60 acast.com Love Lit – Classic and Original Love Stories https://shows.acast.com/lovelit en Don McDonald love, short fiction, literary fiction, relationships, longing, devotion, desire, illusion, obsession, sacrifice, intimacy, human connection, emotional storytelling, classic short stories, modern short fiction Don McDonald The Stories Continue on LitReading


It turns out my enthusiasm for starting podcasts exceeded my ability to keep up with them. A familiar story. I may have narrated it.


LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there.


LoveLit’s stories are part of the LitReading collection, alongside literary classics, humor, mystery, suspense, and original fiction. Come for the romance. Stay for whatever catches your heart—or your curiosity.


Narrated by Don McDonald. Still a romantic. Finally learning to count his commitments.

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It turns out my enthusiasm for starting podcasts exceeded my ability to keep up with them. A familiar story. I may have narrated it.


LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there.


LoveLit’s stories are part of the LitReading collection, alongside literary classics, humor, mystery, suspense, and original fiction. Come for the romance. Stay for whatever catches your heart—or your curiosity.


Narrated by Don McDonald. Still a romantic. Finally learning to count his commitments.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> false Don McDonald info+695c45633edf36b790241489@mg-eu.acast.com 695c45633edf36b790241489 lovelit episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1767654657096-73bcc0a0-9479-411d-88db-a18409c9046d.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/lovelit Love Lit – Classic and Original Love Stories 453e39e0-02b8-11f1-9d11-09ffc82f6448 In My Dreams – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald In My Dreams – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:30:08 GMT 23:18 698f97e0d6c27a06bb8207be false https://shows.acast.com/lovelit/episodes/in-my-dreams-an-original-short-story-by-don-mcdonald 698f97e0d6c27a06bb8207be 695c45633edf36b790241489 in-my-dreams-an-original-short-story-by-don-mcdonald Love Lost, Forgotten, and Rediscovered full Here is a quiet story about love that arrives too late, and lingers in unexpected ways.

About two people who find each other where they never expected to meet.

And what it means to hold on, even when you know you can’t.

Please check out our other short story universes are shortstoryverses.com

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

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]]> Here is a quiet story about love that arrives too late, and lingers in unexpected ways.

About two people who find each other where they never expected to meet.

And what it means to hold on, even when you know you can’t.

Please check out our other short story universes are shortstoryverses.com

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Hills Like White Elephants – A Classic Short Story by Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White Elephants – A Classic Short Story by Ernest Hemingway Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:26:06 GMT 11:46 6983ab5e37d752e9a35d149a false https://shows.acast.com/lovelit/episodes/hills-like-white-elephants-a-classic-short-story-by-ernest-h 6983ab5e37d752e9a35d149a 695c45633edf36b790241489 hills-like-white-elephants-a-classic-short-story-by-ernest-h Love Tested by an Unspoken Challenge full This is a story about love under pressure.

About what can be said, what cannot, and how silence itself becomes an argument.

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

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]]> This is a story about love under pressure.

About what can be said, what cannot, and how silence itself becomes an argument.

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

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]]> Love in the Night – A Classic Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald Love in the Night – A Classic Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:13:34 GMT 36:23 6983a86e37d752e9a35c3782 false https://shows.acast.com/lovelit/episodes/love-in-the-night-a-classic-short-story-by-f-scott-fitzgeral 6983a86e37d752e9a35c3782 695c45633edf36b790241489 love-in-the-night-a-classic-short-story-by-f-scott-fitzgeral Romance Often Fails to Last full This is a story about connection without a future.

A brief intimacy that means more because it cannot last—and lingers longer than it should.

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

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]]> This is a story about connection without a future.

A brief intimacy that means more because it cannot last—and lingers longer than it should.

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Araby – A Classic Short Story by James Joyce Araby – A Classic Short Story by James Joyce Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:06:18 GMT 14:45 6983a6baa678f65f01be0c03 false https://shows.acast.com/lovelit/episodes/araby-a-classic-short-story-by-james-joyce 6983a6baa678f65f01be0c03 695c45633edf36b790241489 araby-a-classic-short-story-by-james-joyce First Love, First Disappointment full This is a story about the first time longing feels like destiny—and the moment it doesn’t.

About what happens when love exists mostly in imagination, and reality refuses to cooperate

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

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]]> This is a story about the first time longing feels like destiny—and the moment it doesn’t.

About what happens when love exists mostly in imagination, and reality refuses to cooperate

LoveLit is no longer adding stories. You’ll find these same tales of love, along with my latest narrations, on LitReading—where it all started. Search for LitReading in your podcast app and follow the show there

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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