BREAD and THAT IOWA TOWN from PRAIRIE GOLD
In 1914, when America sent many of her young men to fight for Europe's freedom, a call was put out throughout the state of Iowa for written articles a...
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
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Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Louisa May Alcott, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes mysteries, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced stories are chosen for their unique flavor, are suitable for all ages and tastes, and provide a window to a time when writers knew how to tell great stories using descriptive words and phrases..
WAR and JAN THE UNREPENTANT JACK LONDON
War- A cavalry scout comes upon a deserted farmhouse where violence has recently taken place and turns down the opportunity to shoot an enemy soldier ...
THE PLYMOUTH EXPRESS AFFAIR AN AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY
A young woman is found dead on a train with her jewels missing and her wealthy American father hires Poirot in London to get to the bottom of it. .AND...
GARM-A HOSTAGE by RUDYARD KIPLING
A humorous Rudyard Kipling story based upon his time serving the military in India when it was a British colony. The narrator is an officer who has be...
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI (UPDATED) O.HENRY
The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry narrated by master storyteller Jon Hagadorn for 1001 Classic short Stories & Tales podcast in 2017. ENJOYING 1001 RADI...
A BURGLAR'S CHRISTMAS by WILLA CATHER
A starving down-and-out 24 year-old in Chicago is given an unexpected chance at redemption. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories from Roys Diner at Player.fm h...
BRIGHTEN'S SISTER-IN-LAW by HENRY LAWSON
Australian writer Henry Lawson's dramatic tale told by a young husband who recalls hard times when he and his wife were raising a three year old in th...
THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER and VANITY AND SOME SABLES
O.Henry takes us back to turn-of-the-century New York City with these two great short stories. The Making of a New Yorker- a drifter hits the Big Appl...
AMATEUR NIGHT by JACK LONDON
In "Amateur Night" by Jack London, young lady from the country moves to the big city to find a job with the biggest newspaper, and gets turned down, b...
THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG by JACK LONDON
The Strength of the Strong is a short story allegory meant to complement London's upcoming 1912 book "The Scarlet Plague", in which a plague in 2012 d...