Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs nationwide. More than 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear spellbinding tales read aloud by an assortment of terrific actors.
By turns funny, moving, romantic, and surreal, each of the tales on this magical lineup is filled with unexpected twists and turns. Stephen Colbert performs Ray Bradbury’s tale about a room that can take one anywhere in the world—sometimes with dangerous consequences. From a romance between a mermaid and an imp to a wonderful ghost story about a trinket with terrible powers, this eclectic collection also features narratives by W. W. Jacobs, Andrew Lam, Saki, and T. C. Boyle as well as performances by John Lithgow, James Naughton, Daniel Gerroll, and René Auberjonois.
01 Andrew Lam's "The Palmist", performed by James Naughton
02 Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt", performed by Stephen Colbert
03 W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw", performed by John Lithgow
04 Saki's "The Occasional Garden", performed by Daniel Gerroll
05 Donald Barthelme's "The Balloon", performed by Maria Tucci
06 Kevin Brockmeier's "The Year of Silence", performed by Anthony Rapp
07 Jonathan Safran Foer's "The Sixth Borough", performed by Jerry Zaks
08 Aimee Bender's "Drunken Mimi", performed by Bernadette Quigley
09 Haruki Murakami's "The Little Green Monster", performed by Dana Ivey
10 T. C. Boyle's "Swept Away", performed by René Auberjonois
Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs nationwide. More than 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear spellbinding tales read aloud by an assortment of terrific actors.
By turns funny, moving, romantic, and surreal, each of the tales on this magical lineup is filled with unexpected twists and turns. Stephen Colbert performs Ray Bradbury’s tale about a room that can take one anywhere in the world—sometimes with dangerous consequences. From a romance between a mermaid and an imp to a wonderful ghost story about a trinket with terrible powers, this eclectic collection also features narratives by W. W. Jacobs, Andrew Lam, Saki, and T. C. Boyle as well as performances by John Lithgow, James Naughton, Daniel Gerroll, and René Auberjonois.
01 Andrew Lam's "The Palmist", performed by James Naughton
02 Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt", performed by Stephen Colbert
03 W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw", performed by John Lithgow
04 Saki's "The Occasional Garden", performed by Daniel Gerroll
05 Donald Barthelme's "The Balloon", performed by Maria Tucci
06 Kevin Brockmeier's "The Year of Silence", performed by Anthony Rapp
07 Jonathan Safran Foer's "The Sixth Borough", performed by Jerry Zaks
08 Aimee Bender's "Drunken Mimi", performed by Bernadette Quigley
09 Haruki Murakami's "The Little Green Monster", performed by Dana Ivey
10 T. C. Boyle's "Swept Away", performed by René Auberjonois