FALL FAMILY THEME: A BURGLAR'S CHRISTMAS by WILLA CATHER A STORY OF FORGIVENESS:
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Release Date: 10/26/2025
THE BUSH FIRE by HENRY LAWSON (A.K.A.THE FIRE AT ROSS'S FARM)
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
This story was originally written as a 'Bush Ballad" or poem-story by Henry Lawson, and it describes how two competing farm families finally unite while trying to prevent a wildfire from destroying their farms. Check out our new 'Found In The Footnotes' every Wed at 4pm ET at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast- short, AMAZING stories designed to entertain and enlighten in under ten minutes. Here's the Spotify link for your convenience!
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WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE by JACK LONDON
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Two American businessmen stranded in riot-ridden Tampico Mexico shortly after the US occupied Vera Cruz scramble to save US civilians stranded upriver at a drilling station. An Oldsmobile turns up out of nowhere offering them one chance at salvation.
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BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY by ZANE GREY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Breaking into fast company" is an old expressiNew Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us!
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THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE and THE CHOICE OF HERCULES (JAMES BALDWIN)
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The Husband Who Was To Mind The House- is a folk talestory in which a husband complains tohis wife for not having dinner ready when he comes in from work- so she convinces him to switch jobs the next day.. The Choice of Hercules- a young Hercules is journeying toward the mountains when he sees the road split and pauses to decide which to take.He is soon approached by two beautiful women, one who offers an easy path full of fun and the other who says there will be hard going and you'll have ups and downs- but you will be able to enjoy the fruits of your labors once you reach your...
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THREE WISE GUYS by DAMON RUNYAN
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The Three Wise Men by Damon Runyan tells the story of three mobsters who stop to help a woman having a baby, and find unexpected redemption for their troubles.
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THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The real story of the two Winnie-The-Poohs!
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MAMMON AND THE ARCHER by O. HENRY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
A young man of means expreeses frustration to his wealthy father over not being able to find alone time with the girl of his interests due to her busy social schedule. His mother believes that chance will bring them together while his father sees different options. A great o.Henry classic!
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A BLACKJACK BARGAINER by O.HENRY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
A hopeless drunk and failed attorney finds redemption in this well written tale by O.Henry.. STORIES BY O.HENRY. O.HENRY PODCAST.
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THE PURLOINED LETTER EDGAR ALLAN POE
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
The Purloined Letter is one of Poe's ,three detective stories featuring the very sharp crime solver M. Dupin, who accepts the challenge of finding a hidden letter which has become an impossible feat for the Paris police. Poe's detective stories led the way for other authors to introduce the detective genre.
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COOL AIR by H.P.LOVECRAFT
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
In New York City in the early twenties a writer finds a baely livable apartment in a rroming house.soon finding that directly above himlives an eccentric old doctor who requires an extremely cold living situation to stay alive.One day, the writer suffers a seizure and knowing his nearest neighbor is a doctor.he goes upstairs to ask for help. The story gets stranger as the doctor comes to depend on the man for his survival, and the writer, feeling that he owes the doctorfor saving him, does all he can to help the failing old man stay alive. Catch all ourpodcasts and leave reviews at ....
info_outline2025 SPECIAL-FALL FAMILY & HEROES THEMES NOW THRU 12/31-Lots of family stories here at 1001 Classic Short SAtories now thru December-Tell a friend
In this story we find a young man at the bottom of his rope- a faqiled thief, a failed college student, failed journalist. He walks into a house in an attempt to steal the jewelry and his mother- yes- it was his old house- finds him there.
An incredible story from Willa Cather..
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