Morning Short

Enjoy a new, curated short story every episode. We hand-pick 15-25 minute short stories from a pool of award-winning fiction writers. Then we turn them into to mini audiobooks that improve any commute, workout, or walk in the park. Read by professional narrators.

Every day is a different story. One morning we might bring you a sci-fi thriller by the legendary Ray Bradbury, and the next morning might be a Sherlock Holmes detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle. Romance? We’ve got it. Narrative poetry? We’ve got that too. Mystery and ghost stories? You bet!

|Who listens to Morning Short?| Entire families. Budding writers, poets, and and authors. Immigrants trying to learn English, or improve their listening comprehension. Startup CEOs. You name it! Enjoy our fictional stories today.

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Update frequency: every day
Average duration: 17 minutes
Episodes: 71
Years Active: 2016 - 2017

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New!: "The Log" By Guy de Maupassant

Today’s episode is: A fantastic short story about love and lust by Guy de Maupassant, the french master of short fiction. This is an odd, enjoyable little story, worthy of a few minutes of your day.

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00:11:55 | Wed 22 Mar 2017

[Friday Fave]: "The Happy Failure" By Herman Melville

Today’s episode is: a Friday replay of a wonderful story on success and morality by Herman Melville. This first aired early last year. Melville is best-known for his sea tale "Moby Dick", so it's apt…

00:21:16 | Fri 10 Feb 2017

[70] "The Experimental Couple (and the three offshoots)" by George Ade

Today’s episode is: A story by George Ade, a classic American humorist. Ade was a born-and-bred Midwesterner, working from a home in Chicago, Illinois, and his humor (including in this story) often d…

00:07:04 | Wed 08 Feb 2017

[Premiere] "Her Lover" By Maxim Gorky

Morning Short is back, with a third season of amazing curated short stories!

Today’s episode is: A story written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky, who created the socialist-realism literatary style.

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00:13:47 | Mon 06 Feb 2017

[Replay] "After The Race" By James Joyce

Today’s episode is: A flashy short story by James Joyce from his collection “Dubliners”.

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00:15:26 | Wed 24 Aug 2016

[66] "The Postmaster" By Rabindranath Tagore

Today’s episode is: A story by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. This is the first Indian story we've featured, and it's a great one.

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00:15:02 | Mon 22 Aug 2016

[Friday Fave] "Is He Living or Is He Dead?" By Mark Twain

Today's Story Is: A brilliant tale by Satirist Mark Twain about a few starving painters, and how they pulled off the trick of the century.

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00:21:51 | Fri 19 Aug 2016

65: "Transients in Arcadia" by O. Henry

Today’s episode is: A classic double-twist tale by O Henry, the king of the short story. This story is very similar to one of Henry's most famous stories, "The Gift of the Magi". It's uplifting, and …

00:15:15 | Wed 17 Aug 2016