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Feb. 19, 2025

O.HENRY DOUBLE FEATURE: THE SLEUTHS AND WITCHES LOAVES

The Sleuths- A man comes to New York City to find his sister whom he knows is in need of financial help but is led astray by ineffective and expensive detectives. Wictches Loaves-An older woman who owns a bakery takes pity on a regular customer who...

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Jan. 26, 2025

THE CAST-IRON CANVASSER by BANJO PATERSON

In this hilarious short story from Down Under a company which employs door-to-door book salesmen finds itself in serious trouble when , at the end of a long and successful sales push, the salesmen beging quitting dbecause the...

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Dec. 11, 2024

A TALE OF NEGATIVE GRAVITY by FRANK STOCKTON

A very clever tale about a man who invented an anti-gravity machine capable of lifting him off the ground with the turn of a screw. A number of hilarious encounters take place, one being this man's challenging an experienced mountain hiker to a hike...

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Dec. 8, 2024

THE ANGELOF THE ODD by EDGAR ALLAN POE

In this fractious tale our narrator,alone in his study, and bored with hi9s reading material, turns to a newspaper, and seeing the outrageous attention-getting headlines, compalins out loud about how gullible the readers must be to absorb this...

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Dec. 1, 2024

LEAVE IT TO JEEVES P.G. WODEHOUSE

The first of a series of cleverly written "Jeeves" stories by P.G.Wodehouse- featuring the butler who has every answer to every problem. Our narrator is a wealty young British man who has recently arrived in New York City with his manservant Jeeves...

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Nov. 24, 2024

THE REVERSIBLE LANDSCAPE by FRANK STOCKTON

Frank Stockton uses clever humor to poke fun at manufactured art in this humurous piece about a man who, while seeking to help out his local fire department using a money-making scheme, purchases a mass-produced piece of art with the hopes of raffling...

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Oct. 2, 2024

THE TENOR by H. C. BUNNER

A humurous tale about a young New York City girl and her best best friend who both idolize a visiting French Tenor and cleverly hatch a plan for one of them to serve as his housemaid so she can meet her idol in person. H.C. Bunner at his best.

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May 10, 2024

BEST OF 1001 (#13 OF 447) CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST by O.HENRY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by O.Henry

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May 3, 2024

#12 (of 446) BEST OF 1001 GARM-A HOSTAGE by RUDYARD KIPLING

1001 Classic Short Stories Stories by Rudyard Kipling

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April 24, 2024

THE MARIONETTES by O.HENRY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by O.Henry

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April 21, 2024

MY DOUBLE AND HOW HE OUTDID ME by EDWARD EVERETT HALE

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Edward Everett Hale

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March 17, 2024

THE MERINO SHEEP by BANJO PATERSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Banjo Paterson

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March 1, 2024

#3 OF 432 LISTENER FAVS THE MAN ON THE TRAIN by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales "Best of" Series

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Nov. 1, 2023

THE SCHOOLMASTER'S PROGRESS by CAROLINE M.S. KIRKLAND

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Caroline Kirkland

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