Morning Short

Morning Short

71 episodes

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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New!: "The Log" By Guy de Maupassant

Published: March 22, 2017, 4:45 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds

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[Friday Fave]: "The Happy Failure" By Herman Melville

Published: Feb. 10, 2017, 6:24 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 16 seconds

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[70] "The Experimental Couple (and the three offshoots)" by George Ade

Published: Feb. 8, 2017, 6 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 4 seconds

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[Premiere] "Her Lover" By Maxim Gorky

Published: Feb. 6, 2017, 6 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 47 seconds

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[Replay] "After The Race" By James Joyce

Published: Aug. 24, 2016, 7:51 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds

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[66] "The Postmaster" By Rabindranath Tagore

Published: Aug. 22, 2016, 4:41 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 2 seconds

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[Friday Fave] "Is He Living or Is He Dead?" By Mark Twain

Published: Aug. 19, 2016, 4:40 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 51 seconds

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65: "Transients in Arcadia" by O. Henry

Published: Aug. 17, 2016, 4:41 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds

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The Judgment By Franz Kafka [Replay]

Published: Aug. 15, 2016, 3:28 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds

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[Friday Fave] "The Princess & the Puma" By O. Henry

Published: Aug. 12, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds

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64: "The Wreck Of The Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Published: Aug. 10, 2016, 4:27 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds

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51: "Who Was To Blame?" by Anton Chekhov

Published: Aug. 9, 2016, 2:22 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 43 seconds

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63: "My Watch" by Mark Twain

Published: Aug. 8, 2016, 5:12 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 9 seconds

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62: “The Science of Deduction” By Arthur Conan Doyle

Published: Aug. 3, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 38 seconds

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61: "Speed" by Sinclair Lewis

Published: Aug. 1, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 11 seconds

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60: "The Adopted Son" By Guy de Maupassant

Published: July 24, 2016, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds

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59: "In the Pride of His Youth" By Rudyard Kipling

Published: July 24, 2016, 4:07 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 14 seconds

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[Re-run]"The Bird Market" By Anton Chekhov

Published: July 21, 2016, 10:31 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds

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58: "White Magic" By Ella D'Arcy"

Published: April 17, 2016, 10:21 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 41 seconds

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57: "The Girl and the Graft" by O. Henry

Published: April 15, 2016, 9:14 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds

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56: "Some Particulars Concerning a Lion" By Charles Dickens

Published: April 14, 2016, 7:39 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 23 seconds

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55: "The Black Sheep" By Sapper

Published: April 13, 2016, 9:48 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds

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54: 'The Cook of the "Gannet"' by W. W. Jacobs

Published: April 12, 2016, 7:44 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds

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53: "The Piano Next Door" by Elia W. Peattie

Published: April 11, 2016, 5:33 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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52: "The Music Lover" By Henry van Dyke

Published: April 10, 2016, 8:54 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 3 seconds

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50: "The Cobweb" By H.H Munro

Published: April 8, 2016, 8:19 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds

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49: "Following the Fashions" by T.S. Arthur

Published: April 6, 2016, 8:13 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 15 seconds

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48: “The Oversight” By Saki

Published: April 3, 2016, 6:17 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 38 seconds

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47: "Little Annie's Ramble" By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published: April 3, 2016, 6:13 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 8 seconds

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46: “Belhomme’s Beast” By Guy De Maupassant

Published: April 2, 2016, 4:07 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 27 seconds

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"The Hunter Gracchus" By Franz Kafka [45]

Published: March 31, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 49 seconds

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“The Coffee ­House Of Surat” By Leo Tolstoy [44]

Published: March 30, 2016, 7 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 40 seconds

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"Psyche and the Pskyscraper" By O. Henry [43]

Published: March 29, 2016, 4:24 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 50 seconds

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“Skeleton Lake: An Episode In Camp” By Algernon Blackwood [42]

Published: March 28, 2016, 4:32 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 59 seconds

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“A Redeeming Sacrifice” By L.M Montgomery [41]

Published: March 27, 2016, 1:59 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 46 seconds

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“Semper Idem” By Jack London [40]

Published: March 26, 2016, 4:39 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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"The Hunting Of The Snark” By Lewis Carroll [39]

Published: March 25, 2016, 2:38 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 23 seconds

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"Sights From a Steeple" By Nathaniel Hawthorne [38]

Published: March 24, 2016, 3:29 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 29 seconds

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“The Carnivore” By Katherine MacLean [37]

Published: March 23, 2016, 4:33 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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“Et in Sempiternum Pereant” By Charles Williams [36]

Published: March 22, 2016, 6:50 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 15 seconds

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“The Business Man” By Edger Allen Poe [35]

Published: March 21, 2016, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 59 seconds

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"Laura" By Saki [34]

Published: March 20, 2016, 6:18 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 45 seconds

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“The Shooting Party” By Virginia Woolf [33]

Published: March 19, 2016, 7:03 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 1 second

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"La Juanita" By Alice Dunbar-Nelson [32]

Published: March 18, 2016, 7 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 54 seconds

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"The American's Tale" By Arthur Conan Doyle [31]

Published: March 17, 2016, 5:35 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 19 seconds

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“An Intervention” By W.W Jacobs [30]

Published: March 16, 2016, 10:47 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds

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"One Officer, One Man" By Ambrose Bierce [29]

Published: March 15, 2016, 9:17 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 5 seconds

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"The Master-Thief" By The Brothers Grimm [28]

Published: March 14, 2016, 8:47 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 9 seconds

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“Curing A Cold” By Mark Twain [27]

Published: March 13, 2016, 6:58 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes

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"A Mother" By James Joyce [26]

Published: March 12, 2016, 9:17 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 9 seconds

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"An Adventure" by Guy de Maupassant [25]

Published: March 11, 2016, 3:23 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 6 seconds

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"A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud." By Carson McCullers [24]

Published: March 10, 2016, 5:17 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds

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"The Lost Decade" By F. Scott Fitzgerald [23]

Published: March 9, 2016, 7:43 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds

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"The Badge of Policeman O' Roon" by O Henry [22]

Published: March 8, 2016, 7:11 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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"If I Were a Man" By Charlotte Perkins Gilman [21]

Published: March 7, 2016, 9:07 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 56 seconds

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"April Showers" By Edith Wharton [20]

Published: March 6, 2016, 6:08 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 35 seconds

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“The Street” By H.P Lovecraft (Warning - Read Description) [19]

Published: March 5, 2016, 6:44 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 16 seconds

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"Our New House" By Bram Stoker [18]

Published: March 4, 2016, 5:52 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds

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"In The Home Stretch" By Robert Frost [17]

Published: March 3, 2016, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds

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"One Dollar's Worth" By O. Henry [16]

Published: March 2, 2016, 8:43 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds

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"An Egyptian Cigarette" By Kate Chopin [15]

Published: March 1, 2016, 5:02 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 49 seconds

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"The Little Violinist" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich [14]

Published: Feb. 29, 2016, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 29 seconds

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"The Story of Keesh" By Jack London [13]

Published: Feb. 28, 2016, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 19 seconds

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"The Cabman's Story" By Arthur Conan Doyle [10]

Published: Feb. 27, 2016, 6:57 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 36 seconds

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"His Masterpiece" By Banjo Paterson [10]

Published: Feb. 26, 2016, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds

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"The Happy Failure" By Herman Melville [10]

Published: Feb. 25, 2016, 4:51 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds

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"After The Race" By James Joyce [09]

Published: Feb. 24, 2016, 10:09 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds

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"The Judgment" By Franz Kafka [04]

Published: Feb. 19, 2016, 6:27 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds

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02: "Is He Living or Is He Dead?" By Mark Twain

Published: Feb. 17, 2016, 3:19 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 51 seconds

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"Asleep in Armageddon" By Ray Bradbury [01]

Published: Feb. 16, 2016, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 8 seconds

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00: "The Princess & the Puma" By O. Henry

Published: Jan. 6, 2016, 5:30 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds

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