James Thurber

In a cold, gloomy castle where all the clocks have stopped, a wicked Duke amuses himself by finding new and fiendish ways of rejecting the suitors for his niece, the good and beautiful Princess Saralinda.

My father was in the hospital and every night when I visited him, I read aloud to him. James Thurber. And one night he said "you really should do that on your show," and I said "Dad, it's a television newscast. I'd love to, but how could it possibly fit?" And he said "How often have I ever suggested anything for your shows?" And I remembered that he never had. But I also reminded him that there were things like copyrights and bills, to which he said...

This 2007 Audie Award finalist features more than three hours of some of the greatest shorts stories of all time. • James Thurber's "The Night the Ghost Got In" performed by Isaiah Sheffer Comic Mayhem is unleashed when a family hears a ghost in the night... and calls in the police. • Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever" performed by Maria Tucci Two women reflect on romance and intrigue, long ago in Rome. • Jack London's "Make Westing" performed...

Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's one wish.

In The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, best-selling author Tony Hillerman and mystery expert Otto Penzler present an unparalleled treasury of American suspense fiction that every fan will cherish. Offering the finest examples from all reaches of the genre, this collection charts the mystery's eminent history from the turn-of-the-century puzzles of Futrelle, to the seminal pulp fiction of Hammett and Chandler, to the mystery story's rise...

A mild-mannered mouse who imagines himself to be a number of daredevil heroes in the whimsical adaptation of James Thurber's short story. It's a fantasy tale the entire family.