The Healing Voice
The Healing Voice
Colin WD McLean
Poems, stories, meditations and more. An oasis of calm amidst busy life. We can all benefit from 5 minutes reflection or relaxation - preferably far longer. The Healing Voice is there to allow you to do just that. So, welcome, and relax.Read by Colin WD McLean for The Healing Voice. (See also 'The Healing Voice' Channel on YouTube.com) 
The Blind Spot - short story, by Saki (H H Munro)
Please feel free to send me a text message. What is the cost of a conscience? What tips the balance? Saki is in little doubt (with his tongue firmly in his cheek, of course). Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Jun 8
9 min
The Background - a short story, by Saki (H.H. Munro)
Please feel free to send me a text message. What price a work of art? -oOo- Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Apr 2
7 min
Hydrangeas - a short story, by Duart (in the style of Saki)
Please feel free to send me a text message. When does a grudge end? -oOo- Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Mar 31
4 min
The Reticence of Lady Anne - a short story, by Saki (H.H. Munro)
Please feel free to send me a text message. Tricky business, winning an argument when your opposite number remains challengingly silent. Saki delights as usual. -oOo- Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Mar 30
6 min
The Story-Teller - a short story, by Saki (H.H. Munro)
Please feel free to send me a text message. What's better than a good story to keep children entertained? A better option, it turns out, is an improper story. You have been warned. March 2026 Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Mar 13
12 min
The Interlopers - a short story, by Saki (H.H. Munro)
Please feel free to send me a text message. Might a crisis make you change your long-held views? Will that work out? Let Saki explain .. Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Mar 11
13 min
The Schartz-Metterklume Method - a short story, by Saki
Please feel free to send me a text message. Saki pokes yet more fun at Edwardian society, and children's education in particular. In Lady Carlotta, we meet something of a free spirit in an era of otherwise strict social codes. -oOo- Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Mar 6
11 min
Tobermory - a short story, by Saki
Please feel free to send me a text message. A talking cat? That shouldn't be so very challenging. Surely .. In one of Saki's finest stories the humour and the gentle digs at Edwardian society are very evident. -oOo- Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Mar 5
17 min
The Tell-Tale Heart - a short story, by Edgar Allan Poe
Please feel free to send me a text message. One of Edgar Allan Poe's finest. Certainly one of his best known, if not best loved, short stories. It is a challenge to us to keep a clear conscience .. and a warning as to what befalls us if we cannot. Warning: horror and gory detail; what else should we expect from EAP? -oOo- Support the show Read for The Healing Voice by Colin WD McLean [email protected]
Mar 5
17 min
The Story Of An Hour - a short story, by Kate Chopin
Please feel free to send me a text message. 'The Story of an Hour' is a short story written by Kate Chopin on April 19, 1894. It was originally published in Vogue on December 6, 1894, as "The Dream of an Hour". It was later reprinted in St. Louis Life on January 5, 1895, as "The Story of an Hour". The title of the short story refers to the time elapsed between the moments at which the protagonist, Louise Mallard, hears that her husband, Brently Mallard, is dead, and then discovers that he is...
Feb 17
7 min
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