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Friday, May 6, 2022 Episode #18 - Kate Chopin

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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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, 2022 Episode #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...

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