1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Podcast
1) HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AS 1001 HEROES AND 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES GO 100% FAMILY AND HONOR THEMES NOW THRU DEC 31ST ( SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE- MORE COMING MID NOV)
The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows themes every Sunday will be turning to FAMILY and HONOR -SINCE MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BRING...Show More
2) PERJURED by EDITH MIRILEES
A teen-aged boy witnesses an horrific death by the railroad tracks of his small town and to build his status with the older boys he hangs with he adds a lie to his story, saying that a known local tow...Show More
3) A GRAY SLEEVE by STEPHEN CRANE
After a skirmish a Civil War cavalry Captain enters a house thinking it might be housing enemy and finds a scared young lady holding a gun behind her back. The Captain, after investigating the house ...Show More
4) MARJORIE DAW (PT 2 OF 2) T.B. ALDRICH
Our two best friends continue to write back and forth until John (Jack) Fleming's leg heals enough to travel, which he does, taking the train to new Hampshire to meet the girl of his dreams, depite Ed...Show More
5) MARJORIE DAW (PT 1) by THOMAS B. ELDRICH
Two close pals exchange letters, one having had to cancel his trip to a summer spot in New Hampshire with his friend due to a broken leg. In the letters the pal in New Hampshire begins to write of the...Show More
6) THE BOULEVARD OF ROGUES by MEREDITH NICHOLSON
From the author who gave us "House of 1,000 Candles" (currently at 1001 Stories For The Road) comes this short story about a city councilman who m as a lesson in honesty, began to install statues on t...Show More
7) 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...Show More
8) THE LIE (PT 2) MARY ANTIN
A teacher, knowing that one of her students, a recently immigrant from Russia, is deeply upset about something, goes to his home to speak with his mother and father.
9) THE LIE (PT 1) MARY ANTIN
A teacher in a city school circa 1916 (we assume New York) works with a 12 year old immigrant boy whose family had recently arrived from Russia as he becomes assimilated to our culture. In part one t...Show More
10) 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.