Today’s episode is: A fantastic short story about love and lust by Guy de Maupassant, the french master of short fiction. This is an odd, enjoyable little story, worthy of a few minutes of your day.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.comDi

[Friday Fave]: "The Happy Failure" By Herman Melville

Feb 10th, 2017 21m 16s

Today’s episode is: a Friday replay of a wonderful story on success and morality by Herman Melville. This first aired early last year. Melville is best-known for his sea tale "Moby Dick", so it's apt that this short story takes place on a small

[70] "The Experimental Couple (and the three offshoots)" by George Ade

Feb 8th, 2017 7m 4s

Today’s episode is: A story by George Ade, a classic American humorist. Ade was a born-and-bred Midwesterner, working from a home in Chicago, Illinois, and his humor (including in this story) often draws from his life, and his hometown.Learn m

[Premiere] "Her Lover" By Maxim Gorky

Feb 6th, 2017 13m 47s

Morning Short is back, with a third season of amazing curated short stories!Today’s episode is: A story written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky, who created the socialist-realism literatary style.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.com -

[Replay] "After The Race" By James Joyce

Aug 24th, 2016 15m 26s

Today’s episode is: A flashy short story by James Joyce from his collection “Dubliners”.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.comStory Genres: Fiction, Modernist, Avant-Garde, Famous books by this author: Ulysses Dubliners And many others.-

[66] "The Postmaster" By Rabindranath Tagore

Aug 22nd, 2016 15m 2s

Today’s episode is: A story by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. This is the first Indian story we've featured, and it's a great one.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.com - Discuss: http://reddit.com/r/morningshortMore Context:This i

[Friday Fave] "Is He Living or Is He Dead?" By Mark Twain

Aug 19th, 2016 21m 51s

Today's Story Is: A brilliant tale by Satirist Mark Twain about a few starving painters, and how they pulled off the trick of the century.Get your daily dose of fiction via email. Sign Up At http://Share.MorningShort.com.Morning Short is a da

65: "Transients in Arcadia" by O. Henry

Aug 17th, 2016 15m 15s

Today’s episode is: A classic double-twist tale by O Henry, the king of the short story. This story is very similar to one of Henry's most famous stories, "The Gift of the Magi". It's uplifting, and an absolute pleasure to listen to.Learn more

The Judgment By Franz Kafka [Replay]

Aug 15th, 2016 29m 19s

Today’s episode is: A replay of Franz Kafka's off-the-wall crazy story of a groom-to-be, his imposing father, and his "friend in Russia".An amazing, perplexing story by German author franz Kafka. This story still confounds critics to this day.

[Friday Fave] "The Princess & the Puma" By O. Henry

Aug 12th, 2016 17m 17s

This is a Friday Favorite. Each Friday we share one of our favorite stories from our archives.This Friday Favorite Is: A romantic western/cowboy tale by O. Henry.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.comStory Genres: Romance, cowboy, wester

64: "The Wreck Of The Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Aug 10th, 2016 5m 34s

Today’s story is: A lyrical narrative poem by the famous American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.com -Discuss: http://reddit.com/r/morningshortMore context: Odds are that this poem was inspired by his

51: "Who Was To Blame?" by Anton Chekhov

Aug 9th, 2016 10m 43s

Love our shorts? Share them (and earn swag) at Share.morningshort.com. Enjoy This Morning's Amazing short story. Morning Short produces one short audiobook every morning. Get your daily story via email: (http://Invite.MorningShort.com). -----Wh

63: "My Watch" by Mark Twain

Aug 8th, 2016 9m 9s

Today’s episode is: A humorous little vignette about a broken (or not) watch by American Satirist Mark Twain.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.comStory Genres: Fiction, Humor, Vignette, Satire,Famous books by this author: “The Adventur

62: “The Science of Deduction” By Arthur Conan Doyle

Aug 3rd, 2016 21m 38s

Today’s episode is: An unusual Sherlock Holmes story. This is a conversation between Holmes and Watson on deduction, the Holmesian method, and the bizarre antics of the world's most famous fictional detective. Interesting background to some Hol

61: "Speed" by Sinclair Lewis

Aug 1st, 2016 33m 11s

Today’s episode is: An outstanding, fast-paced romance story by Sinclair Lewis, the first American winner of the Nobel Prize in writing. Beautiful cadence, and a great story.Learn more: http://listen.morningshort.comStory Genres: Romance, Rac

60: "The Adopted Son" By Guy de Maupassant

Jul 24th, 2016 14m 25s

This short story explores a moral and ethical dilemma, financial hardship, and what it means to do one's best for your child. Learn more at http://listen.morningshort.comIt's heartbreaking in some respects, but all-in-all it's just plain tho

59: "In the Pride of His Youth" By Rudyard Kipling

Jul 24th, 2016 15m 14s

A great short story on life and growing up by Rudyard Kipling-- Learn more at http://www.morningshort.com Synopsis: This podcast explores the complications of marrying young, and the various states of maturity a boy can coexist in at once. He

[Re-run]"The Bird Market" By Anton Chekhov

Jul 21st, 2016 12m 28s

RERUN: Enjoy This Morning's Amazing short story by Anton Chekhov. Morning Short produces one short audiobook every morning. Get your daily story via email: (InviteMorningShort.com).-----What is Morning Short? -------Morning Short is a podcast

58: "White Magic" By Ella D'Arcy"

Apr 17th, 2016 19m 41s