New Tales Told – Original Short Stories
Episodes
The Crevice — An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In April, 2026, an American F-15E Strike Eagle went down over western Iran. The weapons officer ejected into the Zagros Mountains and was eventually r...
The Telegram That Shouldn't Exist – An Original Short Story
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
During the Civil War, the military's telegraph network was run by civilians. Teenagers, some of them. Elias Murrow was nineteen, careful, and precise....
The Committee Committee – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a parable set in a village where things run smoothly—because they always have.Problems are addressed. Responsibilities are shared. And when ...
The Rips – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There are things we expect from the world.Walls stay still. Rooms hold their shape. The spaces we live in behave.And when they don’t, we look for ex...
The Arrangement - An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every crime begins as a solution. At least to someone. This is a story about a solution. A rented room. A promise. And a man who believes he is doing ...
Civic Duty - An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This story is not about the America we live in.It’s about an America that could exist—slowly, legally, and quietly—if people stop asking questio...
In My Dreams – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here is a quiet story about love that arrives too late, and lingers in unexpected ways.About two people who find each other where they never expected ...
The Right Call – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Right Call is a work of fiction, loosely inspired by a real turning point in my own life.The events, characters, station, and circumstances have b...
The Eternal Code – An Original Sci-Fi Story by Don McDonald
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
No one remembers the first human thought.But it remembers us.We tell ourselves that memory lives in bones, in blood, in history books and hard drives....
The Star – An Original Christmas Story by Don McDonald
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frank has reasons for not decorating anymore. Christmas is quieter now. Darker. Easier to ignore.Then a new neighbor moves in next door—six years ol...
The Santaverse – An Original Christ Story by Don McDonald
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Santaverse, a brilliant researcher completes a quantum experiment that opens a door she never meant to find. What begins as a scientific break...
The Long Echo – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The Long Echo” follows a man sorting through his late father’s belongings when he discovers journals and letters from generations he never knew...
Safety Matches – a original story by Don McDonald
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drawn from a true incident and retold with a few reconstructed details, Safety Matches looks back at a 1962 summer when kids roamed free, pa...
Dead Air – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lonely late-night talk show host at a 50,000-watt "blow torch" station goes from no callers to every line lit up, with every caller sharing the same...
Introducing New Tales Told–Original Short Stories
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before there were screens, there was a fire, a voice, and a story. Narrator and author, Don McDonald invites listeners back to humanity’s oldes...
The Borrowed Dog – an Original Short Story by Don McDonald
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a neighborhood caught between old ghosts and new money, Mara just wants a good night’s sleep. But when she offers to walk her neighbor’s barkin...
Murderous Origins – an Original Short Story by Don McDonald
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before laws, before guilt, before language fully formed—someone planned the first murder.Told in the voice of an ancient storyteller, this episode i...
Murder of Crows – an Original Short Story by Don McDonald
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a reason crows gather in cemeteries. They remember. They watch. And sometimes, they wait. Murder of Crows isn’t a tale borrowed from ...
A Chance of Death–an Original Short Story by Don McDonald
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the inaugural story for the New Tales Told podcast available on this service.While this story is purely fictional, it unfolds in the shadow of...