Our heroine, Marya Vassilyevna, has dark musings on a bright spring day.   

Anton Chekhov has been described as the master of the short story. The School Mistress exploresthe stark difference between the daily realities that we face versus our inner dreams and hopes.  

John Bell is our  was our narrator and he is also the writer, producer, and actor on "Bell's in the Batfry" podcast, which can be found at:
[http://thebatfry.libsyn.com/]

We are always looking forward to discovering our next writer, so if you are interested in contributing, please send us your short story of fewer than 5,000 words to:
[email protected]

I am Cathy McCarthy, your host, and I write under the name of C. Mack Lewis and my books can be found at:
[https://cmacklewis.com/]

For more short stories on The Hidden Gems Podcast, please go to https://www.thehiddengemspodcast.com/podcast 

Thank you for listening!