Greatish Short Stories
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 24: The Chaser
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Chaser by John Collier. You don’t always get what you wish for. Or do you?
Episode 23: Graven Image
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Graven Image - John O’Hara. A friendly chat over lobster and peas
Episode 22: A String of Beads
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
W. Somerset Maugham (W stands for William) rough. Borscht is beets, cabbage, and beef. Slava Ukrain
Episode 21: The Curfew Tolls
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Curfew Tolls - Stephen Vincent Benét (1935)
Episode 20: The Law
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Law - Robert M. Coates (1947)
Episode 19: Theft
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Theft - Katherine Anne Porter (1930)
Episode 18: The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles - Edmond Wilson (1942) slightly more graphic than necessary in my opinion, but not bad
Episode 17: The Tale
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Tale - Joseph Conrad (1926) ‘this episode is a slog through the fog of words and memories’
Episode 16: Looking Back
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: Brief graphic scene. Thanks, Guy De Maupassant (188-) Translated by H. N. P. Sloman (Harold Norman Penrose Sloman) His parents must have love...
Episode 15: The Man Higher Up
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Man Higher Up - O. Henry (1908) [Willam Sydney Porter is the authors name. His pen name was O. Henry. Are authors the real grifters???]
Episode 14: The Girl From Red Lion, P.A.
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Girl From Red Lion, P.A. - H. L. Mencken (1940). [Author full name is Henry Louis Mencken. Wasn’t even close.]
Episode 13: The Ghosts
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Ghosts - Lord Dunsany (1908)
Episode 12: Father Wakes Up the Village
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Father Wakes Up the Village - Clarence Day (1935)
Episode 11: The Man of the House
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Man of the House - Frank O’Connor (1949)
Episode 10: The Standard of Living
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Standard of Living - Dorothy Parker (1941)
Episode 9: The Other Side Of The Hedge
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Other Side Of The Hedge - E M Forester (1947)
Episode 8: The Catbird Seat
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Catbird Seat - James Thurber (1942)
Episode 7: The Chrysanthemums
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Chrysanthemums - John Steinbeck (1938)
Episode 6: The Lottery.
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson (1948)
Episode 5: The Phoenix
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Phoenix - Sylvia Townsend Warner (1940)
Episode 4: The Garden Party
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Garden Party - Katherine Mansfield (1922)
Episode 3: The Masque of the “Red Death”
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allen Poe (1842)
Episode 2: A Haunted House?
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Haunted House - Virginia Woolf (1944)
Episode 1: The Jockey
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Jockey - Carson McCullers (1940) Excerpt of "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter."
Greatish Short Stories (Trailer)
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas