THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP by BRET HARTE
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this short story by Bret Harte, first published in the August 1868 issue of Overland Monthly, a b...
JEEVES IN THE SPRINGTIME by P.G. WODEHOUSE
19 Nov 2025
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Bertie Wooster is approached by his old pal Bingo for help in the romamce departmentm and needs ...
A DEPARTMENTAL CASE by O.HENRY
16 Nov 2025
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An ex-Texas Ranger, Indian fighter working as a commisioner of a small office in the state govenrmen...
THE FLYING STARS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
13 Nov 2025
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The story takes place at an English manor home at Christmastime, where family and friends are gather...
THE COUNTRY COTTAGE and THE SCHOOL MISTREESS by ANTON CHEKHOV
09 Nov 2025
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So much for that quiet holiday weekend so longed for by these two newlyweds! It's FAMILY TIME!!!! An...
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING and A BRAVE LITTLE QUAKERESS
05 Nov 2025
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The First Thanksgiving- Published in 'Short Stories From American History in 1905 by Blaisdell & Bal...
FALL FAMILY SPECIAL: BRIGHTEN'S SISTER-IN-LAW by HENRY LAWSON
02 Nov 2025
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This story was a great find and is still one of our best performing episodes. Henry Lawson's "Bright...
FALL FAMILY SPECIAL: THE LAST LEAF by O.HENRY A GREENWICH VILLAGE STORY
29 Oct 2025
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FALL FAMILY SPECIAL: THE LAST LEAF by O.HENRY New York City in Greenwich Village around 1910 was a h...
FALL FAMILY THEME: A BURGLAR'S CHRISTMAS by WILLA CATHER A STORY OF FORGIVENESS:
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2025 SPECIAL-FALL FAMILY & HEROES THEMES NOW THRU 12/31-Lots of family stories here at 1001 Classic ...
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)
26 Oct 2025
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The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows th...
RIP VAN WINKLE (WASHINTON IRVING) and THE AMERICAN BOY (THEODORE ROOSEVELT)
25 Oct 2025
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Rip Van Winkle- A very lazy old Dutchman takes his dog on a mountain hunting trip to escape his nagg...
PERJURED by EDITH MIRILEES
22 Oct 2025
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A teen-aged boy witnesses an horrific death by the railroad tracks of his small town and to build hi...
A GRAY SLEEVE by STEPHEN CRANE
19 Oct 2025
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After a skirmish a Civil War cavalry Captain enters a house thinking it might be housing enemy and f...
DAVID SWAN by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
18 Oct 2025
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A young man heading for college in Boston decides to catch a nap in a cozy little glen not far from ...
MARJORIE DAW (PT 2 OF 2) T.B. ALDRICH
15 Oct 2025
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Our two best friends continue to write back and forth until John (Jack) Fleming's leg heals enough t...
MARJORIE DAW (PT 1) by THOMAS B. ELDRICH
12 Oct 2025
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Two close pals exchange letters, one having had to cancel his trip to a summer spot in New Hampshire...
THE CAGE and OUT ON THE FIELD BY ZANE GREY
10 Oct 2025
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Wayne University Ken Ward has a long shot at playing varsity baseball ijn his first year due to the ...
THE BOULEVARD OF ROGUES by MEREDITH NICHOLSON
08 Oct 2025
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From the author who gave us "House of 1,000 Candles" (currently at 1001 Stories For The Road) comes ...
THE PRELIMINARIES by A.C.COMER
05 Oct 2025
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A young man wants to marry a local girl whose father was recently sent to prison for embezzling anot...
DUTCH COURAGE by JACK LONDON
03 Oct 2025
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Two young mountain climbers are about to take on the famous Half Dome in the High Sierras when they ...
THE LIE (PT 2) MARY ANTIN
01 Oct 2025
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A teacher, knowing that one of her students, a recently immigrant from Russia, is deeply upset about...
THE LIE (PT 1) MARY ANTIN
28 Sep 2025
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A teacher in a city school circa 1916 (we assume New York) works with a 12 year old immigrant boy wh...
BLIND MAN'S HOLIDAY by O.HENRY
26 Sep 2025
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This engaging story takes place in New Orleans in the early 1900's, as a young man and woman get mar...
THE RUBE'S WATERLOO by ZANE GREY
24 Sep 2025
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Con, the Worcester coach, is all set to win the series when his best pitcher, nicknamed "The Rube', ...
A CANARY FOR ONE and MY OLD MAN ERNEST HEMINGWAY
21 Sep 2025
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Two great early Hemingway storieswritten in his cryptic style and describing everyday events that he...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHEAP FLAT POIROT INVESTIGATES
19 Sep 2025
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The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot uses his "little grey cells" to break an international s...
ROBIN HOOD SHOOTS FOR QUEEN ELEANOR by HOWARD PYLE
17 Sep 2025
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Robin receives a royal request from the Queen to represent her at the national match, promising he a...
THE GREAT SERMON HANDICAP A JEEVES STORY from P.G.WODEHOUSE
14 Sep 2025
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Another great tale from Wodehouse taking a poke at the generation of wealthy young men who are kept ...
LITTLE JOHN GOES TO NOTTINGHAM FAIR and HOW LITTLE JOHN LIVED AT THE SHERIFF;S
10 Sep 2025
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Two great Robin Hood adventures from Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood ANDROID USERS-...
THE RACE by STEWART EDWARD WHITE
10 Sep 2025
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Two cowboys are paid to round up a crew of Mexicans to drive a herd of cattle near the Mexican borde...
SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE and THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A DOUBLEHEADER FROM O.HENRY
07 Sep 2025
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Spring has arrived, and in the bustling city of New York in 1905 or so minds were turning to other t...
BEST OF: THE BODY SNATCHERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
05 Sep 2025
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SPOOKTEMBER IS HERE!! A favorite tale of horror from Robert Louis Stevenson who gave us Treasure ...
THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON by FRANK STOCKTON
03 Sep 2025
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A classic Frank Stockton tale about a griffin ( a winged beast of legend) and a minor canon- meaning...
THE WORST CRIME IN THE WORLD A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
31 Aug 2025
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A great Father Brown Mystery from GK Chesteron's collection 'The Wisdom of Father Brown. Father Brow...
MIDNIGHT MYSTERY SPECIAL: THE HONOUR OF ISRAEL GOY A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY
29 Aug 2025
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Father Brown, thief-turned-detective Flambeau, and an inspector from Scotland Yard come to a castle ...
2 B R 0 2 B by KURT VONNEGUT
27 Aug 2025
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(to be or naught to be) In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a...
A MYSTERY OF HEROISM by STEPHEN CRANE
24 Aug 2025
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meAmidst a raging battle taking place over an otherwise peaceful glen, a soldier, having been taunte...
THE UNEXPECTED by JACK LONDON
22 Aug 2025
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A woman hunting the Klondike for gold with her husband meets 'the unexpected' when tragedy suddenly ...
MR.VINCENT EGG AND THE WAGE OF SIN H.C. BUNNER
20 Aug 2025
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An elder man living out his latter days in Paris and working part time writing for a tour guide spen...
MY WATCH and MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE by MARK TWAIN
17 Aug 2025
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MY WATCH: A humurous piece describing the narrator's futile efforts to get his watch fixed MY FIRST ...
THE HUNTER'S LODGE CASE by AGATHA CHRISTIE
15 Aug 2025
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With Poirot recovering from the flu, Hastings sets out to solve a murder. In the process, as Hasting...
THE UNFAMILIAR by RICHARD CONNELL
13 Aug 2025
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A small, broze-skinned man shows up mysteriously in a small Connecicut farming town wearing strange ...
O.HENRY DOUBLE PLAY: DOUGHERTY'S EYE OPENER and LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT
10 Aug 2025
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Big Jim Dougherty was a sporting man, but he hadn;t been much of a husband to Del. After three years...
1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE STARTS ROCKIN' TODAY! FOLLOW AT YOUR FAV HOST OR SEE LINKS BELOW
10 Aug 2025
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Starting now ANNE OF THE ISLAND EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT NOON EASTERN- Anne is headed for co...
COMING SOON TO 1001 STORIES FROM THE GILDED AGE: ANNE OF THE ISLAND
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's "Back to School" time for Anne Shirley of Green Gables- as well as your kids and neighbor's ki...
(BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH (PT 3 OF 3) by H.P. LOVECRAFT
08 Aug 2025
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Our protagonist finds himself stranded at Innsmouth and given a room at the only hotel- a room from ...
(BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH (PT 2 OF 3) by H.P. LOVECRAFT
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The suspense heats up quickly as our narrator finds the town drunk, who, with the help of a quart of...
(BEST OF-LISTENER FAVORITES) THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH (PT ONE) by H.P. LOVECRAFT
08 Aug 2025
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You are a guest in a house on Adams Street listening to a first hand account from a witness to exact...
HUCKLEBERRY by FRANK STOCKTON A TALE OF RIDDLES
06 Aug 2025
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Frank Stockton not only gave us some great short stories but also some very well-loved children's ta...
THE AUNT AND THE SLUGGARD by P.G. WODEHOUSE
03 Aug 2025
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"The Aunt and the Sluggard" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Be...
(BEST OF: LISTENER FAVORITE) THE LADY WITH THE LAMP: THE STORY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by ELMER ADAMS AND WARREN FOSTER
01 Aug 2025
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Her name has become synonymous with saving lives and gave us the name for Nightingale helicopters th...
ADVENTURE OF THE WESTERN STAR ( A POIROT MYSTERY) by AGATHA CHRISTIE
30 Jul 2025
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Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie has sold more books than any other author...
THE VANISHING OF VAUDREY A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY (W BONUS PRELUDE)
27 Jul 2025
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In one of GK Chesterton'slast collections, the Wisdom of Father Brown, Father Brown, while visiting ...
A VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN by BRET HARTE
25 Jul 2025
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A young American man visiting a nearly deserted old abbey in England decides to take a swim in a sec...
A TRIVIAL INCIDENT by ANTON CHEKHOV
23 Jul 2025
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A Trivial Incident- An Earlybird Release Our narrator and his friend enter the woods on a large esta...
THE GOLD and THE CAT BY MARY E. WILKIINS FREEMAN
20 Jul 2025
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The Gold- The Colonies had recently gone to war with the Old Country and New England coastal residen...
(BEST OF) THE SHARTZ-METTERKLUME METHOD & THE OPEN WINDOW by SAKI
18 Jul 2025
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TWO great Saki stories today poking fun at Victorian era society.. First- The Shartz-Metterklume met...
SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER (PT 2) HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER BY HENRY LAWSON
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In part two our narrator, Joe, now older, heads out to the outback to raise sheep with his best frie...
SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER (PT 1) by HENRY LAWSON
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Lawson was one of Australia's greatest short story writers (I think the best) and poets, and h...
(LISTENER FAV) THE FROG PRINCE and LITTLE BRIAR ROSE by THE GRIMM BROTHERS (Family Friendly)
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
METwo classic stories included: The Frog Prince and Briar Rose. Enjoy! Reviews welcome. New Twitter ...
THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST by H.G. WELLS
09 Jul 2025
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Two unscrupulous Englishmen murder a group of Chinamen who are about to find a treasure in gold ingo...
THE TRANSFERRED GHOST by FRANK STOCKTON
06 Jul 2025
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Amild mannered man falls in love with a young lady named Madeleine but doesn't have the courage to t...
BEST OF (#68 OF 574) THE LOVE LETTERS OF SMITH H.C. BUNNER
04 Jul 2025
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A lonely seamstress living on the top floor of a high rise tenement building in 1900's New York city...
BETWEEN ROUNDS by O.HENRY
02 Jul 2025
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1905 as seen through the windows of Mrs. Murphy's boarding house by O.Henry. A lady screams that her...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE FINAL PROBLEM A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE (2025)
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this story Dr. Watson narrates a tragedy involving Holmes as it appears Holmes has been killed ...
EXTRICATING YOUNG GUSSIE A BERTIE WOOSTER/JEEVES STORY FROM P.G. WODEHOUSE
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Extricating Young Gussie" is a short story by the British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. It was firs...
A QUESTION OF POSSESSION by ANDY ADAMS
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another great western short story by cowboy author Andy Adams telling of a rancher who had worked fo...
BEST OF (#67 of 572) THE CHASE from MOBY DICK by HERMAN MELVILLE (EARLY HOLIDAY RELEASE)
20 Jun 2025
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An excerpt from Herman Melville's blockbuster adventure 'Moby Dick' describes a portion of Captain A...
THE OLIVE by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
18 Jun 2025
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A young man taking a two week leave from business along the Mediterranean coast is the lucky recipie...
BEST OF (#68 of 573) THE MILLION DOLLAR BOND ROBBERY AGATHA CHRISTIE
18 Jun 2025
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A million dollars worth of nonds disappear from under a young man's nose and now he's being held acc...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of Arthur Conan Doyle's personal top 12 favorites, this story has Holmes defusing an Internation...
BEST OF (#66 of 571) HIGH WATER MARK by BRET HARTE
13 Jun 2025
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A mother and her baby, alone in a small cabin on a river, face a life-threatening situation when a s...
A SACRIFICE HIT and THE FERRY OF UNFULLFILLMENT by O.HENRY
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Up first: "A Sacrifice Hit" A romantic novel writer out to make himself a star at everyone else'...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
08 Jun 2025
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Watson recalls a case in which he and Holmes unravel a mystery surrounding a young lady cyclist who ...
BEST OF (#70 OF 524) AN ADVENTURE IN THE UPPER SEA by JACK LONDON
06 Jun 2025
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In "Adventure In the Upper Sea" by Jack london, a balloon pilot recounts a harrowing incident involv...
THE DAY OF THE DOG (PT 2) ROBERT B. McCUTCHEON
04 Jun 2025
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In part two the young attorney and his client figure out an ingenious way to get past the bulldog an...
THE DAY OF THE DOG (PT 1) by GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
01 Jun 2025
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In part one a junior partner in a Chicago law firm travels by train, and then by foot, to an Illinoi...
BEST OF (#64 of 569) GALLEGHER A NEWSPAPER STORY by R.H. DAVIS
30 May 2025
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A street smart boy named Gallegher finds work at a Philadelphia newspaper and quickly proves his w...
THE WNNNG BALL by ZANE GREY
28 May 2025
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A minor league manager unexpectedly tells his team they are headed for Canada to play an exhibition ...
A RUDYARD KIPLING DOUBLE PLAY COURAGE and FALSE DAWN
25 May 2025
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'Courage' is actually a very moving poem- a father's advice to his son. False Dawn had me holding my...
BEST OF (#63 of 568) OVER THE STELVIO PASS by ROBERT BARR
23 May 2025
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An Englishman checks in at a small mountain inn in Switzerland and immediately discovers a beautiful...
THE ACTOR AND THE ALIBI A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K.CHESTERTON
21 May 2025
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Mundon Mandeville runs a thoroughly disliked repertoire theater company and is murdered inside a win...
THE JELLYBEAN by F.SCOTT FITZGERALD
18 May 2025
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The story was written as a sequel to "The Ice Palace," and Clark Darrow appears in both. The omni...
BEST OF (#62 of 567) THE MISSING WILL A HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY by AGATHA CHRISTIE
16 May 2025
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In this classic Poirot mystery Hastings and Poirot are asked to clear up a very unusual settlement i...
THE MYSTERY OF HUNTER'S LODGE by AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT INVESTIGATES
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yes- Poirot is BACK!...despite the terrible review we received a couple years ago complaining that m...
LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST by FRANK STOCKTON
11 May 2025
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Frank Stockton was best known for his humurous children's stories and later "fairy tales for adults"...
BEST OF (#61 OF 566) LANTY FOSTER'S MISTAKE by BRET HARTE
09 May 2025
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A young girl meets a stranger riding near her parent's ranch, does him a favor, and later comes to b...
JEEVES TAKES CHARGE by P.G. WODEHOUSE
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeeves Takes Charge" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wo...
AN O.HENRY DOUBLE-HEADER TOBIN'S PALM and THE COMING OUT OF MAGGIE
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tobin's Palm From O' Henry's 'The Four Million': Two young sons of Ireland , John and Daniel (Tobin)...
(BEST OF # 60 OF 565) THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN - A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
02 May 2025
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Arthur Conan Doyle's #3 favorite of all his Sherlock Holmes adventures. A crypto mystery. SHERLOCK H...
FAREWELL and FASCINATION by GUY DE MAUPASSANT
30 Apr 2025
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Two similar stories by Maupassant explore the memories of older men with regard to the woman whom th...
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE by P.G. WODEHOUSE
27 Apr 2025
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get ready for another "Jeeves" style adventure- this time with the clueless Rollo and his excellent ...
BEST OF (#59 of 564) THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
25 Apr 2025
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The first in "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" series in which Holmes explains how he escaped death at...
THE BEAST IN THE CAVE and THE ALCHEMIST H.P. LOVECRAFT
23 Apr 2025
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A tourist gets lost in Mammoth Cave and runs into a very scary situation in 'The Beast In The Cave...
THE FORTUNE TELLER by MACHADO DE ASSIS
20 Apr 2025
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tThis story by award-winning Brazilian writer Machado de Assis delves into infidelity and jealousy i...
BEST OF (#58 of 562) THE JEWEL ROBBERY AT THE GRAND METROPOLITAN A HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY by AGATHA CHRISTIE
18 Apr 2025
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Poirot can't resist a case, even when holidaying in Brighton with Hastings. When a necklace goes mis...
BEST OF (#59 of 564) EASTER EVE by ANTON CHEKHOV
17 Apr 2025
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An unknown narrator describes his ferry ride across a river in Russia to attend an Easter Eve servic...
ULYSSES AND THE CYCLOPS and CAESAR CROSSES THE RUBICON
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'Ulysses and the Cyclops'-Adaped by Andrew Lang from the Greek classic 'Homer', this story place...
HOP FROG AND TRIPETTA by EDGAR ALLAN POE
13 Apr 2025
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Edgar Allan Poe wasn't just known for horror- he also had a sense of humor and a deep sense of justi...
THE ADVENTURE OF SILVER BLAZE A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holmes and Watson enter the world of high stakes racing to solve a murder and the disappearance of a...