The Rips – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald

The Rips – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald

From LitReading - Classic Short Stories by Short Storyverses

March 17, 2026 · 32 min

About this episode

The episode features an original short story by Don McDonald that explores unsettling experiences in familiar spaces.

There are things we expect from the world. Walls stay still. Rooms hold their shape. The spaces we live in behave. And when they don’t, we look for explanations. Old houses settle. Pipes shift. Light plays tricks. But sometimes the world doesn’t explain itself. When an answer can’t be seen, that doesn’t mean there isn’t one. There is something. Something all too real. Something beyond frightening. This story is being presented on Litreading for limited time to help build the audience for its eventual primary home, New Tales Told part of Short Storyverses . New Tales Told is made up of totally original modern stories written with the feel of classic short stories (suitable for all ages). There are now fourteen original stories so please check start listening and subscribing to New Tales Told . On Apple Podcasts it is part of the Short Storyverses Channel. We are expanding our universe of short story podcasts on our new podcast channel, Short StoryVerses . Listen to some of Don's new, original short stories on the "New Tales Told" podcast. Look it up on your favorite podcast player. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Don McDonald, Don

Topics covered

  • original short story
  • fiction
  • classic short stories
  • horror

Keywords

  • Don McDonald
  • New Tales Told
  • Short Storyverses
  • podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Products: New Tales Told

Books & works: The Rips, New Tales Told, Short Storyverses

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