A Love Letter From Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer [Letter]
On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at a love letter written between novelist and short story writer Franz Kafka, and Felice Bauer. In the world of...
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Folk tales, historic letters, and short stories performed by writer Steve Spalding. A brand new adventure every week.
A Thief and His Master [Grimm Fairy Tale]
On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at "A Thief and His Master," a fairy tale originally published in 1812 by the Brother's Grimm. This is a strang...
A Rejection Letter for Moby Dick [Letter]
On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at a rejection letter written by Peter Bentley of Bentley and Son's Publishing House, to one Herman Melville, o...
The Three Princesses of Whiteland [Norwegian Folk Tale]
Welcome everyone, I'm Steve Spalding and this is Season Two of Steve Reads Stories. Sorry for the long delay, but I needed some time to find new thing...
Inside Fictions - Dead Eyes at the Midnight [Special Episode]
On today's episode, I introduce you to the secret project I've been talking about for the last few months. It's a serialized fiction collaboration bet...
Inside Fictions - The Weisz Institute and Temporal Crisis Hotline [Special Episode]
On today's episode, I briefly discuss Season 2 of Steve Reads Stories, and I give you a preview of a full episode of a new project I've been working o...
C.S. Lewis Writes About Writing to a Young Fan [Letter]
On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at a letter written in 1956 by C.S. Lewis to a young fan named Joan Lancaster. C.S. Lewis is best known as the ...
Bearskin [German Folk Tale]
On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at Bearskin, a German folk tale brought to us by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. Bearskin was origi...
A Widow Writes to Her Dead Husband Eung-Tae Lee [Letter]
On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at a letter written in 1586 by an unnamed and pregnant widow to her dead husband Eung-Tae Lee. This letter was...
The Singing Sword [Estonian Folk Tale]
On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at The Singing Sword, an Eastern European folk tale brought to us from Estonia via Brooklyn. It was written in...