Stories for the Soul

a podcast from John Gardiner

John Gardiner paints vivid emotional images with words…. hear from the Canadian short story writer as he reads some of his favourite unpublished work from over the years.

Produced by Mitch Graszat

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Waiting for Winter

An old man in a nursing home waits for fall to pass into winter one last time….

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The Temporary Bartender

A disconsolate middle-aged man drops into a bar on a sunny, summer afternoon and ends up helping out until a strange calamity occurs….

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The Renaissance Man

A young boy on the edge of becoming a man meets an intriguing young woman…

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The Bike

A boy gets his first bike, learns to ride on a cinder track and ends up in the race of the century…

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Once in a Lifetime

A man walks back into his past life on a clear, cool April evening….

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Nowheresville

A teenage boy, with exploding hormones, has a wonderful Friday night when a stranger drops by the party he’s at…

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Nothing is Forever

A aged man is able to offer sage words of advice to one of his grandchildren….

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No Turning Back

A middle-aged man looks in a mirror and sees his father looking back, making him realize that life is a one-way street….

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Night to Remember

Memories of the days gone by come for a visit one evening and it becomes a night to remember…

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Jammin’

Remembering the old band days when the music really seemed to matter….

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Brothers

An aging man flies across the ocean to visit the grave of his older brother who died in the war many years earlier…

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Going the Distance

The main character gets more than he bargained for while hitchhiking to a friend’s….

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And It Was Christmas

A down-and-out man helps a wayward child on Christmas Eve, reminding him of a Christmas Eve long ago…

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