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Reading, Short And Deep #151
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss A Visit From St. Nick by Clement Clarke Moore
Here’s a link to a PDF of the poem.
A Visit From St. Nick, also known as An Account Of A Visit From St. Nick and The Night Before Christmas and ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, was first published in the (Troy, New York) Sentinel on December 23, 1823.
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
Reading, Short And Deep #150
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss Pigs Is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler
Here’s a link to a PDF of the story.
Pigs Is Pigs was first published in the American Illustrated Magazine, September 1905.
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Reading, Short And Deep #149
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss An Apparition by Guy de Maupassant
Here’s a link to a PDF of the story.
An Apparition was first published in French as “Apparition” in Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883.
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Reading, Short And Deep #148
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss Casey At The Bat by Ernest Thayer
Here’s a link to a PDF of the poem.
Casey At The Bat was first published in The Daily Examiner, June 3, 1888.
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Reading, Short And Deep #147
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss The Die-Hard by Alfred Bester
Here’s a link to a PDF of the story.
The Die-Hard was first published in Starburst, 1958.
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Reading, Short And Deep #146
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss The Adventures Of Sherlaw Kombs by Robert Barr
Here’s a link to a PDF of the story.
The Adventures Of Sherlaw Kombs was first published in The Idler, May 1892.
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