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Greatish Short Stories

by Great Short

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 [email protected] for any questions, comments, or concerns

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Episodes

  1. Episode 24: The Chaser

    The Chaser by John Collier. You don’t always get what you wish for. Or do you?

  2. Episode 23: Graven Image

    Graven Image - John O’Hara. A friendly chat over lobster and peas

  3. Episode 22: A String of Beads

    W. Somerset Maugham (W stands for William) rough. Borscht is beets, cabbage, and beef. Slava Ukrain

  4. Episode 21: The Curfew Tolls

    The Curfew Tolls - Stephen Vincent Benét (1935)

  5. Episode 20: The Law

    The Law - Robert M. Coates (1947)

  6. Episode 19: Theft

    Theft - Katherine Anne Porter (1930)

  7. Episode 18: The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles

    The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles - Edmond Wilson (1942) slightly more graphic than necessary in my opinion, but not bad

  8. Episode 17: The Tale

    The Tale - Joseph Conrad (1926) ‘this episode is a slog through the fog of words and memories’

  9. Episode 16: Looking Back

    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

  10. Episode 15: The Man Higher Up

    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???]

  11. Episode 14: The Girl From Red Lion, P.A.

    The Girl From Red Lion, P.A. - H. L. Mencken (1940). [Author full name is Henry Louis Mencken. Wasn’t even close.]

  12. Episode 13: The Ghosts

    The Ghosts - Lord Dunsany (1908)

  13. Episode 12: Father Wakes Up the Village

    Father Wakes Up the Village - Clarence Day (1935)

  14. Episode 11: The Man of the House

    The Man of the House - Frank O’Connor (1949)

  15. Episode 10: The Standard of Living

    The Standard of Living - Dorothy Parker (1941)

  16. Episode 9: The Other Side Of The Hedge

    The Other Side Of The Hedge - E M Forester (1947)

  17. Episode 8: The Catbird Seat

    The Catbird Seat - James Thurber (1942)

  18. Episode 7: The Chrysanthemums

    The Chrysanthemums - John Steinbeck (1938)

  19. Episode 6: The Lottery.

    The Lottery - Shirley Jackson (1948)

  20. Episode 5: The Phoenix

    The Phoenix - Sylvia Townsend Warner (1940)

  21. Episode 4: The Garden Party

    The Garden Party - Katherine Mansfield (1922)

  22. Episode 3: The Masque of the “Red Death”

    The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allen Poe (1842)

  23. Episode 2: A Haunted House?

    A Haunted House - Virginia Woolf (1944)

  24. Episode 1: The Jockey

    The Jockey - Carson McCullers (1940) Excerpt of "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter."

  25. Greatish Short Stories (Trailer)

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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 [email protected] for any questions, comments, or concerns

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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 [email protected] for any questions, comments, or concerns

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