Heartwarming Episodes

Hot Potatoes by Arnold Bennett Arnold Bennett’s Hot Potatoes is a gentle comedy of good intentions gone wrong, centered on a devoted mother, her musically gifted son, and two very ill‑timed potatoes. On a bitterly cold evening, Mrs.Swann'son is preparing to play in the orchestra at an important social event hosted by local businessmen. His mother, proud but anxious, fusses over him as he leaves. At the last moment she is struck by a “brilliant” idea: Hiss hands must be kept warm for the performa...

How was Thanksgiving celebrated in the 1860's? After the Civil War, affairs of home and hearth became much more important to families who suffered so much loss during the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe was of the important leaders of this renaissance with her stories.

A young man builds a home and vineyard at the top of a gentle slope in Virginia's Blue ridge Mountains only to find his home sliding downhill in a heavy rainstorm. S

Two great short stories from O.Henry! AFTER TWENTY YEARS-  A cop walking the beat at night passes a man standing quietly in a passageway and they exchange greetings. The man tells the cop he is waiting for an old friend to show up- they had grown...

A cranky old lady writes a mean editorial to the city paper about an organ grinder who was playing beneath her window, asking the city to move him off the streets.A reader replies giving us a picture of that part of the city and just how many people...

In The Harbinger, a run down man and his two unemployed pals sit on a park bench and devise a scheme to rob the married man's wife of a one dollar bill so they can buy themselves a beer at the local pub. In One Thousand Dollars, a spoiled young man is...

A little girl sits in her father's lap one Christmas Eve to listen to his story about the ghosts of the turkeys the family has enjoyed during past holidays. The story is not scary and can be enjoyed by all ages, Check out all our podcasts now at ....

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Henry Lawson

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Henry Lawson

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery

A New England story about an old woman with no money and no support who steals a parcel of toys from the town store to make sure the little ones now in her care have presents. Her neighbor across the street has everything she doesn't- a living...

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by James Baldwin

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Pioneer Gold

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Jack London

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Jack London

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Henry Van Dyke

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by O.Henry

This story from American writer Louisa May Alcott recalls her personal experience with a wounded Maine veteran while was serving as a nurse in Washington D.C. during the Civil War. Alcott was a prolific writer and one of the first successful American...