Back a hundred years ago, ghoulishness was captured in short stories rather than comic books. Writers like Poe, Shelley, and … More
Tag: classic short stories
Another Great Zoom-Aloud Play!
The Necklace is a cautionary tale written in 1884 by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It tells about a young … More
Saki’s “The Open Window”
Having reacquired my publishing rights to collection of my plays, I’ve just repackaged “The Open Window” and made it available … More
Rikki Tikki Tavi
Originally published by Scholastic, here’s another of my classroom plays getting new life on TeachersPayTeachers! Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling’s classic short … More
Just in Time for Halloween!
Having recently reclaimed my publishing rights from Scholastic for a bank of my classic short story plays, I’m very pleased … More
New Plays and Product Updates
TeachersPayTeachers has grown immensely over the last decade. Back when I first started using it as a secondary market for … More
Two New Plays (and Free Comprehension Stuff, Too!)
A guess you can qualify me as a “Vitamin D Addict.” This time of year, the sun is typically obscured … More
What’s Your Fatal Flaw?
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic short story, The Birth-mark, the main character becomes obsessed with his beautiful wife’s one and only … More
Happy Holidays
Here’s both a holiday treat and an example of how Read Aloud Plays can be adapted to be recorded as … More
When Your Character Gets Questioned
What can you do when your character gets questioned but you’re unable to defend yourself? In my new play in … More
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