Thu, 31 May 2007
Thu, May 31 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #743 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare. Today's tale concerns the terrible influence those new-fangled phonograph players have on young people -- 'Boys and Talking Machines.' Time: approx six and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Wed, 30 May 2007
Wed, May 30 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #742 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare.  Today we find out what you can do when you corner the market in sawdust and molasses in 'A Breakfast Story.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Tue, 29 May 2007
Tue, May 29 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #741 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare. Today we offer a truly looney tale about a miserly millionaire 'seeing the light' in 'The Story of Jacob Holtite.' Time: approx eight and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Mon, 28 May 2007
on, May 28 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #740 Charles Battell Loomis's 1905 collection, 'I've Been Thinking,' offers a nice variety of very short stories for those times when you only have a moment or two to spare. Today, we have a charming and fun tale of an afflicted father and a devoted daughter we call 'The Piano.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Sun, 27 May 2007
Sun, May 27 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #739 Concluding our Monday Book Serialization with Max Adeler's 1880 novelette, 'Fortunate Island,' concerning an American professor and his daughter, carrying advanced 19th century technology, stranded on a mysterious island filled with castles, knights, and descendants of King Arthur's Kingdom. If this sounds to you a bit like Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court,' well, it also seemed so to Max Adeler... Today we offer the complete final part, Chapter Four, 'How the Professor Went Home' wherein there is a pursuit, a gunshot, the voice of an oracle, a swordfight, and a thrilling rescue! Time: approx eighteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html The Max Adeler Fortunate Island Catalog is at: http://ronevry.com/Fortunate_Island_Serialized.html |
Sat, 26 May 2007
Sat, May 26 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #738 Mr. Spoopendyke makes plans for his funeral after slipping in the ice in the 1881 story, 'A Serious Accident' by Stanley Huntley. Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 25 May 2007
Fri, May 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #737 Mr. Bowser decides to become a 'benefactor of mankind' in 'Bowser's Consumption Cure' by C. B. Lewis, from 1902. Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Thu, 24 May 2007
Thu, May 24 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #736 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' A young man deals with the harsh realities of cut-throat competition in 'Business Ethics' by Redfield Ingalls. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Thu, 24 May 2007
Wed, May 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #735 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' Today, a poet connects with a lonely young woman in a park, in 'The Idyl.' Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 23 May 2007
Wed, May 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #734 Once again this week, we will be reading from the old Life Magazine's 1916 contest winners collection of the best 'Shortest Stories' featured in 'Short Stories from Life.' Today we offer a touching story of an accused criminal and his dog -- 'The Bad Man' by Harry C. Goodwin Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
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