The Great Stories

Episode 70: The School by Donald Barthelme

Trevor Downey — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:07:22 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The School by Donald Barthelme

Episode 69: The Gospel According To Mark by Jorge Luis Borges

Trevor Downey — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:09:40 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Gospel According To Mark by Jorge Luis Borges

Episode 68: The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Trevor Downey — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 20:00:01 +0000

Trev Downey reads and discusses The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Episode 67: The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen

Trevor Downey — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:11:17 +0000

Trev Downey reads and discusses The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen

Episode 66: Game by Donald Barthelme

Trevor Downey — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:25:55 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Game by Donald Barthelme.

Episode 65: The Color Out Of Space by H P Lovecraft

Trevor Downey — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:10:50 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Color Out Of Space by H P Lovecraft

Episode 64: Reunion by John Cheever

Trevor Downey — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:16:22 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Reunion by John Cheever.

Episode 63: The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor

Trevor Downey — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:49:26 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor

Episode 62: A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

Trevor Downey — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:21:26 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

Episode 61: The Summer People by Shirley Jackson

Trevor Downey — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:44:40 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Summer People by Shirley Jackson.

Episode 60: Korea by John McGahern

Trevor Downey — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 22:09:26 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Korea by John McGahern

Episode 59: Who's-Dead McCarthy by Kevin Barry

Trevor Downey — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 19:18:07 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Who's-Dead McCarthy by Kevin Barry

Episode 58: A Painful Case by James Joyce

Trevor Downey — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:24:18 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Painful Case by James Joyce

Episode 57: Casting The Runes by M R James

Trevor Downey — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:12:16 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Casting The Runes by M R James

Episode 56: The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

Trevor Downey — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:20:25 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

Episode 55: The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Trevor Downey — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:10:47 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Episode 54: The Creature by Edna O'Brien

Trevor Downey — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 19:09:52 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Creature by Edna O'Brien

Episode 53: Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes by J D Salinger

Trevor Downey — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:54:38 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes by J D Salinger

Episode 52: Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell

Trevor Downey — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:48:30 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell

Episode 51: Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang

Trevor Downey — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 19:57:15 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang

Episode 50: Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad by MR James

Trevor Downey — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:56:52 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad by MR James

Episode 49: Sea Oak by George Saunders

Trevor Downey — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:56:03 +0000

Trev Downey reads Sea Oak by George Saunders

Episode 48: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Trevor Downey — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:20:58 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Episode 47: A Cruelty by Kevin Barry

Trevor Downey — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:19:49 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Cruelty by Kevin Barry

Episode 46: Dagon by H P Lovecraft

Trevor Downey — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:20:43 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Dagon by H P Lovecraft

Episode 45: Baster by Jeffrey Eugenides

Trevor Downey — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 21:43:48 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Baster by Jeffrey Eugenides

Episode 44: A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

Trevor Downey — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:14:41 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

Episode 43: To Build A Fire by Jack London

Trevor Downey — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:25:51 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses To Build A Fire by Jack London

Episode 42: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Trevor Downey — Mon, 02 May 2022 21:02:30 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Episode 41: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Trevor Downey — Sun, 01 May 2022 21:14:12 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Episode 40: All You Can Do Is Breathe by Kaaron Warren

Trevor Downey — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:07:45 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses All You Can Do Is Breathe by Kaaron Warren

Episode 39: The Million Pound Bank-Note by Mark Twain

Trevor Downey — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:48:01 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then very briefly reacts to The Million Pound Bank-Note by Mark Twain

Episode 38: Button, Button by Richard Matheson

Trevor Downey — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 20:57:06 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Button, Button by Richard Matheson

Episode 37: My Father's Life by Raymond Carver

Trevor Downey — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:22:47 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses My Father's Life by Raymond Carver

Episode 36: The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Trevor Downey — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 19:05:06 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Episode 35: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K Le Guin

Trevor Downey — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:39:38 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K Le Guin and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Episode 34: Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King

Trevor Downey — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:08:30 +0000

Trev Downey reads Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King

Episode 33: Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

Trevor Downey — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 11:39:07 +0000

Trev Downey reads Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been? by Joyce Carol Oates and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Episode 32: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Trevor Downey — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:46:45 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Episode 31: Cathedral by Raymond Carver

Trevor Downey — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:20:33 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Cathedral by Raymond Carver.

Episode 30: The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

Trevor Downey — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 21:51:37 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

Episode 29: The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov

Trevor Downey — Thu, 27 May 2021 23:02:34 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov

Episode 28: Fjord of Killary by Kevin Barry

Trevor Downey — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 16:31:40 +0000

Trev Downey reads Fjord of Killary by Kevin Barry and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Episode 27: The Dune by Stephen King

Trevor Downey — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:41:41 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Dune by Stephen King

Episode 26: Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler

Trevor Downey — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:35:06 +0000

Trev Downey reads Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Episode 25: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Trevor Downey — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:20:47 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Episode 24: The Dead by James Joyce

Trevor Downey — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:34:51 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Dead by James Joyce in this special feature-length, story-only episode.

Episode 23: The Five Forty Eight by John Cheever

Trevor Downey — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:35:37 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Five Forty Eight by John Cheever and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Episode 22: Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Trevor Downey — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:51:19 +0000

Trev Downey reads Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

The Man In The Black Suit by Stephen King

Trevor Downey — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:15:05 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Man In The Black Suit by Stephen King and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Work by Denis Johnson

Trevor Downey — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 22:48:07 +0000

Trev Downey reads and then discusses Work by Denis Johnson with Neil Poole.

Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

Trevor Downey — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 22:15:30 +0000

Trev Downey reads Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut

Trevor Downey — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:31:16 +0000

trev Downey reads 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

Trevor Downey — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:59:01 +0000

Trev Downey reads I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

The Tower by Marghanita Laski

Trevor Downey — Tue, 05 May 2020 15:36:32 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Tower by Marghanita Laski and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

Trevor Downey — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 21:16:52 +0000

BONUS EPISODE: Trev Downey reads The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe.

A & P by John Updike

Trevor Downey — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:24:04 +0000

Trev Downey reads A & P by John Updike and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf

Trevor Downey — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:03:18 +0000

Trev Downey reads Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

The Lady With The Dog by Anton Chekhov

Trevor Downey — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:02:25 +0000

BONUS EPISODE: Trev Downey reads Anton Chekhov's The Lady With The Dog

Crouch End by Stephen King

Trevor Downey — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 01:11:23 +0000

BONUS EPISODE: Trev Downey reads Stephen King's Crouch End

Emergency by Denis Johnson

Trevor Downey — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:52:34 +0000

Trev Downey reads Emergency by Denis Johnson and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver

Trevor Downey — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:22:46 +0000

Trev Downey reads Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

The Enormous Radio by John Cheever

Trevor Downey — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:45:20 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Enormous Radio by John Cheever and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

The Gift of the Magi by O Henry

Trevor Downey — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 20:13:05 +0000

Trev Downey reads and briefly reflects on The Gift of the Magi by O Henry in this bonus Christmas episode of The Great Stories.

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

Trevor Downey — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:32:06 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle

Trevor Downey — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:11:24 +0000

Trev Downey reads and briefly reacts to Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle.

The Diamond Maker

Trevor Downey — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:17:39 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Diamond Maker by HG Wells and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Eveline by James Joyce

Trevor Downey — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:14:29 +0000

Trev Downey reads Eveline by James Joyce and then discusses the story with Neil Poole.

The Bet by Anton Chekhov

Trevor Downey — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 19:44:20 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Bet by Anton Chekhov and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson

Trevor Downey — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:40:40 +0000

Trev Downey reads The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and then discusses it with Neil Poole.