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Hosted by iHeartPodcasts · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 67 episodes
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Want to hear some entertaining stories but don't have a lot of time? Here's your ticket to ride. The Ten-Minute Storyteller arrives packed with humor, pathos, humanity, and originality… in ten minutes or less. All stories written and narrated by Bill Simpson, an acclaimed novelist who has, after many years in the kitchen, perfected the short short story.
iHeartPodcasts hosts The Ten-Minute Storyteller, a fiction show with 67 episodes published.
This week we meet Will. Will finds a dead body in the small park where he walks his dog every morning. The dead body has a story. A tragic, gruesome story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week we meet Pat. Pat got fed up with America. For any number of reasons. The politics. The stress. His marriage. So Pat split. Headed to Portugal. A nice little beach town on the coast. Where life could not be swee
This week we meet Bob. All Bob has ever wanted to be is retired. Retirement: the act of leaving one’s job and ceasing work. Forever. Yup, that’s been Bob’s ambition all along. And now he’s finally made it. See omnystudio
This week we meet Jerry. Jerry’s been arrested. Jerry’s in jail. For something he insists he didn’t do. But humans are not designed to readily admit their bad choices and screw-ups. It’s a bit of a design flaw. Jerry’s b
This week we meet Jane. Jane’s been kind of overlooked her whole life. A combination of mediocre looks and a rather flat personality has left Jane long buried in the middle of the wood pile. But she has plans, big plans,
This week we meet Stan. Stan’s an old-timer, living out the tail end. But he still remembers the glory days. When he was full of the usual piss and vinegar. Stan longs for one more rodeo. His wife long deceased, Stan wou
This week we meet Annette. Annette has had a lifelong love affair with America, though she has only ever viewed America from afar. From afar things can seem so tidy and perfect. Like a star through a telescope. All the b
This week we meet Storm. Storm is a serious deep sea fisherman. A passionate deep sea fisherman. Even if it’s only his hobby. Even if he only gets to do his thing a few days each year. Storm has the boat, the tackle, and
This week we meet Zeb. Zeb has it all: plenty of dough, lots of high end real estate and snazzy cars, a gorgeous wife, good lookin kids. But Zeb has a problem. A very serious problem. A problem that’s been festering for
This week we meet Thomas. As in the Biblical Doubting Thomas, who had some concerns about The Resurrection. Like a lot of us, Thomas raced into adulthood and left his youth behind. Including his religious upbringing. He
This week we meet Claude. Claude is your average, run-of-the-mill, middle-aged guy with a middle management job. Like millions of his brethren, Claude has a spouse and kids. He owns a house. And a couple cars. And a dog.
This week we meet Joey. Joey’s in a bit of a pickle, got himself stuck in the jar with the lid screwed on tight, and he’s not at all sure how to extricate himself. It was all fun and good times for a while, well, for a v
This week we meet Dan. Dan has reached the top of the heap. He stands atop the Citadel. Dan is a very powerful guy. The most powerful guy around. Dan has untold legions who hang on his every word. Who love to death is fi
This week we meet Shelia. She’s had it up to her eyeballs with her two-timing husband. A liar and a serial cheater. But she can’t think about that right now. The house has been invaded by yellow jackets. Can’t think abou
This week we meet Joe. Joe’s not really enjoying life. Joe’s stuck. In a sort of emotional quicksand. He can’t pull himself out. Doesn’t know what to do or where to turn. Joe blames his confinement on his wife, his kids,
This week we meet Guy. Guy needs underwear. Heads for the mall. Where some white kids get tangled up with some black kids. The N-word careens around the food court. One kid pushes another kid. Fists fly. Blood spills. Th
This week we meet Sara. And her father, Judge Sammy Deleto. Sara has been raped. Or so she says. The Judge is aghast. Appalled. Angry. And even more so when he finds out the rapist was... my God... Black. His Anger turns
This week we meet Sock. Every evening Sock and various companions meet at the park to go for a walk and discourse on a variety of lofty topics. On this particular evening, cold and blustery, it appears it will only be So
This week we meet Jake. Cold and windy at the summit, but Jake's determined to make one last run. His buds say no way, done for the day, but Jake moves to the beat of his own drummer. He leaves the warmth and camaraderie
This week we meet Dick. Dick’s at wit’s end. Bill Monroe owes Patrolman Dick Benson ten grand. Has owed the police officer ten grand for nearly two years. Dick wants his dough. And more than wants it, Dick needs it. For
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The Ten-Minute Storyteller is hosted by iHeartPodcasts. The show is categorised under fiction (society) and has published 67 episodes.
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