Small Town Stories Episodes

Oct. 5, 2025

THE PRELIMINARIES by A.C.COMER

A young man wants to marry a local girl whose father was recently sent to prison for embezzling another person's money. He talks to the girl's mother, who has three daughters, and she doesn't want any of them to marry, because she doesn't them to grow old and bitter like her as a result of not living the grand life she had hoped for. (She was constantly pushing her husband to provide more and living beyond their lifestyle, which he why he "borrowed" short term loan from another man, and though h...

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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 for him and then puts him to work. Over time, the small man's unfamiliarty with everything to big machines to glowing fireflies earns him a reputation as a coward until..... Join us at www.bestof1001stories.com to browse all 12 1001 podcasts and enjoy!

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Oct. 22, 2023