All Episodes

Episode 158: Summertime Memories

Episode 157: Wedding Traditions: The Stories Behind the Ceremony

Episode 156: In Honor of Fathers' Day: A Memory

Episode 155: "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar: A Dystopian Story

Episode 154: Small Stories About Mothers

Episode 153: Poetry Part Two: The Healing Power of Poetry: Poems That Carry Us Through

Episode 152: Poetry Part One: The Power of Poetry

Episode 151: Freedom in an Hour: Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour"

Episode 150: Doris Lessing: "Flight" and Letting Go

Episode 149: Love Potions in Literature: The Power of Aphrodisiacs

Episode 148: Micro Fiction: The Art of Compressing

Episode 147: Ernest Hemingway: "Hills Like White Elephants"

Episode 146: Toni Morrison: "The Work You Do, The Person You Are"

Episode 145: The Brothers Grimm and "The Robber Bridegroom"

Episode 144: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

Epsidoe 143: Hans Christian Anderson: "The Little Match Girl"

Episode 142: James Baldwin: "Why He Carried the Turkey"

Episode 141: Luisa Morales: "The Wine Bottle: A Quest"

Episode 140: Luisa Morales: "The Lonely Trail: In Search of Angela"

Episode 139: Shirley Jackson: "The Witch"

Episode 138: O. Henry: "Hearts and Hands"

Episode 137: Katharine Brush: "Birthday Party"

Episode 136: Anton Chekov: "A Nincompoop"

Episode 135: Gwendolyn Brooks: "Home"

Episode 134: Shirley Jackson: "Charles"

Episode 133: James Thurber: "The Princess and the Tin Box"

Episode 132: Liam O'Flaherty: "The Sniper"

Episode 131: Mona Gardner: "The Dinner Party"

Episode 130: Leonard Q Ross: "The Path Through the Cemetery"

Episode 129: John Collier: "The Chaser"

Episode 128: Bertrand Russell: "How to Grow Old"

Episode 127: Quentin Reynolds: "A Secret for Two"

Episode 126: Eva-Lis Wuorio: "You Can't Take It With You"

Episode 125: Isaac Asimov: "The Fun They Had"

Episode 124: Edgar Allan Poe and "The Oval Portrait"

Episode 123: Ernest Hemingway: "The Old Man at the Bridge"

Episode 122: Toni Morrison: "Sweetness"

Episode 121: Oscar Wilde- "The Selfish Giant"

Episode 120: William Faulkner - "A Rose for Emily"

Episode 119: O. Henry and "The Gift of the Magi"

Episode 118: Thomas Hardy: "The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing"

Episode 117: Leo Tolstoy: Greed - "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"

Episode 116: Amy Tan and "Two Kinds"

Episode 115: Maya Angelou and "Mrs. Flowers"

Episode 114: Langston Hughes: "Thank You, Ma'am"

Episode 113: Ray Bradbury: A Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Episode 112: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby and The Jazz Age

Episode 111: Richard Connell and his "Most Dangerous Game"

Episode 110: H.H. Munro (Saki) and "The Open Window"

Episode 109: Charlotte Brontë's World Through the Eyes of Jane Eyre

Episode 108: Lewis Carroll - A Mad Tea Party

Episode 107: J.R.R Tolkien: The Man Behind the Myth

Episode 106: C.S. Lewis: Influential Writer/Intellectual Giant

Episode 105: Neil Gaiman: The Master of Modern Fantasy

Episode 104: P.D. James: Crime Novelist

Episode 103: Agatha Christie: Mystery Writer Extraordinaire

Episode 102: Christina Rossetti: A Woman of her Time

Episode 101: April-National Poetry Month

Episode 100: The Twins' Night Out

Episode 99: The Sub

Episode 98: Love and Hate on the Playground

Episode 97: Adriana and Mia: Heavenly Thoughts

Episode 96: Another New Year (Resolutions)

Episode 95: The Ghosts of New Year's Eve

Episode 94: Revisiting We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Episode 93: Classroom Chronicles Advanced on Gothic Literature

Episode 92: "The Judge's House" Radio Drama: Reactions

Episode 91: Bram Stoker's "The Judge's House" - A Radio Drama

Episode 90: Scary Toys (Students' Experiences)

Episode 89: A Taste of Gothic

Episode 88: Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen’s Universal Truths

Episode 87: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry - Reviewing a Dystopian Novel

(Bonus) Episode 86: Students' Endings to "An Old-Fashioned Knight and a Damsel in Distress" (12-Nil)

Episode 85: Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief: A Review

Episode 84: The Chronicles of Narnia: A Review

Episode 83: The Scent of Orange

Episode 82: Upon Closing the School Year 2022-2023

Episode 81: Tuesdays with Morrie: On the topic of money

Episode 80: The Empty Chair

Episode 79: The Twins

Episode 78: The People in Our Lives (a reflective essay)

Episode 77: The Time Keeper Game Show (Group 3)

Episode 76: The Twelfth Hour

Episode 75: Upon Closing Season 3

Episode 74: A Matter of Time

Episode 54: Living 'la vida' with Tech (essay)

Episode 73: Ghosts in the Attic

Episode 72: An Old-Fashioned Knight and a Damsel in Distress

Episode 71: The Sands of Time in Mitch Albom's The Timekeeper

Episode 70: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Views on Jews

Episode 69: Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle: A Review

Episode 68: What should a Viking Warrior be able to do?

Episode 67: Upon Writing a Viking Tale

Episode 66: Wrapping Up Another School Year with Speeches

Episode 65: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Fifth Person

Episode 64: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Fourth Person

Episode 63: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Third person

Episode 62: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Second Person

Episode 61: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The First Person

Episode 60: Treasured Times

Episode 59: I'm only dreaming

Episode 58: Reflections on the Topic of Resolutions Part Two

Episode 57: Reflections on the Topic of Resolutions Part One

Episode 56: Resolutions: A Fruitless Effort? (opinion)

Episode 55: Broken English (memoir)

Episode 53: Lovebirds in the Rain (memoir)

Episode 52: Bram Stoker: Discussions on "The Judge's House"

Episode 51: The Watching Game (narrative)

Episode 50: The Cottage - A Ghost Story

Episode 49: " Secrets" Part Five: The Recipe

Episode 48: " Secrets" Part Four: Michael

Episode 47: " Secrets" Part Three: The Pact

Episode 46: "Secrets" Part Two: The Book

Episode 45: Speculations on an Absent Father (Re: "Secrets" Part One)

Episode 44: Secrets (Part One)

Episode 43: Thoughts at 33,000 Feet

Episode 42: An Original American Indian Tale - The Wise Old Woman and the Young Mother

Episode 41: On the " whodunnits?" or the Art of Mystery Writing

Episode 40: Gertrude the Grandmother - A "Who 'dunnit'?" Mystery

Episode 39: Claire the Nanny - A "Who 'dunnit'?" Mystery

Episode 38: Nancy the Maid - A "Who 'dunnit'?"Mystery

Episode 37: Alex the Husband - A "Who 'dunnit'?" Mystery

Episode 36: Alice: The Wife and New Mom - A "Who 'Dunnit'?" Mystery

Episode 35: Recollection of a Ghost Story: Bram Stoker's "The Judges House"

Episode 34: Reflections on Shelly's Frankenstein

Episode 33: The Secret of the Umbrella (narrative)

Episode 32: Tuna Fish with Potato Chips (memoir)

Episode 31: Haiku for Mother's Day

Episode 30: April a Month of Poetry

Episode 29: Jane Austen on Social Media (essay)

Episode 28: April Showers with Flowers

Episode 27: Jumping into Spring

Episode 26: Pain and Punishment

Episode 25: Listening to the Other Side

Episode 24: Who is your favorite character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

Episode 23: Nightmares

Episode 22: The Perfect Spot

Episode 21: Twenty-twenty-One

Episode 20: The Stranger in the White Coat (narrative)

Episode 19: Tears, Chiffon, and a Green Bow

Episode 18: Gnome for the Holidays

Episode 17: Lemon-Meringue Surprise

Episode 16: High Expectations

Episode 15: The Promise

Episode 14: A Baking Fantasy

Episode 6: The Routine and the Ordinary during a Pandemic

Episode 4: Our Virtual Reality

Episode 3: Pets in Times of a Pandemic

Episode 5: Pandemonium

Episode 7: Letter to a Cousin

Episode 9: My Days, My Dreams, My Life (a poem)

Introductory Episode to A Literary Cornucopia

Episode 8: The Deep Abyss (a poem)

Episode 10: Sand - A Tanka Poem

Episode 11: Silence of the Heart (Micro fiction)

Episode 12: Two Little Girls on a Ship (Micro nonfiction)

Episode 13: An Unwanted Guest (Micro Nonfiction)

Episode 2: Lost in Detroit (Narrative Essay)

Episode 1: The Covered Bridge (A Brief Essay on Life)