Irreverent reading of history's "great" short stories. We read the stories: we make fun of the stories. Follow for more Greatish Short Stories. Episodes added weekly! Reach me at greatishshortstories@gmail.com for any questions, comments, or concerns
The Curfew Tolls - Stephen Vincent Benét (1935) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Law - Robert M. Coates (1947) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Theft - Katherine Anne Porter (1930) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles - Edmond Wilson (1942) slightly more graphic than necessary in my opinion, but not bad --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Tale - Joseph Conrad (1926) ‘this episode is a slog through the fog of words and memories' --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
WARNING: Brief graphic scene. Thanks, Guy De Maupassant (188-) Translated by H. N. P. Sloman (Harold Norman Penrose Sloman) His parents must have loved him. I will be thrilled when I finally guess the name for the initial --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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???] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Girl From Red Lion, P.A. - H. L. Mencken (1940). [Author full name is Henry Louis Mencken. Wasn't even close.] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Ghosts - Lord Dunsany (1908) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Father Wakes Up the Village - Clarence Day (1935) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Man of the House - Frank O'Connor (1949) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Standard of Living - Dorothy Parker (1941) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Other Side Of The Hedge - E M Forester (1947) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Catbird Seat - James Thurber (1942) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Chrysanthemums - John Steinbeck (1938) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson (1948) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Phoenix - Sylvia Townsend Warner (1940) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Garden Party - Katherine Mansfield (1922) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allen Poe (1842) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
A Haunted House - Virginia Woolf (1944) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Jockey - Carson McCullers (1940) Excerpt of "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app