Short stories, classic and new, told by Don McDonald. LitReading is home to nearly all of them, with Readastorus for young listeners and Season's Readings for the holidays.
Podcasts
LitReading - Original Short Stories and Classic Tales
Visit Page Readastorus - Classic Children's Stories
Visit Page Season's Readings – Christmas Stories and Holiday Tales
Visit Page Recent Episodes
Nov. 10, 2026
The Great American Pie Company by Ellis Parker Butler — A Pie Company Finds a Recipe for Endless Profit
Two Pie Peddlers Scheme to Corner the American Dessert
Nov. 9, 2026
My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock — A Nervous Man Tries to Open a Bank Account
A Serious Case of Bankophobia
Nov. 8, 2026
The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain — A Penniless Man Is Handed a Million-Pound Note
A Penniless Man and a Preposterous Note
Nov. 7, 2026
Scotty Briggs and the Clergyman by Mark Twain — A Frontier Funeral Goes Spectacularly Off Script
Frontier slang meets the King's English
Nov. 6, 2026
Eve’s Diary by Mark Twain — The First Woman Explains Love, Beauty and Adam
Genesis, She Said
Recent Blog Posts
Nov. 7, 2026
Too Many Doors
Back in July I promised you a post every week. Then I went quiet. So much for weekly. Let’s try that again. A while back, I had what I thought was a pretty good idea. Give every kind of story its own podcast. FRIGHTLY! for the scary ones, HumorUs f…