1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced st...
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Sept. 21, 2025
A CANARY FOR ONE and MY OLD MAN ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Two great early Hemingway storieswritten in his cryptic style and describing everyday events that help to illustrate his message.
Sept. 14, 2025
THE GREAT SERMON HANDICAP A JEEVES STORY from P.G.WODEHOUSE
Another great tale from Wodehouse taking a poke at the generation of wealthy young men who are kept on retainers by rich relatives and have no desire to work- thus having to create their own entertainment- in this case, betti...
Sept. 10, 2025
THE RACE by STEWART EDWARD WHITE
Two cowboys are paid to round up a crew of Mexicans to drive a herd of cattle near the Mexican border. When one of the vaqueros becomes angry and shoots the black cook, one of the cowboys shoots and kills the Mexican, turning...
Sept. 7, 2025
SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE and THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A DOUBLEHEADER FROM O.HENRY
Spring has arrived, and in the bustling city of New York in 1905 or so minds were turning to other than business pursuits. Two great stories from O.Henry that illustrate what NYC was like in those formative years- with ice de...
Sept. 3, 2025
THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON by FRANK STOCKTON
A classic Frank Stockton tale about a griffin ( a winged beast of legend) and a minor canon- meaning an associate pastor/priest who handles the actual job of visiting and teaching the congregation). Our story: A little rura...
Aug. 31, 2025
THE WORST CRIME IN THE WORLD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
A great Father Brown Mystery from GK Chesteron's collection 'The Wisdom of Father Brown. Father Brown plans to meet his niece in a picture gallery, but before he does, he encounters a lawyer named Granby who wants his opinion...
Aug. 27, 2025
2 B R 0 2 B by KURT VONNEGUT
(to be or naught to be) In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a soon-to-be father waits for his triplets to be born—and he must find three volunteers to die in order for them to live.. Expli...
Aug. 24, 2025
A MYSTERY OF HEROISM by STEPHEN CRANE
meAmidst a raging battle taking place over an otherwise peaceful glen, a soldier, having been taunted by others, decides to run under shell and rifle fire across an open meadow filled with dying men and horses to a nearby wel...
Aug. 20, 2025
MR.VINCENT EGG AND THE WAGE OF SIN H.C. BUNNER
An elder man living out his latter days in Paris and working part time writing for a tour guide spends one week every month drinking himself into a stupor between writing jobs and having no concern for other people's problems...
Aug. 17, 2025
MY WATCH and MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE by MARK TWAIN
MY WATCH: A humurous piece describing the narrator's futile efforts to get his watch fixed MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE: An autobiographical piece describing Twain as a young typesetter in Hannibal who gets a rare chance to writ...
Aug. 13, 2025
THE UNFAMILIAR by RICHARD CONNELL
A small, broze-skinned man shows up mysteriously in a small Connecicut farming town wearing strange clothes and speaking very little english. A local farmer rescues him from a trip to the jail by offering to be responsible fo...
Aug. 10, 2025
O.HENRY DOUBLE PLAY: DOUGHERTY'S EYE OPENER and LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT
Big Jim Dougherty was a sporting man, but he hadn;t been much of a husband to Del. After three years of marriage she finally had to ask him to take her out to dinner. She dressed to impress. A great New York in 1905 short sto...
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What a delight to listen to 1001 stories. You really make my day with your carefully chosen selections. You are my favorite voice in the podcast arena!
- Colorado Momma T
- May 2, 2025
Preserving Culture
As a younger member of society, I sometimes fear I will be trapped in a time isolated from the past and our rich culture. This podcast relieves my worries as it is a cultural library in its own right. Many of our culture’s secret and high-quality literary works can be found right here.
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- Dec. 13, 2023
The Tenor
Jon - loved, loved, loved your rendition of The Tenor! Your creation of the tenor’s voice and accent was so entertaining, and the end was so appropriate given the personalities of all involved!!
- New Mexico Gal
- Oct. 5, 2024
Continually Thankful for this Podcast!
My week doesn’t feel complete without listening to at least one episode of 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales. Jon, you continue to do a fantastic job. I am grateful for the dedication, time, effort, and resources you’ve committed to this wonderful podcast. Thank you for sharing your passions with your listeners! I love the bloopers you put at the end sometimes, they’re so endearing! You’re the best. I look forward to someday sharing this podcast with my future children and using it for them a
- alynd3
- Sept. 25, 2024
“A Sisterly Scheme”
That is now probably my favorite story. It was well done. It made me smile and it made me chuckle a number of times.
- RKB-55
- Sept. 18, 2024
Another old time favorite memory
Another great memory of grandma reading to me as a child Wasn't one of her favorite but grandpa loved them so much he had a collection of Quatermaine books He would often sit in his chair and listen as she read His eyes were getting worse as he aged Blame it on his wounds to his head from his time in France WW1 What great memories hearing you read them
- wolfie/wolf
- Aug. 26, 2024
Barbara from ridgville S.C.
I absolutely love your podcast. I look forward to every new episode and sometimes replay them again. Your voice is the other big part for me. It’s just….comforting and familiar. Thank you for the time away you give me when I get lost in your stories. Please keep it up. ♥️
- Barbaraleebrinson
- Aug. 17, 2024
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