Stories

Stories

By Sherry NeimanFictionDrama
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Stories episodes

  • The Drover's Wife by Henry Lawson

    The heroine of this story is nameless. The fact that she is without a name, makes her plight even more poignant. It is written by a man who acknowledges all the women who have ever had to survive with their children in the Aussie outback, American frontier, the Canadian prairie, or any other lonesome, godforsaken place on earth. Some went insane. Others committed suicide. And still others, like this character, rose above the heart-stopping fear, the gut-wrenching sorrow and the crushing solitude. Lawson, perhaps because of his own very difficult life, was able to capture a woman's essential nature in a dire predicament with eloquence and sensitivity.

    26 min
  • Chapter One: In the Wrinkle of the Old Cliff by Julia Frenz

    This is not a short story. This is the first chapter of a book by Julia Frenz. It is about her time spent in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. She had studied Russian and wanted to practice speaking it. There is a short poem by Lermontov in the beginning. However, the rest of the chapter is in English.


    28 min
  • The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

    The Canterville Ghost is a comedy that was made into 4 movies beginning in 1944 right up to 2023. It was also a television series in 2021. It’s the story of a ghost who has been haunting a manor for hundreds of years until an American family buys the house and moves in. They are not afraid of him and in fact turn the tables on him. The poor, beleaguered ghost tries to cope with these new
    challenges until it all becomes too much.

    1 hr 25 min
  • The Open Window by Saki

    A short story by Scottish writer Hector Hugh Monroe, better known by his pen name Saki.

    A man takes a much needed rest in the countryside for his frayed nerves. Unfortunately, he has the misfortune of picking the worst possible house to visit if he is looking to cure his anxiety.



    11 min
  • Spurs by Tod Robbins

    Circus performers, one a dwarf and the other an average sized woman, get married. What happens next is not a match made in heaven, but a sordid tale of revenge and torture. This story was made into a movie called "Freaks" and became a cult classic.

    55 min
  • The Chosen Vessel by Barbara Baynton

    This short story by Australian writer Barbara Baynton was made into a movie in 2019. It won two awards at the Canberra Film Festival.

    A young woman is alone with her infant in the Australian bush or outback while her husband is away working. One night she is stalked by a swagman or itinerant laborer and does everything in her power to save herself and her baby.

    23 min
  • The Girl who got Rattled by Edward White

    Psychological warfare. A young lady accompanies her father on an annual trip across the plains in the 1800s. She disobeys the order given by the plainsmen hired to protect them, and rides out of sight of the caravan. What follows is a terrifying game of chicken. This story is part of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" nominated for 3 Academy Awards, and voted best movie of 2018.

    38 min

About Stories

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Welcome to Stories where each week I narrate a short story by a good writer. Maybe you are a fan of true crime. I love a good true crime story too. But sometimes you've got to take a break. You've got…