We bring the "Classic" version of Short Story Today to a close with an episode devoted to the American author, Kate Chopin. Her stories of l...
Friday, April 29, 2022Episode #17 - Bret Harte
In "A Mother of Five," Bret Harte, one of the true masters of the short story form, composes a heartwarming tale of the wanderings of a litt...
Friday, April 22, 2022Episode #16 - H. G. Wells
In his short story "The Magic Shop," the British titan of science fiction, H. G. Wells conjures up a shape-shifting world inside a mysteriou...
Friday, April 15, 2022Episode #15 - Sherwood Anderson
"Death in the Woods" In this masterpiece by American author Sherwood Anderson, the meaning of life (and death) are brought home to a man a...
Friday, April 8, 2022Episode #14 - Virginia Woolf Gets Another Episode - She's a Fan Fave!
We bring Virginia back again because we can't ever get enough of her. The story this time is "Solid Objects," a whimsical yet surprisi...
Friday, April 1, 2022Episode #13 - Virginia Woolf
We honor the innovative British author of the Bloomsbury Set this week with a reading of her weird and wonderful short story, "Kew Gardens,"...
Thursday, March 24, 2022Episode #12 - James Joyce (Special edition: crossover episode with Get Lit Podcast)
SHORT STORY TODAY and GET LIT, the literary history podcast join forces this week for Reading Ireland Month with crossover episodes devoted to the mig...
Friday, March 18, 2022Episode #11 - Willa Cather
In this episode, the revered American author Willa Cather transports us to the farmlands of Nebraska in the evocative short story, "The Enchanted...
Thursday, March 10, 2022Episode #10 - D. H. Lawrence
The divisive and prolific D. H. Lawrence graces SHORT STORY TODAY this week with the humorous “Rawdon’s Roof,” about a man who, for mysterious reasons...
Friday, March 4, 2022Episode #9 - E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster's short story, "The Road From Colonus," examines the life of an old man during his final holiday in Greece - a trip he has looked forw...
Friday, February 25, 2022Episode #8 - Edith Wharton
In this episode we have some fun with a ghost story by the redoubtable Edith Wharton. In "Miss Mary Pask," an American painter who is trying...
Thursday, February 17, 2022Episode #7 - F. Scott Fitzgerald (Part 2)
F. Scott Fitzgerald takes the spotlight this time with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - Part 2. It's a fantastic tale of an unu...