Support classic storytelling with litreading+
While I love reading these classic short stories on Litreading, there are costs that I bear personally. For the past two years, I have gladly covered those costs, but the time has come to try and share those with listeners. I considered various ways to accomplish this; straight donations (begging), advertisements (which I personally hate), or membership. Of these a membership offering seemed most palatable.
From now on, I will always make 20 of the most recent stories available free. The remaining archive of stories will be held back for LitReading+ members only. In addition, members will also get at least six special member-only stories every year and some other annual thank you gift each year.
Here is a list of the some of the 50+ classic tales that are only available to members right now:
dramatic/Romantic
The Last Leaf
The Cactus
After Twenty Years
by O. Henry
A Pair of Silk Stockings
The Story of an Hour
by Kate Chopin
Misery
The Looking Glass
by Anton Chekhov
The Man in the Brown Coat
Hands
by Sherwood Anderson
Four Men in a Cave
by Stephen Cranei
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Three Questions
by Leo Tolstoy
The Gospel According to Joan
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Prophet
by Khalil Gibran
Second Best
by D.H. Lawrence
Love in the Night
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dusk
by Saki
The Model Millionaire
by Oscar Wilde
An Angel in Disguise
by T.S. Arthur
Good Souls
by Dorothy Parker
The Idyl of Red Gulch
by Bret Harte
HOLIDAY
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
BY O. HENRY
TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN
BY O. HENRY
CHRISTMAS AT RED BUTTE
BY LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
A KIDNAPPED SANTA CLAUS
BY L. FRANK BAUM
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS OR 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
By Clement Moore?
UNCLE RICHARD'S NEW YEAR DINNER
BY LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
A STOLEN CHRISTMAS
BY MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
Father Forgets
By W. Livingston Larned
Humor
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountY
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut
The McWilliamses And The Burglar Alarm
The Good and the Bad Little BoY
The Million Pound Bank Note
by Mark Twain
Clovis on Parental Responsibilities
by Saki
The Whirligig of Life
by O. Henry
The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished to Do So
by George Ade
Pigs is Pigs
by Ellis Parker Butler
The Reluctant Dragon
by Kenneth Grahame
Thriller/Horror/SciFi
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe
The Damned Thing
The Boarded Window
A Wireless Message
by Ambrose Bierce
Diary of a Madman
by guy de maupassant
Yuki-Onna
by Lafcadio Hearn
The Monkey's Paw
by W.W. Jacobs
Empire of the Ants
by H.G. Wells
An Alpine Divorce
by Robert Barr
Over 50 stories and more
Join Litreading+ today for $5 a month or less and support the production of these classic short stories for listeners around the world (almost 30% of listeners are in India and the Philllipines). Plus you get a dozens of member-only stories with no commercials and more.
Please help us spread these classic tales around the globe with your Litreading+ membership. There is even a 7-day free trial.
P.S. Lest you think I am doing this to make a lot of money, consider this:
To merely break even on my monthly out-of-pocket expenses would require 150 members each and every month at $5 each.