Easy Stories in English

Francis's mother dies, and his father gets very sad. One day, Francis's father starts making pancakes. Francis loves the pancakes, so his dad makes bigger and bigger pancakes. But maybe they're too big... Today's story is The Pancake Man. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Pancake for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Drama. Vocabulary: Pancake, Frying pan, Flip, At first, Giant, Sick of so...

A woman keeps ending up in bad relationships. A businessman works so hard he has heart problems. A young man killed his friend by drunk driving and now he can't stop drinking. All three of them are lost. All three of them go to drive. They go to the place where all roads lead: the labyrinth. Today's story is The Labyrinth. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Labyrinth for the full transcript. Level: Pr...

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You have nowhere else to go. Beth left. Kai attacked. Faruq crashed. You hid. So one day, you go to that place you've heard about, where you can buy a certain drug. It's a crazy idea, but maybe you'll feel less lonely. Your cat is your only friend left, after all. Today's story is The Hunt. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Hunt for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Science Fiction. Vo...

Rory has always wanted a pet, but his parents don't like animals. When Rory finishes university, he decides to get a pet. First, he gets a dog, but then things start going wrong... Today's story is The Perfect Pet. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Pet for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Horror. Vocabulary: Mean (unkind), Allergy, Social, Bite, Pee, Covered in, Scratch, Guinea pig, Lock,...

In the beginning, there were two brother gods, Kimesh and Musesh. Kimesh created the planets with loud fire, and Musesh created the plants and animals with calm thought. Everything was fine for a while, until Kimesh decided the world needed some more colour... Today's story is Why Blood is Red. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/BloodRed for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Myths &...

Doggo and Kitty want to be like the adults, and adults put on clothes when they go outside. But there's a problem: Doggo and Kitty's clothes are dirty! Well, they'll just have to do laundry. That should be simple, right? Today's story is Doggo and Kitty Do Their Laundry. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/LaundryL4 for the full transcript. This is a levelled-up version of a story. To listen to the beg...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Goldilocks goes into the forest and gets lost. She finds a house with porridge by the window, and it smells so good... The old man who lives there would want her to go and eat it, wouldn't he? Today's story is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Bears for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Vocabu...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Every day, the lord of the castle goes hunting and Gawain stays in bed, bantering with the beautiful lady. Each night, Gawain and the lord exchange their 'gains' for the day. But Gawain cannot stop worrying about meeting the Green Knight, and when the lady offers him help, he can't resist... Today's story is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Thi...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table live peacefully at Camelot. But on New Year's eve, a terrible knight rides into the castle, made entirely of green. He gives them a challenge: a man must come and attack him with his axe, and if the Green Knight survives, he will attack the man in a year and a day. Arthur's nephew, Gawain, accepts...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Kandata was an evil thief when was alive, and now he lives in Hell. Buddha remembers a time when Kandata did good, and decides to give him a chance to show that he isn't truly evil. Will Kandata become good, or is he simply a bad person? Today's story is The Spider's Thread. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/SpiderL2 for the full transcript. Level...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Two women come to the king with a baby. Both say that the baby is theirs. Who is the real mother? The king must decide. Today's story is Whose Child Is It?. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Whose for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Philosophical. Vocabulary: Whose, Give birth, Midwife, Breastfeed, Lie, Smother, Adviser, Split in two,...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === One day, God came down and took all life from earth. Except humans. But how can you survive in a world without life? Today's story is The End. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/End for the full transcript. Level: Advanced. Genre: Fantasy. Vocabulary: Buzzard, Intentional, Bioregionalism, Cathartic, Cymbals, Horizon, Millennium, Curl up, Solace, Ro...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Angeline and Annabelle are a classic sister act. Annabelle writes the songs and they sing together, but Angeline gets all the compliments. When a music producer offers a deal to Annabelle, she realises she can't let the opportunity go. But what starts as a harmonious collaboration soon turns into a discordant nightmare... Today's story is Siste...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === In this episode, I present the story I won second prize with in the 2022 Summer Reflex Fiction flash fiction competition, and I also talk about my recent ADHD diagnosis. Today's story is I Bet I Could Taste It. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Taste for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Science Fiction. Vocabulary: Low-frequency, A...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === King Herla is fighting a war against the Saxons and winning. A group of dwarves comes to his wedding and makes a deal with him: if they can come to his wedding, then in the future the king will go to the dwarf king's wedding. He thinks the dwarves will give them amazing gifts, but he doesn't know the risk he's taking... Today's story is The Las...

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === One day, a young man called Anders hears his brother say, 'Oh, those scary stories make me shudder!' 'I wonder what it means to shudder?' Anders thinks, and he goes out on a journey to find out. Today's story is The Boy Who Knew No Fear. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/FearL1 for the full transcript. This is a levelled-down version of a pre-inte...

Hector is a snail, so of course he's very slow. But he dreams of becoming fast. He decides to find a wizard and ask the wizard to swap his body with an ostrich's. What could go wrong? Well, a lot, actually... Today's story is Hector the Snail. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Snail for the full transcript and PDF. Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. New Vocabulary: Snail, Snail trail, Wizard, Swap,...

The war is raging on, and the government needs a part from her wheelchair. The only problem is, her wheelchair is now a part of her body. And she's illegally modified it. Today's story is The Digital Fugitive. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Digital for the full transcript and PDF. Level: Advanced. Genre: Science Fiction. New Vocabulary: Fugitive, Nerve endings, Powerchair, Cog, Prosthetic, Middle...

A young man called Arran hates eating his vegetables. One day, his mother locks him out. Arran finds a house with a strange old woman inside, and a dog that talks. Will he find his way home, and will he discover the secret of the house? Today's story is The Turnip Princess. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Turnip for the full transcript and PDF. Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. New Vocabulary: Tu...

God is trying to make humans, but something is wrong. His calculations look right, but the humans are staying babies for fifty years. What is the problem? Today's story is His Latest Experiment. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Experiment for the full transcript and PDF. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Science Fiction. New Vocabulary: Graduate, Move on, Economy, Drag (art), Gender, Heartwarming, Aft...

The North Wind and the Sun are always arguing about what true power is. Does power come from strength, or from kindness? So the North Wind challenges the Sun to a competition to see who is right. Today's story is The North Wind and the Sun. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/WindL2 for the full transcript and PDF. You can listen to the beginner-level version of this story at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/W...

Harold has terrible luck. Bus shelters collapse on him, he makes his dates vomit, and no matter how many good-luck charms he wears, his luck won't change. So he decides that this New Year's Eve, he's going to follow every tradition and superstition in the world, to see if he can change his luck around. Today's story is A Lucky New Year. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Year for the full transcript a...

Easy Stories in English is back! But there are a few changes: There will only be a new episode once a fortnight (once every two weeks) I am stopping teaching I am going to start scripting the conversation section instead of improvising it The email newsletter will just contain information about new episodes and other news I am changing the content of the Patreon levels For all the details, check o...

Update from 04/06/2022: The podcast is returning! Listen out for an official announcement on 14th June. Today's episode is voiced by John Rayment. You can find him on Twitter here. Transcript Welcome to Easy Stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from OK to Good, and from Good to Great. I am not Ariel Goodbody. I'm Ariel's friend, John. I'm recording this message for Ariel, be...