Episodes

When the Fire Burns Low

Not all dragons are fire breathing monsters bent on destruction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professional baseball in United States dates back more than 150 years. It has been considered the great American sport since the 19th century. Popular sports attract rabid fans as was the case even back in 1910 when Zane Grey...

One of the greatest short stories of all time.

Saki's recurring character, Clovis takes on an overly proud mother Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Twain's first popular story of a hardcore gambler in a mining camp during the Gold Rush. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life in the big city can be challenging.

This thriller is one of the most popular stories of all time.

A powerful thriller from a Nobel Prize winning author.

Sometimes a lie is kinder than the truth.

How can we tell the difference between benevolence and predation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when hate overwhelms love? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have every reason to love these people, yet we don't. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every day we are bombarded by images of unattainable beauty, regaled with stories of fame, and envious of those who have attained great wealth. It’s easy to lose sight of our important contributions to the world and those aro...

A young woman stumbles upon a drunk with whom she forms a bond until she learns more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A sick young woman is saved by a final kind gesture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Joyce’s “Araby” is ranked among the pantheon of greatest short stories ever written. In this timeless coming of age tale an adolescent boy, blinded by a hormonal fog, falls for a neighbor girl. Now considered one of the...

Can an almost perfectly planned crime be solved? That question is answered in this classic mystery by one of the early 20th Century's most popular, fictional medical detectives, Dr. Thorndyke. Sandwiched between the Sherlock ...

For much of human existence we have questioned the concept of time. Is it always a constant or can it be manipulated, allowing us to move forward or backward chronologically. In this 19th century story, two cousins speculate ...

There is a power that comes from giving without expectation of reward. A self-sacrificing spirit is the theme for Irish author Oscar Wilde’s short story. The Model Millionaire first appeared in print in the newspaper The Worl...

Note from Don: Listening back to this story before posting it, I have to say that it moved me more than most – and I spent a few days reading, narrating, and editing it. "The Rocking Horse Winner" entered the public domain at...

Mankind has always loved to explore sometimes crossing great wildernesses, but more often just poking around in our own backyards. This light-hearted tale is about a group of men who decide to investigate a local cave and lit...

A fleeting glimpse in the pines, a photograph stolen from a friend’s mantel, and a correspondence born from mistaken identity—The Girl and the Photograph by Lucy Maud Montgomery is no simple tale of memory. It’s about the way...

Life has a nasty habit of throwing us curves that we can either cause us long-term misery or force us to make the best of a bad situation as illustrated in this very short tale. Anton Chekhov was undoubtedly brilliant. A phys...