LitReading - Classic Short Stories

About LitReading - Classic Short Stories

LitReading: Great Short Stories Read Aloud Great stories deserve to be heard. LitReading brings you a complete short stories, unabridged and narrated by veteran broadcaster and voice actor Don McDonald (donmcdonald.com). Hear the masters of the form, including Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Edith Wharton, Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, Katherine Mansfield, Stephen Crane, Saki, Bret Harte and Virginia Woolf. Along with them come overlooked gems from the golden age of American, British and Russian literature that deserve a second hearing. Each episode is one full story, from a few minutes to a deeply immersive hour. Think of it as a free audiobook of short fiction, performed with warmth and clarity and just enough character to bring every voice to life. Play it on a commute, a walk or a quiet evening. It also makes good bedtime listening for grown-ups. Come for a story. Leave with a world. Help a good story travel. If LitReading has kept you company, tap Follow in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's free, and new stories arrive automatically. A quick 5-star rating or a one-line review helps more than you'd guess, because that's how new listeners find us. And if a story stayed with you, send this episode to one friend who loves to read. That's how this show grows. LitReading is part of Short Storyverses (shortstoryverses.com) (shortstoryverses.com (shortstoryverses.com)), a family of podcasts for people who love great storytelling: New Tales Told: original stories in the spirit of the classics FRIGHTLY!: tales of terror and the uncanny Sci-Finds: science fiction and speculative stories HumorUs: comic fiction Season's Readings: holiday stories for any time of year Readastorus: stories for younger listeners Search for any of them wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Don McDonald

Category

arts · arts · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Oct 2018

Latest episode

11 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

86 of 326 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry — A Dog and His Master Escape an Unhappy Home

   Host Don McDonald explores O. Henry's "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog," revealing a canine's witty perspective on human life and the art of escape.

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   10 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Great American Pie Company by Ellis Parker Butler — A Pie Company Finds a Recipe for Endless Profit

   Host Don McDonald explores Ellis Parker Butler's humorous short story "The Great American Pie Company," revealing how small-town rivalry escalates into a pie market empire.

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   10 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Final Shift by Don McDonald — The Day the Universe Caught Up

   Don McDonald reads his original story "Final Shift," exploring a physicist's solitary discovery of a universe-altering event deep underground.

Inside a recent episode

Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry — A Dog and His Master Escape an Unhappy Home

Published 11 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I slept sometimes and had pipe dreams about being out chasing cats into basements and growling at old ladies with black mittens, as a dog was intended to do. Then she would pounce upon me with a lot of that driveling poodle palaver and kiss me on the nose. But what could I do? A dog can't chew cloves. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

326 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

279 ratings

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