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LitReading - Classic Short Stories

LitReading - Classic Short Stories

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Litreading delivers classic short stories—carefully selected, beautifully narrated, and updated every week. From Poe to Twain, O. Henry to Wharton, each episode presents a complete tale in a clean, immersive performance lasting anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. These timeless stories are read with clarity, warmth, and just enough character to bring them fully to life.


Litreading is part of Short Storyverses (shortstoryverses.com), a growing collection of podcasts devoted to exceptional storytelling. Explore New Tales Told—our companion series of original stories inspired by the tone and spirit of the classics; Season’s Readings to brighten your holidays any time of year; FRIGHTLY! for tales of terror; and Readastorus for for younger listeners. Search for all of these titles wherever you get your podcasts.


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Presentation Copyright Don McDonald
Arte Entretenimiento y Artes Escénicas Historia y Crítica Literaria
Episodios
  • The Committee Committee – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
    Mar 31 2026

    The Committee Committee is a parable set in a village where things run smoothly—because they always have.


    Problems are addressed. Responsibilities are shared. And when questions arise, there is a structure in place to handle them.


    Over time, that structure has grown more refined, more comprehensive… and more complete.


    This story is being presented on Litreading for limited time to help build the audience for its eventual primary home, New Tales Told part of Short Storyverses. New Tales Told is made up of totally original modern stories written with the feel of classic short stories (suitable for all ages). There are now fourteen original stories so please check start listening and subscribing to New Tales Told. On Apple Podcasts it is part of the Short Storyverses Channel.

    We are expanding our universe of short story podcasts on our new podcast channel, Short StoryVerses. Listen to some of Don's new, original short stories on the "New Tales Told" podcast. Look it up on your favorite podcast player.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    17 m
  • The Rips – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
    Mar 17 2026

    There are things we expect from the world.


    Walls stay still. Rooms hold their shape. The spaces we live in behave.


    And when they don’t, we look for explanations.


    Old houses settle. Pipes shift. Light plays tricks.


    But sometimes the world doesn’t explain itself.


    When an answer can’t be seen, that doesn’t mean there isn’t one.


    There is something.


    Something all too real.


    Something beyond frightening.


    This story is being presented on Litreading for limited time to help build the audience for its eventual primary home, New Tales Told part of Short Storyverses. New Tales Told is made up of totally original modern stories written with the feel of classic short stories (suitable for all ages). There are now fourteen original stories so please check start listening and subscribing to New Tales Told. On Apple Podcasts it is part of the Short Storyverses Channel.


    We are expanding our universe of short story podcasts on our new podcast channel, Short StoryVerses. Listen to some of Don's new, original short stories on the "New Tales Told" podcast. Look it up on your favorite podcast player.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    32 m
  • My Watch – An Original Short Story by Mark Twain
    Mar 10 2026

    First published in 1870, “My Watch” is one of Mark Twain’s sharpest short comic essays. What begins as a simple adjustment to a timepiece becomes an escalating satire of overconfidence, technical jargon, and the human tendency to meddle with what already works. In fewer than ten minutes, Twain turns a minor inconvenience into a masterclass in comic exaggeration.


    Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, born in 1835. A riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, and one of America’s most enduring humorists, Twain built his reputation on sharp observation, comic exaggeration, and a deep skepticism of human certainty. His works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but he was equally at home in short essays like this one — small mechanical failures turned into very large human truths.

    We are expanding our universe of short story podcasts on our new podcast channel, Short StoryVerses. Listen to some of Don's new, original short stories on the "New Tales Told" podcast. Look it up on your favorite podcast player.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    9 m
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