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A REDEEMING SACRIFICE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
Episode Summary — A Redeeming Sacrifice (with an added twist)
Lucy Maud Montgomery's tender short story A Redeeming Sacrifice follows a quiet, aching…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
OLD WELL WELL BY ZANE GRAY A BASEBALL STORY
Old Well-Well" is a classic baseball short story by Zane Grey, first published in the July 1910 issue of Success magazine.
Summary
The story follows…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
THE ANTIQUE RING by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Antique Ring" (1843) is a fascinating departure from his usual dark, Puritan-focused dramas. It is a "story within a story…
8 months ago
THE FURNISHED ROOM by O. HENRY
"The Furnished Room" is widely considered one of O. Henry's most somber and haunting stories. Unlike his more lighthearted or humorous tales, this on…
8 months ago
THE CHASE OF ROBIN HOOD by HOWARD PYLE
After winning an archery contest on behalf of the queen, the King decides to renege on his promise to allow Robin and his men a safe journey home, an…
8 months ago
THE BLUE CROSS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
METhe Blue Cross is the first of G.K. Chesterton's 53 great Father brown short stories, and it introduces two characters that are often used in futur…
8 months, 1 week ago
THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER by WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON
The Story Summary
In this inaugural Carnacki tale, occult investigator Thomas Carnacki is called to investigate the "Grey Room" in a centuries-old ma…
8 months, 1 week ago
ROBIN HOOD TURNS BEGGAR from THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Robin Hood finally achieves his dream of becoming a beggar, at least for a day, and in the process outwits and outfights a number of scoundrels who e…
8 months, 1 week ago
A LOVE PASSAGE by W.W. JACOBS
"A Love Passage" is a lighthearted maritime comedy from W.W. Jacobs' 1896 collection, Many Cargoes, that satirizes the bumbling romantic efforts of s…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
AUNT PHILIPPA AND THE MEN by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
In this great short story by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, a young lady (Ursula) is ordered by her father to place some distance between hers…
8 months, 2 weeks ago