1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Expand your horizons with this collection of hand-picked classic short stories and tales by writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced st...

Recent Episodes

March 23, 2025

MY UNWILLING NEIGHBOR by FRANK STOCKTON

A young man builds a home and vineyard at the top of a gentle slope in Virginia's Blue ridge Mountains only to find his home sliding downhill in a heavy rainstorm. S
March 19, 2025

MY KINSMAN,MAJOR MOLINEUX by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

A young man from the country travels to Boston (during the days when the British soldiers were housed there) seeking his relative Major Molineux, who had promised the young man a chance to rise up in the world should he ever travel there after his...
March 16, 2025

LEAVE IT TO JEEVES by P.G.WODEHOUSE

Bertie gort himself in realtrouble this time- he's engaged. Only Jeeves knows what to do.
March 9, 2025

THE WIND by RAY BRADBURY

A man of sciencewho has traveled the world searching for the source of the evil winds that destroy mankind finds himself pursued by them. He locks hilmself in his house in an effort to beat them.....
March 9, 2025

THE SPRING OF A LION AN ALLAN QUARTERMAINE STORY by H. RIDER HAGGARD

An aged Allan Quartermaine entertains a couple of old friends at his home who ask him for a story- and he rewards them with the story of the time he bagged 4 lions in one encounter.
March 5, 2025

COUNT KONRAD'S COURTSHIP by ROBERT BARR

A knight returns from the Crusades to his castle in Germany to find that the neighboring castle is under seige and that a beautiful 18 year old girl named Brunhilda Bernstein is defending it staunchly, the King having died during the seige and her...

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July 5, 2024

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The Tenor

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New Mexico Gal | Oct. 5, 2024

Continually Thankful for this Podcast!

"My week doesn’t feel complete without listening to at least one episode of 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales. Jon, you continue to do a fantastic job. I am grateful for the dedication, time, effor…"

alynd3 | Sept. 25, 2024

“A Sisterly Scheme”

"That is now probably my favorite story. It was well done. It made me smile and it made me chuckle a number of times."

RKB-55 | Sept. 18, 2024

Another old time favorite memory

"Another great memory of grandma reading to me as a child Wasn't one of her favorite but grandpa loved them so much he had a collection of Quatermaine books He would often sit in his chair and listen…"

wolfie/wolf | Aug. 26, 2024

Barbara from ridgville S.C.

"I absolutely love your podcast. I look forward to every new episode and sometimes replay them again. Your voice is the other big part for me. It’s just….comforting and familiar. Thank you for the tim…"

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