LitReading - Classic Short Stories
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LitReading - Classic Short Stories
Litreading delivers classic short stories—carefully selected, beautifully narrated, and updated every week. From Poe to Twain, O. Henry to Wharton, each episode presents a complete tale in a clean, immersive performance lasting anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. These timeless stories are...
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The Right Call – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
This is a special presentation of my original short story, “The Right Call,” first released on my companion podcast, New Tales Told.
For now, I’...
The Bet – A Classic Short Story by Anton Chekov
The Bet is a devastating meditation on freedom, knowledge, money, and the illusions we cling to when we mistake intellect for wisdom and wealth for me...
The Eternal Code — A Special Presentation of an Original Short Story
This is a special presentation of my new original short story, "The Eternal Code," first released on my companion podcast, New Tales Told. Until the n...
Litreading – Classic Short Stories Live On
Every story you've ever loved learned it from somewhere. The plot twist, the heartbreak, the monster in the dark—somebody wrote it first. Narrator Don...
Uncle Richard’s New Year Dinner – A Classic Short Story by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Uncle Richard’s New Year Dinner is a tender, early-20th-century family story about estrangement, reconciliation, and the quiet power of kindness. Set...
The Boy with the Box – A Classic Christmas Story by Mary Griggs Van Voorhis
This holiday story will only be available for a limited time on Litreading, but will always be available on our holiday story podcast, Season's Readin...
A Visit from St. Nicholas or 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - A Classic Christmas Verse
You've heard it dozens of times, so why not once more. Here's a Visit from St. Nicholas, was it penned by Clement Moore?
We are expandin...
On Christmas Day in the Morning – A Classic Christmas Story by Grace S. Richmond
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
While this is primarily a story for children, Christmas is the perfect time to explore our inner child and share that spirit with today’s kids. This s...
A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum - A Classic Christmas Story
Santa and his friends face the most challenging Christmas in their long history as Santa is kidnapped.
We are expanding our universe of...
Christmas Every Day by William Dean Powells
For many children, Christmas is the best day of the year. Yet, often it’s for selfish reasons. Some kids like it so much that they might wish that Chr...
A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - A Classic Christmas Story
Sometimes we fall so far that we are tempted to cross lines we never would have in better times. Feelings of inadequacy can become particularly acute...
A Chaparral Christmas Gift – Classic Western Christmas Story by O. Henry
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
Reginald's Christmas Revel by Saki
This holiday tale features Reginald, a fictional young-man born to the Victorian upper crust in England, who finds himself at a stuffy family Christma...
Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Classic Christmas Story
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
The Gospel According to Joan by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
The Gift Of The Magi by O. Henry - A Classic Christmas Story
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
The Burglar's Christmas – A Classic Holiday Tale by Elizabeth L. Seymour
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
A Set of Poe – A Classic Christmas Story by George Ade
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
Three Thanksgiving Kisses – A Classic Holiday Story by Edward Payson Roe
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
The Purple Dress – A Classic Holiday Story by O. Henry
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen – A Classic Holiday Story by O. Henry
This story is only available here during the holidays, but can be heard year-round at Season's Readings, a part of Short Storyverses at shortstoryvers...
An Angel in Disguise by T.S. Arthur
Without individual compassion, the good, old days were rarely good for orphaned or disabled children.
We are expanding our universe of s...
A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce
Early in the US Civil War, families, particularly those in the western part of Virginia (now the state of West Virginia), were torn apart over conflic...
The Law of Life – a Classic Short Story by Jack London
Jack London takes us into the frozen silence of the Yukon and leaves us beside an aging chief who has reached the appointed end of his trail. As the t...
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Not all dragons are fire breathing monsters bent on destruction.
We are expanding our universe of short story podcasts on our new podcas...
Old Well-Well by Zane Grey
Professional baseball in United States dates back more than 150 years. It has been considered the great American sport since the 19th century. Popular...
Hills Like White Elephants – A Classic Short Story by Earnest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” is one of the most celebrated short stories ever written — a masterclass in subtext, restraint, and em...
Clovis on Parental Responsibility by Saki
Saki's recurring character, Clovis takes on an overly proud mother
We are expanding our universe of short story podcasts on our new podcast chan...
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
Mark Twain's first popular story of a hardcore gambler in a mining camp during the Gold Rush.
We are expanding our universe of short sto...
The Skylight Room – A Classic Short Story by O. Henry
O. Henry had a gift for wrapping heartbreak in humor. His stories feel light, almost playful—until that last line hits and you realize he’s been quiet...
The Tell Tale Heart-A Classic Horror Story by Edgar Allan Poe
Halloween is the season of the macabre and one the greatest authors of dark frightening fiction was Edgar Allen Poe.
You can cover the body. Hi...
The Hanging Stranger–a Retro Sci-Fi Horror Story by Philip K. Dick
This is one of those scary stories that sneaks up on you. It looks like just another day in small-town America, sometime around the early 1950s. But t...
The Haunted Mind–a Scary Season Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Since the dawn of our species, we have been bewildered by about that strange period of altered consciousness that occurs just before, during, and at t...
Diary Of A Madman–a Classic Tale of Terror by Guy de Maupassant
In this truly chilling tale, we explore the darkest parts of the human mind - the hidden recesses where derangement resides.
A word of ca...
The Cats of Ulthar-a Classic Scary Story by H. P. Lovecraft
Every October, we creep into the scary season on Litreading, digging deep into the trove of classic horror tales from around the world. Some of the mo...
Yuki-Onna–a Scary Season Story by Lafcadio Hearn
Ghost stories have been told around the world and are often based on mythical creatures or spirits. Those living in the cold, snowy regions of Japan c...
Murder of Crows – an Original Short Story by Don McDonald
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 the past—...
The Most Dangerous Game–a Classic Thriller by Richard Connell
We reprise another classic thriller from Litreading's archives for this year's scary season,
In this episode, we go on an adventure off the coas...
The Black Cat–a Classic Scary Story by Edgar Allen Poe
Here is one of the greatest gothic horror stories of all time, originally produced for Litreading in 2019.
As Halloween approaches, our tales of...