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In A Bad Day For Vermin
For your listening pleasure, here are three stories by the ingenious Keith Laumer from the glorious days of Science Fiction in the early 19…
The Drayman
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 05
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume 5 invites listeners to explore a rich tapestry of American wit through a curated collection of 43 short…
20. Was It Thy Face?
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
15 - Baylor's Mail
In The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus
26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904…
Part 3
In Omnilingual (version 2)
This short story was first written and published in the year 1957, as part of a collection of short science fiction stories in the collectio…
3 - "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural
In Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels
8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody…
Introduction
In The Ten-foot Chain
True love can survive anything. Or can it? Four popular authors were lunching with an editor and the question came up: "What mental and…
04 - Beyond the Door
In Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door
Two early science fiction stories by the wonderful craftsman, Philip K. Dick. In the Crystal Crypt, taken from the 1954 Planet Stories, the …
The Devoted Friend
In The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 3)
A collection of five stories by Oscar Wilde, all incorporating his inimitable style and wit. Sometimes sweet and uplifting, sometimes caust…
08 - HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN
In Just So Stories (version 5)
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So S…
12 - Hickory Dickory Dock
In Mother Goose in Prose (Version 2)
Before he wrote the Oz books, L. Frank Baum wrote this book which was the best selling book of 1897. Taking 22 beloved nursery rhymes, he ex…
Summit
In 5 SF stories by Mack Reynolds
Five Science Fiction stories from the strange mind of Mack Reynolds. Always innovative and interesting, these were published in the early s…
Of All Possible Worlds
In 3 Science Fiction Stories
These are three imaginative SF stories by an author I admire a lot, William Tenn. Venus is a Man's World, (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 19…
The Not Impossible Sheik
In Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, suc…
The Novelette Reader
In Machine-Room Chants
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
The Observers, part 2
In Four Science Fiction Stories by G.L.Vandenburg
G.L.Vandenburg wrote quirky and funny Science Fiction stories for Amazing Science Fiction Stories, and similar magazines in the 1950's. The…
Zen
In 20 Short Science Fiction Stories
Compilation of 20 Science Fiction Short Stories - Summary by Kirk Ziegler
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In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
1 - Watchbird, part 1
In Watchbird
3 Robert Sheckley short stories that demonstrate the breadth of his fantastic imagination. In Watchbird, the question "can machines so…
What's He Doing in There?
In Three Science Fiction Stories by Fritz Leiber
The Moon is Green, Bread Overhead and What's He Doing In There?! Three of the best known and loved Science Fiction short stories by the won…