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A Cathedral Courtship

Read by Ric F

Kate Douglas Wiggin

An romantic comedy. A pretty young American girls tours English Cathedrals, with her very blue-blooded Aunt. Then boy meets girl. Boy chases…

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Read by Ric F

Charles Dickens

The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time, (better known as The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain) is a novella …

42 - F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian

In The Titan

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

Theodore Dreiser

Cowperwood moves to Chicago with his new wife Aileen. He decides to take over the street-railway system. He bankrupts several opponents with…

The Idyl By Joseph F. Whelan

In Short Stories From Life

Read by Richard Stibbard

Various

Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maxi…

Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard

In The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1

Read by Ric F

Edgar Allan Poe

This, the first of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 8 of his short stories as well as reflections, critiques, and eulogies by othe…

06 - Andy Foger Will Contest

In Tom Swift and His Sky Racer

Read by Ric F

Victor Appleton

A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but hi…

01 - Byzantium

In The Byzantine Empire

Read by Ric F

Charles William Chadwick Oman

Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was …