Episodes
THE STORY OF SIR PELLIAS (CHAPS 3-4) from THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR A…
In chapter 3 Sir Pellias holds true to his promise to declare Queen Guinivere to be the most beautiful queen while outside the castle of the knight of the green sleeves- and winds up being treated to a dinner within the castle where he is persuaded to...
A TINY LITTLE THING and ANDROCLUS & THE LION TALES FOR ALL AGES
A Tiny Little Thing- A father teaches a little girl the importantace of all lives big or small Androcles & The Lion- A slave turned gladiator befriends a lion when they share a cave and later the favor is returned in a big way Join us at our new...
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES and THE SWINEHERD HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
Two classic morality tales which have been shared for way over a hundred years from Hans Christian Anderson. The Emperor's New Clothes: The ruler of a kingdom is duped by a pair of conmen pretending to be weavers who convince the emperor...
THE SIGN OF THE BROKEN SWORD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
This is one of best Father Brown stories I have had the pleasure to share. Its a great story that rings true- a story of a military leader whose legend was perhaps not as well deserved as all his admirers believed. Check out our new...
PRISONER OF THE SOPHS and CALL FOR CANDIDATES ZANE GREY THE YOUNG…
Ken Ward, after talking to his coach not long after the great potato fight, is talked into walking over to the Sophmore dormirories to aplogize to the varsity basball captain, Dale- but Dale has other plans, and Ken and the coach find themselves...
THE VARSITY CAPTAIN and A GREAT ARM by ZANE GREY
The start of another great series of baseball short stories (the last one was "The Red-Headed Outfield)- this one being"The Young Pitcher'- the storyof a very young man who attends a large college as a freshman and soon learns what hazing is all...
THE STORY OF SIR PELIAS (CHAPS 1-2) FROM HOWARD PYLE'S 'THE STORY OF …
Sir Pelias, one of King Arthur's top knights, makes a promise to Lady Guinevere that he will go on a mission to defend her honor, and leaves her company unarmed, promising he will capture another knight's armor and return with great deeds accomplished.
BEST OF 1001 (#20 OF 463) BOULE DE SUIF (PT 2) by GUY DE MAUPASSANT
A prostitute travels with some higher class people who barely give her the time of day , but when trouble comes she makes the sacrifice and saves their skins
BEST OF 1001 (#20 OF 463) BOULE DE SUIF (PT. 1) by GUY de MAUPASSANT
A prostitute travels with a group of high class persons and they ignore her, until trouble rears its head and she saves their skins
THE LOADED DOG by HENRY LAWSON
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Henry Lawson
THE WARRIOR MAID OF SAN CARLOS by ROBERT BARR
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Robert Barr
#19 (of 462) BEST OF 1001 RIKKI TIKKI TAVI by RUDYARD KIPLING
1001 Classic Short Stories Stories by Rudyard Kipling
PLAIN FISHING by FRANK STOCKTON
Our narrator tells a great fishing story whicfh begins at the home of an old local fisherman with two beautiful daughters and continues with a battle of wits between he and a huge trout followed by some good country advice.
OUR AROMATIC UNCLE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER
A marrried couple who for years has ben enjoying gifts from a generous uncle they had never met finally get the chance to meet him when he cables that he is traveling to see them and stay for awhile. As you migt expect the story has a surprise ending.
#18 (of 461) BEST OF 1001 NEGORE, THE COWARD by JACK LONDON
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Jack London
THE FILLMORE ELDERBERRIES by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
A young man who has just lost his father and needs to support his mother tries to find work but no one, inluding his own uncle, will hire him due to his deceased father's bad reputation as a shirker. Finally a local farmer offers the young man a job...
TRANSFORMATION by ROBERT BARR
Two brothers who own a successful clock/watch shop in Paris are surprised when a disreputable looking man enters the shop- and they both believe has has come to case the shop before robbing it. They contact the police, and the police question...
BEST OF (#17 OF 460) A BURGLAR'S CHRISTMAS by WILLA CATHER
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Willa Cather
THE STRANGER by AMBROSE BIERCE
"The Stranger" by Ambrose Bierce: A group of men traveling in the old west meet a strange man at their campfire- a man who has an even stranger story. We also include a background on the incredible life of Ambrose Bierce, from his Civil War experience...
THE BOOK OF MERLIN: (CHAPS 3-4) MORGANA LA FAY BETRAYS KING ARTHUR
In this story Merlin is no longer a force but he is able to make a request to Vivien to save King Arthur's life. Arthur and a fellow knight become lost after a deer hunt and they are lured onto a sailing ship by Morgana La Fay's magic- and...
BEST OF 1001 (# 16 of 450) HOW ROBIN HOOD CAME TO BE AN OUTLAW by HO…
1001 Classic Short Stories Stories by Howard Pyle
THE MANAGER OF MADDEN'S HILL by ZANE GREY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Zane Grey
THE MISTAKE OF THE MACHINE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
Father brown shares a story with his friend Flambeau about a visit the Father had made to a detective's office in Chicago while he was working in the US. The detective was convinced to a new fangled pulse reader, serving as a lie detector, could...
THEIR FIRST FORMAL CALL by GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE
Many years ago, around 1900, social customes were very different from what they are today. if a young man wanted to make a formal call on a young lady, the custom of the day wasd to approach the young lady's house and present a card of introduction....