Short Stories audiobooks

Ideias de Canário e O dicionário - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Tiago Torres

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Um convite à reflexão do leitor: eis o elo comum entre esses dois contos do genial Machado de Assis. Em "Ideias do canário", o narrador e a ave criada em cativeiro discutem possíveis e distintas visões de mundo. Em "O dicionário", o texto apresenta uma crítica mordaz (e atual) do autor à sociedade em todos os aspectos, da política aos... Read more

The Reality Beneath Omnibus

By: SULI Daniel Johnson

Narrated by: SULI Daniel Johnson, Rachel Cheeseman, Adam Der...

Length: 20 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The Reality Beneath Omnibus is a complete collection of short stories and novellas by SULI Daniel Johnson in the style of The Reality Beneath. It contains short sorties from Old Fashion Reality in The Modern World, Going Sideways on Life, Man of the Mansion, The Horror From Another Space, I Heart You, and the first Season of Hitchhiker’s Guide... Read more

Soul Circus

By: Venkat Siddareddy

Narrated by: Kishore Kumar

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

సోల్ సర్కస్ తెలుగులో ప్రశంసలు పొందిన చిన్న కథల సంకలనం. ఈ పుస్తకంలో సాక్షి ఉగాది పురస్కారం పొందిన కథ "పునరుత్థానం", "సోల్ సర్కస్" మరియు గత 3 సంవత్సరాలుగా వెంకట్ సిద్దారెడ్డి రాసిన అనేక ప్రసిద్ధ కథలతో సహా 11 చిన్న కథలు ఉన్నాయి. Read more

Parashuram - Nirbachito Sreshtho 12 : MyStoryGenie Bengali Audiobook Boxset 5

By: Rajshekhar Basu

Narrated by: Bhaktiprasad Adhikari, Ujjyal Chattopadhyay, Ag...

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the leading lights among the Bengal intellectuals of that era, Rajshekhar Basu alias Parashuram (or, Parashurama / Parshuram), served us well with his characteristic humor-coated sarcasm that made fun of the irrationality and deep superstitions that were plaguing the Bengali society of the yore and its people. Yet his writings ring as... Read more

Zekamerone - Geschichten aus dem Gefängnis (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Maxim Znak

Narrated by: Bjarne Mädel & Alice Bota

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In einer auf Zellengröße geschrumpften Welt gewinnt jedes Detail an Bedeutung: die geschriebenen und ungeschriebenen Regeln des Alltags, die offenen und versteckten Erniedrigungen, die großen und kleinen Träume. Pointiert und ironisch, mit bitterem, aber nie verbittertem Humor erzählt Maxim Znak vom Alltag in der belarussischen Gefängniswelt,... Read more

Antuleni Katha

By: Saadat Hasan Manto

Narrated by: Prasanthi

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

ఇది మాంటో యొక్క ఆరు-వాల్యూమ్‌ల సంకలనం, ఇది అతని వ్యాసాల గొప్పతనాన్ని వివరిస్తుంది. మాంటో ఒక ఆలోచన, ఒక విషాదం, ఒక కల్ట్, ఒక అభిరుచి, ఒక బాధ. మంటోపై కేసు పెట్టారు. వారి కథలను అశ్లీలంగా పిలిచేవారు, కానీ అతను తన కళ యొక్క నిజం కోసం పోరాడాలని ఎంచుకున్నాడు. Read more

The Hammer of God

By: G.K. Chesterton

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Will Father Brown discover who killed the well-to-do ne’er-do-well? It appears as though he was stricken with the hammer of God. Is that a thing? G.K. Chesterton is most notable for his creation of Father Brown. This unlooked for, and often unwelcome, detective is actually not a detective. But rather, an individual self-trained to think as... Read more

The Open Boat

By: Stephen Crane

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

After battling the tempestuous sea, four men in a boat finally spy land. But will the process of getting to the land be their undoing? Based upon Crane’s experience of surviving a shipwreck when traveling to Cuba, The Open Boat is an excellent example of literary Naturalism. H.G. Wells considered it “the crown of all [Crane’s] work”. Read more

Nikki

By: Saadat Hasan Manto

Narrated by: Anuradha

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

నిక్కీని తన భర్త ఎప్పుడూ కొట్టేవాడు. అలా దెబ్బలు తిన్న తనలో పేరుకుపోయిన కోపం మరియు ద్వేషం కొత్త ప్రాంతంలో బయటపడటం ప్రారంభించింది. ప్రతిసారి ఇరుగుపొరుగు వారితో గొడవ పడటం ప్రారంభించింది. వారితో గొడవ మొదలుపెట్టి ఆ తర్వాత ఈ నైపుణ్యాన్ని తన వృత్తిగా మార్చుకుంది. గొడవలకి డబ్బులు వసూలు చెయ్యడం మొదలుపెట్టింది కొట్లాటలు, గొడవలు ఆమెరక్తంలో ఎంతగా... Read more

The Superfluous Finger

By: Jacques Futrelle

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Why does a woman demand that a surgeon amputate part of her finger? Jacques Futrelle created a sleuth named Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, known as The Thinking Machine. He’s American, and has many similarities with Sherlock Holmes. For example, he isn’t a policeman, but he works with them on occasion, and he handily summarizes his... Read more

Cool. Awkward. Black.

By: Karen Strong

Narrated by: Tashi Thomas, Langston Darby & Karen Strong

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Real or imaginary, geekdom is where it's at in this multi-genre YA anthology that celebrates "the geek," with stories by some of today's top bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors.

Contributors include Amerie, Kalynn Bayron, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Roseanne A. Brown, Elise Bryant, Tracy Deonn, Desiree S. Evans, Isaac Fitzsimons, Lamar... Read more

The Wendigo

By: Algernon Blackwood

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A monster lurks in the Canadian forests. If the legends are to be believed, a small band of hunters is about to meet the Wendigo. The legend of the Wendigo originates from folk stories from the Plains and Great Lakes Native Americans. The creature is a malevolent spirit, known to possess and even eat humans. Algernon Blackwood crafts this... Read more

A Confirmed Rake

By: Martha Keyes

Narrated by: Ella Lynch & Rupert Degas

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

When Rebecca Russell’s brother marries, she finally has the opportunity she has been dreaming of: to leave the seclusion of her reclusive grandfather’s home and enter into society. But when her inexperience has her making blunders and courting embarrassment, help comes from an unexpected source: the brooding, irritable brother of her chaperone.... Read more

Man-size in Marble

By: Edith Nesbit

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A young couple finds the perfect country cottage with one caveat - it has a horrible legend attached to it. Edith Nesbit wrote under the name E. Nesbit, and is most famous for her stories for children, and has influenced the likes of J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis and P.L. Travers. She wrote over 60 books, including The Railway Children, Five Children... Read more

The Dead Smile

By: F. Marion Crawford

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Sir Hugh takes his secret to the grave with a vicious grin on his lips – a devious grin that is somehow contagious. A master of the short horror story, F. Marion Crawford’s contributions to the genre of supernatural fiction are significant. His collection of short stories, Wandering Ghosts, includes tales of vampires, ghouls, the undead, and... Read more

Jack London: Der Seebauer

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Tim Eriksson

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack London war ein Autor von Abenteuergeschichten, der wusste, wovon er schrieb – denn in seinem nicht allzu langen Leben hat er so ziemlich alles erlebt. Auch als Matrose auf einem Robbenjägerschiff hatte er sich verdingt. Und so kannte er das Leben auf Deck, die oft jahrelangen Reisen, ohne den Heimathafen zu sehen – und all dies verarbeitete... Read more

Jack London: Die Männer von Forty-Mile

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Tim Eriksson

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Männer in Alaska, im Winter. Da gibt es schnell mal Streit, und noch schneller wird ein Duell anberaumt. Malemute Kid jedoch, der Anführer, will das verhindern. Und er weiß auch wie… Read more

Jack London: In fernem Lande

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Tim Eriksson

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Goldrausch in Alaska brachte viele Menschen dazu, ihr bisheriges Leben zurückzulassen und Knall auf Fall nach Norden aufzubrechen. Romantiker, Glücksjäger, Irre? Wer weiß das schon... Allerdings: wohl nie wurde das Schicksal dieser oft völlig unvorbereiteten Abenteurer besser beschrieben als in dieser Geschichte. Read more

Mister Hameeda

By: Saadat Hasan Manto

Narrated by: వర ప్రసాద్

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

పురుషుడిలా ముఖం మీద గడ్డం ఉన్న స్త్రీ గురించి ఈ కథ జరుగుతుంది. రషీద్ ఆమెను మొదటిసారి బస్టాండ్‌లో చూసి ఆశ్చర్యపోయి అతను తన స్పృహ కోల్పోయాడు. రెండోసారి కాలేజీలో ఆమెను చూశాడు. కాలేజీలో అబ్బాయిలు తనని ఎగతాళి చేసేవారు మరియు తన గడ్డం కారణంగా ఆమెకు మిస్టర్ హమీద అని పేరు పెట్టారు. అబ్బాయిల ఈ చర్యలు రషీద్‌కి నచ్చలేదు. అతను హమీదతో స్నేహం చేయడానికి... Read more

Vaasana

By: Saadat Hasan Manto

Narrated by: Kishore Kumar

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

ఇది క్రిస్టియన్ వేశ్యలతో ఒక రాత్రి స్టాండ్ కోసం వెతుకుతున్న ఒక వ్యక్తి గురించిన చిన్న కథ. స్త్రీ వాసనకు చిక్కిన వ్యక్తి కథ ఇది. Read more

Jack London: Das Gesetz des Lebens

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Am langsam ersterbenden Feuer sitzt Koskoosh, der blinde, alte Indianer. Sein Stamm hat ihn zurückgelassen, denn es ist Winter, und Nahrung ist knapp. Doch Koskoosh bleibt nicht lange allein: Ein hungriges Wolfsrudel nähert sich. Hat der alte Mann Kraft für einen letzten Kampf? Diese Kurzgeschichte von Jack London gilt als eines seiner... Read more

Jack London: Der Sohn des Wolfs

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Tim Eriksson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Mackenzie, den alle nur den "Grindigen" nennen, fristet ein hartes Leben im Grenzland des Yukon, wo die Winter hart und entbehrungsreich sind. Eines Tages macht er sich auf die Suche nach einer Frau - und wird ausgerechnet bei der Tochter des Häuptlings eines Indianerstammes fündig... Read more

Jack London: Eine Odyssee des Nordens

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Tim Eriksson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Eine Geschichte aus dem Klondike – jener sagenumwobenen Gegend, wo im Goldrausch des 19. Jahrhunderts viele Abenteuer ihr Glück suchten – und meist das Gegenteil fanden. Vom Meister der Abenteuergeschichte, Jack London. Read more

Un viejo que se pone de pie

By: Eduardo Sacheri

Narrated by: Gustavo Bonfigli

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrada edición de los cuentos de Sacheri.
Los cuentos de Eduardo Sacheri se dieron a conocer a través de la radio y enseguida conquistaron a la audiencia con su extraordinaria pintura de sucesos cotidianos que emocionan y entretienen. Ya en forma de libro, encontraron una acogida multiplicada entre los numerosos lectores que tuvieron... Read more