
THE LADY WITH THE DOG SUMMARY
In this quietly powerful tale of unexpected love and emotional awakening, Anton Chekhov introduces us to Dmitri Gu...
A SAKI DOUBLE PLAY! THE OPEN WINDOW and A MATTER OF SENTIMENT by H.H.MUNRO (SAKI)
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THE NAMESAKE by WILLA CATHER
THE NAMESAKE by WILLA CATHER
The Namesake tells the framed story of Lyon Hartwell, an American sculptor living in Paris, who explains to a grou...
BROWN WOLF by JACK LONDON
Episode Summary — Brown Wolf by Jack London
Jack London's "Brown Wolf" follows Walt Irvine and his wife Madge and the wild, half‑tamed...
A REDEEMING SACRIFICE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
Episode Summary — A Redeeming Sacrifice (with an added twist)
Lucy Maud Montgomery's tender short story A Redeeming Sacrifice follows a quiet,...
OLD WELL WELL BY ZANE GRAY A BASEBALL STORY
Old Well-Well" is a classic baseball short story by Zane Grey, first published in the July 1910 issue of Success magazine.
Summary
The...
THE ANTIQUE RING by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Antique Ring" (1843) is a fascinating departure from his usual dark, Puritan-focused dramas. It is a "story within a story"...
THE FURNISHED ROOM by O. HENRY
"The Furnished Room" is widely considered one of O. Henry's most somber and haunting stories. Unlike his more lighthearted or humorous tales, this one...
THE CHASE OF ROBIN HOOD by HOWARD PYLE
After winning an archery contest on behalf of the queen, the King decides to renege on his promise to allow Robin and his men a safe journey home, and...
THE BLUE CROSS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
METhe Blue Cross is the first of G.K. Chesterton's 53 great Father brown short stories, and it introduces two characters that are often used in future...
THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER by WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON
The Story Summary
In this inaugural Carnacki tale, occult investigator Thomas Carnacki is called to investigate the "Grey Room" in a centuries-...
ROBIN HOOD TURNS BEGGAR from THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Robin Hood finally achieves his dream of becoming a beggar, at least for a day, and in the process outwits and outfights a number of scoundrels who en...
A LOVE PASSAGE by W.W. JACOBS
"A Love Passage" is a lighthearted maritime comedy from W.W. Jacobs' 1896 collection, Many Cargoes, that satirizes the bumbling romantic efforts of sa...
AUNT PHILIPPA AND THE MEN
In this great short story by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, a young lady (Ursula) is ordered by her father to place some distance between herse...
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY (PT 2) by CHARLES DICKENS
Catch 'The Shadow' radio mystery hosted now at 1001 Ghost, Chiller & Lovecraft Stories Podcast- The Shadow was America's favorite radio mystery form 3...
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY (PT 1) CHARLES DICKENS
"The Wreck of the Golden Mary" is a collaborative novella published by Charles Dickens in the 1856 Christmas issue of his periodical, Household Words....
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE QUARTER A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE
A young rugby player comes to Holmes with worries that their star player is missing and that something bad may have happened to him. Holmes and Watson...
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Join host Gizelle Erickson every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4pm ET at 1001 Ghost, Chiller & Lovecraft Podcast as she introduces the nuances of ev...
LITTLE JOHN AND THE TANNER OF BLYTH and ROBIN HOOD AND WILL SCARLET
Little John & The Tanner of Blyth- Robin Hood sends Little John on an errant to Ancashire but Little John takes a detour to the Boars head Inn, gets d...
THE LURKING FEAR by H.P. LOVECRAFT
A wealthy bachelor goes on a demon-hunting expedition to a deserted mansion in the Catskills and finds more than he bargained for. This spine-chilling...
A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFE by O.HENRY
From THE FOUR MILLION by O. Henry
O. Henry's "A Cosmopolite in a Café" tells of the narrator meeting E. Rushmore Coglan, a man who claims to be...
A BROTHERS GRIMM TRIPLE PLAY: TOM THUMB, THE FROG PRINCE, AND BRIAR ROSE
3 Original fairy tales from The Brothers Grimm whose job it was to spend their lives collecting old tales-m the same ones that Disney and others clea...
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM by EDGAR ALLAN POE
In Scandinavia, there is a phenomenon known as the Moskstraumen or Moskenstraumen, a system of tidal whirlpools found in the Lofoten archipelago in No...
LAZARUS COME FORTH by RAY BRADBUIRY
Planet Stories 1944 copy-A morgue ship with recent information gathered from space that would end a 300 year old war is commandeered by a greedy crew...