Episodes

A technology challenge from the past

What could have caused a reservoir to suddenly rise four inches?

Love and the Ultimate Workaholic

The Map to a Life

Every house party has a guest who knows too much. A mild little man named Cornelius Appin has spent seventeen years on one problem. He believes he's solved it: he has taught a cat to speak. The company around Lady Blemley's tea table does not believe him — and that, as it happens, is the last comfortable moment anyone in the house will enjoy. Pour yourself some tea. Mind the saucer. Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916), the sharpest wit of the Edwardian age. Born in Burma an...

The Voice Within

Nobody watches the kitchen.

Satisfaction Given.

A True Story?

Some Debts Linger

The Impossible Deaths

Welcome to Season Two of New Tale's Told, a collection of my original short stories. I've spent the summer creating some unique tales for you. I hope a few of them bring you a bit of pleasure. The Garden was finished before anyone in it was born. The rain arrives on schedule, in the amount that has been decided. The manual has never been improved on. Nobody touches anybody. Children learn it early, with the short rod, because correcting is cheapest when they're small. Sela is twenty-two and ha...

The Ultimate Silent Treatment

The Bonds of Adversity

A word from your narrator

From just five minutes to life changing

She is glad to see him. He is deciding how fast he can leave.

A Rabbit's Life and Death Story

A still lake, an old canoe, and a house meant to be closed.

A Young Couple Can't Seen to Get Their Stories Straight

To See Ourselves as Others See Us

A summer storm, an old flame, and a door that closes

What is the Meaning of a Life?

A Sailor's Homecoming Brings a Shock