Category: Bedtime Stories
a collection of every bedtime story I’ve read on my site — doesn’t include the poetry podcast.
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Koschei the Deathless
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading Koschei the Deathless. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my own stories or even…
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Short Christmas Stories : I Gotta Idee by Elsie Singmaster
If you’re looking for short Christmas Stories, check out I Gotta Idee by Elsie Singmaster in this episode of The Best Christmas Stories: Featured download: learn how to write your own Christmas Story based on thematic protagonism a la Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
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My First Christmas Tree by Hamlin Garland
My First Christmas Tree by Hamlin Garland is today’s Best Christmas Story. Featured download: learn how to write your own Christmas Story based on thematic protagonism a la Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
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Christmas at Orchard House by Louisa May Alcott
If you’re curious about what Christmas looked like at Orchard House in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, you should check out this episode of The Best Christmas Stories: Featured download: learn how to write your own Christmas Story based on thematic protagonism a la Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
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Season 3 Coming Up + Best Scary Stories
Season 3 announcement about the best stories series — both the best stories for Christmas and the best stories for Halloween:
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The Monkey’s Paw Short Story by W.W. Jacobs
The Monkey’s Paw short story by W. W. Jacobs is next up in our Best Scary Stories for Halloween: Featured download: to get the full text of The Monkey’s Paw short story, click here.
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The Flayed Hand by Guy Maupassant
Guy Maupassant wrote a short story called The Flayed Hand which we’re reading for the Best Scary Stories for Halloween: Featured Download: for the full text of this Guy Maupassant short story, click here.
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More of the Best Stories Coming Soon!
Quick announcement about the best stories series — both the best stories for Christmas and the best stories for Halloween:
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Edgar Allen Poe The Raven
Edgar Allen Poe The Raven is one of the stories I’m reading for this years Best Scary Stories for Halloween: Featured Download: To get the whole text, click here.
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The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service
The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service is one of the stories I’m reading for this years Best Scary Stories for Halloween: Featured Download: To get the whole text, click here.
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Small Stories for Kids: SCARY DRESS UP by 8-year-old Harry Neuenschwander
It was a cold night when suddenly Jack heard something. So he went downstairs. “It was coming from the kitchen,” he said as he walked in. Then he screamed and ran out of the kitchen. “Ahhh!” But it was actually his big brother Sam dressing as a ghost. “I just wanted to scare you so…
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Why I, an Adult, Believe in Santa by Lancelot Schaubert
Why I, an Adult, Believe in Santa is an article I wrote four years ago and it seemed fitting to read for The Best Christmas Stories because it’s something of a meta-story about Christmas in general — particularly the mythos of Santa and why that’s a good thing: