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June 30, 2024

THE WARRIOR MAID OF SAN CARLOS by ROBERT BARR

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Robert Barr

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June 28, 2024

#19 (of 462) BEST OF 1001 RIKKI TIKKI TAVI by RUDYARD KIPLING

1001 Classic Short Stories Stories by Rudyard Kipling

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June 26, 2024

PLAIN FISHING by FRANK STOCKTON

Our narrator tells a great fishing story whicfh begins at the home of an old local fisherman with two beautiful daughters and continues with a battle of wits between he and a huge trout followed by some good country advice.

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June 23, 2024

OUR AROMATIC UNCLE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER

A marrried couple who for years has ben enjoying gifts from a generous uncle they had never met finally get the chance to meet him when he cables that he is traveling to see them and stay for awhile. As …

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June 21, 2024

#18 (of 461) BEST OF 1001 NEGORE, THE COWARD by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Jack London

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June 19, 2024

THE FILLMORE ELDERBERRIES by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

A young man who has just lost his father and needs to support his mother tries to find work but no one, inluding his own uncle, will hire him due to his deceased father's bad reputation as a shirker. Finally …

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June 16, 2024

TRANSFORMATION by ROBERT BARR

Two brothers who own a successful clock/watch shop in Paris are surprised when a disreputable looking man enters the shop- and they both believe has has come to case the shop before robbing it. They contact the police, and the …

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June 14, 2024

BEST OF (#17 OF 460) A BURGLAR'S CHRISTMAS by WILLA CATHER

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Willa Cather

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June 12, 2024

THE STRANGER by AMBROSE BIERCE

"The Stranger" by Ambrose Bierce: A group of men traveling in the old west meet a strange man at their campfire- a man who has an even stranger story. We also include a background on the incredible life of Ambrose …

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June 9, 2024

THE BOOK OF MERLIN: (CHAPS 3-4) MORGANA LA FAY BETRAYS KING ARTHUR

In this story Merlin is no longer a force but he is able to make a request to Vivien to save King Arthur's life. Arthur and a fellow knight become lost after a deer hunt and they are lured onto …

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June 7, 2024

BEST OF 1001 (# 16 of 450) HOW ROBIN HOOD CAME TO BE AN OUTLAW by HO…

1001 Classic Short Stories Stories by Howard Pyle

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June 5, 2024

THE MANAGER OF MADDEN'S HILL by ZANE GREY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Zane Grey

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June 2, 2024

THE MISTAKE OF THE MACHINE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON

Father brown shares a story with his friend Flambeau about a visit the Father had made to a detective's office in Chicago while he was working in the US. The detective was convinced to a new fangled pulse reader, serving …

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May 29, 2024

THEIR FIRST FORMAL CALL by GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE

Many years ago, around 1900, social customes were very different from what they are today. if a young man wanted to make a formal call on a young lady, the custom of the day wasd to approach the young lady's …

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May 26, 2024

THE STORY OF THE BETRAYAL OF MERLIN (CHAPS 1 &2) KING ARTHUR & HIS …

King Arthur's evil sister Queen Morgana LaFay plans a way to get Merlin out of the way of Arthur by using her young protoge Vivien to charm Merlin into teaching her all his magic. Enjoy 'Tarzan the Untamed' now at …

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May 24, 2024

#14 LISTENER FAV (of 448) WHITE AND YELLOW by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales Stories by Jack London

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May 22, 2024

AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS by BRET HARTE

A 10 year-old boy growing up in a gold mining area discovers the stash of a pair of notorious thieves and adventure follows...

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May 19, 2024

3 BANJO PATERSON STORIES FROM DOWN UNDER: HIS MASTERPIECE, SITTING IN…

Australia owes a debt of gratitude to Banjo Paterson (and Henry Lawson) for their great short stories that chronicled the quirky and unique characters and places of Australia in its early days. These three short stories- His Masterpeice, Sitting...

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May 15, 2024

THE HEAD OF CAESAR A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by G.K. Chesterton

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May 12, 2024

THE WRONG SHAPE A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

1001 Classic Short Stories Father Brown Mystery

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May 12, 2024

PILLAR OF FIRE by RAY BRADBURY

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Ray Bradbury

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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 8, 2024

THE EXPOSURE OF LORD STANSFORD by ROBERT BARR

1001 Classic Short Stories & tales Stories by Robert Barr

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May 5, 2024

THE DUKE'S MYSTERY and MATRIMONIAL ESPIONAGE ANDREW FORRESTER

1991 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Andrew Forrester

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