The Tales Gates: A Short Story Podcast
Finding time to read can be a chore, but stories need not be limited to the page. Pass through the portal and delve into a short story with The Tales Gate, a podcast dedicated to adapting enchanting short fiction that is just as easy to listen to on a commute as it is in the comfiest armchair.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
30 - The Lost Special
[A privately hired train goes missing en route from Liverpool to Manchester, baffling the public and professionals for eight years.]
"The Lost Special" by Arthur Conan Doyle
Performed and Edited by Jos…
29 - "Across the Moors" and "August Heat"
Two stories for the nonexistent price of one!
Firstly:
[In spite of dreadful stories, a governess is sent across the moors at night to fetch a doctor.]
Followed by:
[An artist and a stonemason, unknown t…
28 - The Gift of the Magi
[A young couple struggle to buy each other Christmas gifts with little money.]
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel
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27 - Keeping His Promise
[A university student, desperate to pass an exam, receives an unexpected visit in the form of an old friend.]
"Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood
Performed by Matthew Penalva
Edited by Joseph We…
26 - Old Esther Dudley
[A devoted old woman maintains the Province House long after the British depart from New England.]
"Old Esther Dudley" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel
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25 - The Deliverers of Their Country
[When their country is beset by a plague of dragons, two siblings set out to bring peace so they can play outside again.]
"The Deliverers of Their Country" by Edith Nesbit
Performed and Edited by Josep…
24 - Dracula's Guest
[A foolhardy Englishman scoffs at superstition and chooses to explore a long-abandoned village.]
Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
Edited by Joseph Wetzel
Performed by Aaron Clark Burstein
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23 - The Box of Robbers
[A little girl left on her own discovers the surprising contents of an old trunk in the attic.]
"The Box of Robbers" by L. Frank Baum
Performed by Kirstin Wolf
Edited by Joseph Wetzel
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22 - Lady Eleanore's Mantle
[A self-important young English woman comes to live in Boston with a relative just before a horrible smallpox outbreak.]
"Lady Eleanore's Mantle" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edited and Performed by Joseph W…
21 - The Last of Squire Ennismore
[A local shares the tale of how a wicked man met his end.]
"The Last of Squire Ennismore" by Charlotte Riddell
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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20 - The Celestial Omnibus
Curiosity is key, and admission is free.
The Celestial Omnibus by E. M. Forster
Directed by Aaron Clark Burstein
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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19 - The Star
"A vast mass of matter it was, bulky, heavy, rushing without warning out of the black mystery of the sky into the radiance of the sun."
The Star by H. G. Wells
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
Foll…
18 - A Dream of Red Hands
"I am not ill, as men call it, though God knows whether there be not worse sicknesses than doctors know of."
A Dream of Red Hands by Bram Stoker
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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17 - The Empty House
"Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil."
The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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16 - The Remarkable Rocket
Who knew a firework could be so smug?
The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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Story suggestions welcome!
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15 - The Most Dangerous Game
Keep your dark, ominous islands to yourself.
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Performed by Aaron Clark Burstein and Joseph Wetzel
Edited by Joseph Wetzel
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14 - The Glass Dog
I think the true moral of any fairy tale is simply that people shouldn't be trusted with magic.
The Glass Dog by L. Frank Baum
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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13 - The Masque of the Red Death
Disease is no joke.
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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Story suggestions welcome!
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12 - In The Year 2889
What might the world of tomorrow hold?
In the Year 2889 by "Jules" Verne
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
Additional voices by Michael Wetzel and Matthew Penalva
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11 - What Was It?
Moving into a haunted building? What could go wrong?
What Was It? by Fitz James O'Brien
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
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