Sheer delight from Rudyard Kipling, author of the best bedtime stories ever: The Just So Stories.

Wit and economy in a tale of murder by Dorothy Sayers.

A selection of Aesop’s Fables from among my favorites.

A beautifully rendered story of a turning point in a young girl’s life: Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron.”

Away from the snow, off to Monte Carlo: Somerset Maugham's "The Facts of Life."

Three stories by Saki. Who could ask for anything more?

Three tales tonight by Saki. Who could ask for anything more?

"In Clean Hay," a Christmas story by Eric Kelly.

In time for the holiday's: "Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit" by P. G. Wodehouse.

His name was John Griffith Chaney. When he came to write, he took his stepfather’s surname and made himself immortal as Jack London. Here is one of his short stories, infused with a theme that always fascinated him: Brown Wolf.