Enjoy a new, curated short story every episode. We hand-pick 15-25 minute short stories from a pool of award-winning fiction writers. Then we turn them into to mini audiobooks that improve any commute, workout, or walk in the park. Read by professional narrators.Every day is a different story. One morning we might bring you a sci-fi thriller by the legendary Ray Bradbury, and the next morning might be a Sherlock Holmes detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle. Romance? We’ve got it. Narrative poetry? We’ve got that too. Mystery and ghost stories? You bet!|Who listens to Morning Short?| Entire families. Budding writers, poets, and and authors. Immigrants trying to learn English, or improve their listening comprehension. Startup CEOs. You name it! Enjoy our fictional stories today.
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2017-03-22 | Today’s episode is: A fantastic short story about love and lust by Guy de Maupassant, the french master of short fiction. This is an odd, enjoyable little story, worthy of a few minutes of your day.Learn more:http://listen.morningshort.comDiscuss:http:... |
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2017-02-10 | Today’s episode is: a Friday replay of a wonderful story on success and morality by Herman Melville. This first aired early last year. Melville is best-known for his sea tale "Moby Dick", so it's apt that this short story takes place on a smaller body ... |
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2017-02-08 |
[70] "The Experimental Couple (and the three offshoots)" by George Ade Today’s episode is: A story by George Ade, a classic American humorist. Ade was a born-and-bred Midwesterner, working from a home in Chicago, Illinois, and his humor (including in this story) often draws from his life, and his hometown.Learn more:http:... |
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2017-02-06 | Morning Short is back, with a third season of amazing curated short stories!Today’s episode is:A story written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky, who created the socialist-realism literatary style.Learn more:http://listen.morningshort.com - Discuss:htt... |
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2016-08-24 | Today’s episode is: A flashy short story by James Joyce from his collection“Dubliners”.Learn more:http://listen.morningshort.comStory Genres: Fiction, Modernist, Avant-Garde, Famous books by this author: Ulysses Dubliners And many others.-----What is M... |
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2016-08-22 | Today’s episode is: A story by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. This is the first Indian story we've featured, and it's a great one.Learn more:http://listen.morningshort.com - Discuss:http://reddit.com/r/morningshortMore Context:This is a familiar... |
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2016-08-19 | Today's Story Is: A brilliant tale by Satirist Mark Twain about a few starving painters, and how they pulled off the trick of the century.Get your daily dose of fiction via email. Sign Up Athttp://Share.MorningShort.com.Morning Short is a daily podcast... |
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2016-08-17 | Today’s episode is: A classic double-twist tale by O Henry, the king of the short story. This story is very similar to one of Henry's most famous stories, "The Gift of the Magi". It's uplifting, and an absolute pleasure to listen to.Learn more:http://l... |
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2016-08-15 | Today’s episode is: A replay of Franz Kafka's off-the-wall crazy story of a groom-to-be, his imposing father, and his "friend in Russia".An amazing, perplexing story by German author franz Kafka. This story still confounds critics to this day.Learn mor... |
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2016-08-12 | This is a Friday Favorite. Each Friday we share one of our favorite stories from our archives.This Friday Favorite Is: A romantic western/cowboy tale by O. Henry.Learn more:http://listen.morningshort.comStory Genres: Romance, cowboy, western.Famous sho... |
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