Real Twilight Zone vibes for this week's commute-sized episode! The First One by Herbert D. Kastle featuring the story of a family man returning from an incredible adventure to his home town.

Episode 11 - The Crystal Egg by H.G. Wells

Aug 26th, 2021 49m 18s

I. Love. Science Fiction. So this week I'm featuring the granddaddy of SciFi crunchy goodness, H.G. Wells and what totally feels like a precursor to his famous War of the Worlds story in The Crystal Egg originally published in Pearson's Magaz

Episode 10 - How Watson Learned The Trick by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Aug 19th, 2021 4m 50s

The absolute shortest Sherlock Holmes and Watson story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for this week's episode. Originally written in June 1924 to be included in Queen Mary's Doll House. Search for pictures, it's truly incredible... Extra s

Episode 9 - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

Aug 12th, 2021 16m 4s

Today's episode is a dramtic reading of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. Reading this when I was younger, this was the first real bit of writing where I got a taste of what real lunacy might feel like. Great short story and I remain fa

Episode 8 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

Aug 5th, 2021 25m 39s

Today, I'm taking you back to my 9th grade english class (shout out to Capital High School in Olympia,WA!) for Civil War Veteran and Author Ambrose Bierce's short tale of an interminable moment in time.

Episode 7 - Hunted Down by Charles Dickens

Jul 29th, 2021 1h 1m

Murder most foul! Mystery and intrique flow through this short detective story by Dickens. Could the villian be the sinisterly named Mr. Julius Slinkton?! I might even go a step beyond villian and declare him to be both a cad AND a bounder w

Episode 6 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

Jul 15th, 2021 22m 42s

Real tear jerker this week. I love Oscar Wilde and this early story of his carries the emotional weight that he's able to write so well. This short story was originally published in The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy

Episode 5 - The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain

Jul 8th, 2021 56m 18s

Mr. Samuel Langhorne Clemens AKA Mark Twain's time to shine! This week's short story selection is the basis for many stage and screen adaptations out there including Brewster's Millions and elements of Trading Places. Some excellent turn-of-t

Episode 4 - Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft

Jun 30th, 2021 17m 54s

Terrible person, great storyteller. That's H.P. in a nutshell. By request, here's a more bite-size edition of Tall Man, Short Stories for those short commuters I'm so envious of... I present this early entry into Lovecraft's cosmic horror oe

Episode 3 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jun 24th, 2021 1h 6m

Want to consider the concept of mortality in a new and frightening way? This weeks's short story selection is 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Collier's Magazine on May

Episode 2 - All In The Mind by Gene L. Henderson

Jun 17th, 2021 50m 14s

Some good old fashioned brain-in-a-jar level science fiction this week! Originally published in If Worlds of Science Fiction April 1954 by Gene L. Henderson. When does life begin? A well-known book says 'forty'. A well-known radio program sa

Episode 1 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Jun 9th, 2021 1h 1m

Sit back and enjoy the first flight of Tall Man, Short Stories! This first episode is the retelling of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell (Also published as The Hounds of Zaroff) originally published in Collier's on January 19th, 1924.

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