Fast Asleepwith Gena Marie

240 - After seeing the beauty of 40 springs on campus, this glorious May day was spoiled for the professor by this: "Haven't you noticed . . . how he's losing his grip?" Tuck in for this gentle tale from the Mother-of-American-Drama."

238 - "I've stopped kissing women; it's dangerous." Or has he? Critics called Ms. Chopin's works shocking and immoral. Tuck in and decide for yourself.

237 - ". . . I think I will bring a bouquet of roses to my grave." It's been 40 years since the young boy has tragically passed. Tuck in for this and one other curiously unique story from Colombia’s Nobel Prize-winner.

236 - It was a big, glorious doll house and should have been enjoyed by EVERY little girl -- but Kezia takes care of that. This and one other heartwarming story come straight to you from New Zealand.

235 - Again Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winner William Faulkner awaits you. Are these his own thoughts about women, or is he merely showing us how ugly those gossiping, small town men could get in this particular place and time?

234 - A typical mid-century housewife in a very atypical situation . . . Hold on tight as Ms. Jackson pulls us through her doped up quest to remedy a toothache.

233 - From Dubliners, Joyce's short story collection: Could both tales be about the same woman? In the first, she's young and planning a new life, and in the next tale, she's years older and (perhaps) close to a sudden end.

232 - The first sentence of this week's story: "Yesterday afternoon the six-o'clock bus ran over Miss Bobbit." Mr. Capote gets right to it, doesn't he?

231 - Its true that not every marriage lasts . . . but it's what happens next in this conclusion that makes this tantalizing tale so interesting.  

230 - How could this have happened?  The perfect marriage broken apart by this?   Enjoy the plot twists from Canada's Nobel Prize-winning author.

229 - From perhaps a surprising source, here's a captivating story of love, innocent love.

228 - Said to be the greatest story ever written, here's a romantic tale for your special evening.

227 - A stranger comes to your door asking to revisit his childhood home -- now YOUR home.  Would you let him in? Tuck in and see what happens.

226 - From the "Lost Stories" collection: Unearthed in 2014, this startling find is said to be darker and more sinister than du Maurier's later works.  You decide.

225 - The conclusion: Poor Asbury has come home to the farm to die . . . but will Mother "allow" it?

224 - From "the best book ever to have won the National Book Award" to you: a tale filled with outlandish, morally-flawed southern characters.

223 - From the author: "This story has haunted me for over 20 years . . . be warned of its effect . . ."

222 - Welcoming the New Year,  Australian-style: "They lingered awhile - arms round each other's waists... the two sweethearts of twenty years ago and tonight watched the retreat of the storm."

221 - 'Tis the season for forgiveness.  Will Sherlock Holmes find forgiveness in this adventure? (And what IS a carbuncle anyway?)

220 - Who doesn’t love their grandma? Here’s a tender tale of a fiercely-loving one!

219 - Charles Dickens's Scrooge is not the only character to encounter ghosts at Christmas time.  The prolific Algernon Blackwood brings us this:  ". . . he heard someone come up the stairs behind him . . . a stealthy footstep--the tread of somebody who did not wish to be seen."

218 - "The crops were in, and barn, buttery, and bin were overflowing with the harvest . . . Thanksgiving was at hand, and all must be in order for that time-honored day."

217- A heart-warming seasonal story . . . followed by a different perspective from the Smithsonian Institute

216 - "Its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers."

215 - Mrs. Miller: "Your mother must be insane to let a child like you wander around at all hours of the night . . ."  Miriam: "What difference does that make?  Let me in. It's cold out here and . . ."