The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Sometimes titled “The Diamond Necklace” this story is a 3,000 word short story that is often upheld as a tale at, or very near, the pinnacle of ironic fiction. Guy de Maupassant’s short story La Parure is usually given the… Read moreThe Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

The Memory Palace: The Mad Gasser Of Matoon and Edgar Allan Poe’s death-day

One of the cool things about podcasting is that it’s old enought now to have developed it’s own distinct ethos. I’ve mentioned my favorite history podcast on SFFaudio before, it’s called Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History. Carlin takes the dramatic events… Read moreThe Memory Palace: The Mad Gasser Of Matoon and Edgar Allan Poe’s death-day