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In this 1906 short story by Texas author Andy Adams a young eastern college bound man is offered a trip out west to Texas to check up on his father's investment of property outside of San Antonio. His trip, taken primarily to restore his health, turns...

From the creator of "Leave It To Jeeves" comes this short story, narrated by a character very similar to our friend Bernie Wooster- who tries to help his friend out after a marital row. It seems his pal has trouble remembering anything, and this time...

A beautiful woman enjoying an ocean cruise with her much older husband  attracts the attention of two men who end up competing for her attention while our narrator tries to talk sense into the younger man.  The characters are well presented...

In this hilarious short story from Down Under a company which employs door-to-door book salesmen finds itself in serious trouble when , at the end of a long and successful sales push, the salesmen beging quitting dbecause the...

Father Brown and his pal Flambeau take a tour of the Cornwall coast and are led to an old pirates home with a lot of legend attached. . They have no idea that they and the owner will be targets of a murder attempt within a few hours. Check out all of...

Bertie helps out an old pal who is trying to extract a bigger allowance from his rich uncle so he can marry a waitress. They turn to Jeeves for a way to talk his uncle into it.

Sim and Lyta join a group of warriors led by Chion who are headed for the other cave clan with the object of taking lives which will add days to theor own. Because those caves are located half way to the wrecked ship Sim believes that will be their...

Our protagonist is a young man whose family and ancestors have been marooned on a nearly uninhabitable planet with no hope of escaping. Here, because of harmful radiation, they are born they age, and die after 8 days They have the advantage of having...

Bernie Wooster's old pal stops by to share his troubles- those being the fact that his Uncle's monthly checks have dried up- and being to proud to borrow from Bernie, he is seeking an answer. Bernie asks Jeeves.... Join us at to enjoy all our shows...

A young up and coming attorney decides to court two young ladies and put them to the test to see which is the better marriage material, so he asks them to join him for a sleigh ride across an icy river... Join us at for all 12podcasts, including our...

In the winter of 1915-1916 Jack and his wife Charmian London sailed their Snark to Hawaii, It was a bittersweet return to paradise for both of them, Jack have come there twice before, one of those times with Charmaine. But th...

A friend of Bernie Wooster's Aunt Agatha shows upenexpectedly and drops her backward twenty- something son off for a month after receiving Bernie's promise that he will be sheltered from the evils of the big city. Less than twenty-fours later the son,...

Father Brown solves a murder and saves an innocent man from the gallows! Check out all our 12 podcasts at ! Most popular: 1001 Sherlock Holmes, #2 1001 Classic Short stories 7 tales, #3 1001 Heroes, legends, Histories & Mysteries Newest: 1001True...

A very clever tale about a man who invented an anti-gravity machine capable of lifting him off the ground with the turn of a screw. A number of hilarious encounters take place, one being this man's challenging an experienced mountain hiker to a hike...

In this fractious tale our narrator,alone in his study, and bored with hi9s reading material, turns to a newspaper, and seeing the outrageous attention-getting headlines, compalins out loud about how gullible the readers must be to absorb this...

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...

The first of a series of cleverly written "Jeeves" stories by P.G.Wodehouse- featuring the butler who has every answer to every problem. Our narrator is a wealty young British man who has recently arrived in New York City with his manservant Jeeves...

A great story from Howard Pyle's 'King Arthur & His Knights" involving King Arthur's return to the evil knight's castle and his answering the riddle which was given to him to solve, followed by King Arthur's escorting the aged lady back to his...

Frank Stockton uses clever humor to poke fun at manufactured art in this humurous piece about a man who, while seeking to help out his local fire department using a money-making scheme, purchases a mass-produced piece of art with the hopes of raffling...

This is really the story of King Arthur and how he was tricked by an evil conjurer during an overnight stay at a remote castle. In part two he promises the knight/conjurer he will return in one year with the answer to the riddle "What is it a woman...

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 ....

King Arthur and his court take a pause during a journey to relax in a meadow, and while doing so, a pure white stag runs through the festivities being chased by a pure white hound. Soon after they dissappear, a knight and his damsel come into view,...

A married couple straying at a quiet resort witness the ostracizing of a younger couple whose stories don't quite match up. Catch all our podcasts and episodes now at www.bestof1001stories.com

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