31 episodes

Finding time to read can be a chore, but stories need not be limited to the page. Pass through the portal and delve into a short story with The Tales Gate, a podcast dedicated to adapting enchanting short fiction that is just as easy to listen to on a commute as it is in the comfiest armchair.

The Tales Gates: A Short Story Podcast Joseph Wetzel

    • Fiction
    • 5.0 • 6 Ratings

Finding time to read can be a chore, but stories need not be limited to the page. Pass through the portal and delve into a short story with The Tales Gate, a podcast dedicated to adapting enchanting short fiction that is just as easy to listen to on a commute as it is in the comfiest armchair.

    30 - The Lost Special

    30 - The Lost Special

    [A privately hired train goes missing en route from Liverpool to Manchester, baffling the public and professionals for eight years.]

    "The Lost Special" by Arthur Conan Doyle
    Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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    • 50 min
    29 - "Across the Moors" and "August Heat"

    29 - "Across the Moors" and "August Heat"

    Two stories for the nonexistent price of one!

    Firstly:
    [In spite of dreadful stories, a governess is sent across the moors at night to fetch a doctor.]

    Followed by:
    [An artist and a stonemason, unknown to one another, unconsciously predict each other's grave futures.]

    "Across the Moors" and "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey
    Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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    • 28 min
    28 - The Gift of the Magi

    28 - The Gift of the Magi

    [A young couple struggle to buy each other Christmas gifts with little money.]

    "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
    Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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    • 17 min
    27 - Keeping His Promise

    27 - Keeping His Promise

    [A university student, desperate to pass an exam, receives an unexpected visit in the form of an old friend.]

    "Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood
    Performed by Matthew Penalva
    Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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    • 41 min
    26 - Old Esther Dudley

    26 - Old Esther Dudley

    [A devoted old woman maintains the Province House long after the British depart from New England.]

    "Old Esther Dudley" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
    Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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    • 34 min
    25 - The Deliverers of Their Country

    25 - The Deliverers of Their Country

    [When their country is beset by a plague of dragons, two siblings set out to bring peace so they can play outside again.]

    "The Deliverers of Their Country" by Edith Nesbit
    Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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    • 36 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

MikePretzels ,

Amazing Sound Design and Quality

I’m writing this after having listened to all four episodes of the show and I absolutely love the sound effects and voices Joseph does for all of these. I look forward to these every time they come out!

Rye256 ,

Excellent substance and delivery!

I thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural episode of The Tales Gate. An aural feast! I look forward to future Tales. Excellent!

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