Short Stories audiobooks

The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Vol. 2

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 15 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and their vast number. Raymond Carver once said, “It is... Read more

The Complete Stories of Anton Chekhov, Vol. 1

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and their vast number. Raymond Carver once said, “It is not... Read more

Joe Ledger: The Missing Files

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this collection of five short stories, Jonathan Maberry fills in the blanks in his action-thriller Joe Ledger novels.CountdownIn this prequel to Patient Zero, meet Joe Ledger, Baltimore PD, attached to a Homeland Security task force … who’s about to get a serious promotion.Zero ToleranceZero Tolerance picks up a few weeks after the close of... Read more

Tales of Majipoor

By: Robert Silverberg

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven stories of Majipoor from science fiction grand master Robert SilverbergHailed as "one of the most fully realized worlds of modern science fiction" (Booklist), Majipoor is a planet unlike any other, with countless untold stories. Now, available for the first time in one volume, Silverberg presents seven tales that chronicle thousands of... Read more

Man Riding West

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

No one tells tales of the frontier better than Louis L’Amour, who portrays the human side of westward expansion—the good and the bad—before the days of law and order. Here is one of the stories penned by America’s favorite Western author with its text restored to the state of its initial publication in the magazine West in 1950.It starts out... Read more

The Lion Hunter and the Lady

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

No one describes the adventures of the lone cowboy better than Louis L’Amour, who portrays the human side of the Old West before the days of law and order. Here is one of Louis L’Amour’s short stories, with text restored according to the state of its initial publication.In “The Lion Hunter and the Lady,” the lion hunter is called Cat Morgan... Read more

Coyote Tales

By: Jim Bihyeh

Narrated by: Cayenne Chris Conroy

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Wide Reeds, Arizona, is a small town on the Navajo reservation that you won't find on any tourist map. The people who live there keep their secrets, their dreams, and their fears to themselves. But when a stranger with gold and turquoise eyes hitchhikes into town, the people of Wide Reeds learn that their secrets are no longer safe. Coyote... Read more

The Raven and Selected Short Stories

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki & Bronson Pinchot

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The title work in this collection of twelve short stories and poems is widely regarded as the most famous of Edgar Allan Poe's writings. This unsettling tale in verse tells of a man's slow descent into madness as he mourns the loss of his lover. The mysterious visit of a talking raven that utters only one word sparks the man's steady decline.Now... Read more

Mark Twain’s Mystery Tales

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Robin Field & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Mark Twain is a master of adventure, mystery, and wit. This collection, containing three tales of mystery, offers a healthy dose of each—and more! In Tom Sawyer, Detective, a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer Abroad, take a ride down the Mississippi to Uncle Silas’ farm. Mark Twain’s... Read more

Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain

By: Lucia Perillo

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning debut from an award-winning poetPopulating a small town in the Pacific Northwest, the characters in Lucia Perillo's story collection all resist giving the world what it expects of them—and are surprised when the world comes roaring back. An addict trapped in a country house becomes obsessed with vacuum cleaners and the people who... Read more

Tales from the Fire Zone

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of five diverse and highly entertaining short stories, straight from the ingenious imagination of New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, includes one story written exclusively for Blackstone Audio.Adventure of the Greenbrier GhostStarring Sherlock Holmes, this tale is based on a real-life ghost story from West... Read more

Hungry Tales

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry presents a quirky collection of stories starring a whole cast of the ever-popular undead—including one story written exclusively for Blackstone Audio.Calling DeathA nonviolent zombie story set in AppalachiaChokepointA semi-sequel to Dead of Night in which four army reservists are assigned to... Read more

Liar Liar

By: the Liars Club

Narrated by: various narrators, Ray Porter, Mirron Willis, R...

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Liar ['l─½-╔Ör] (n): 1. A person who tells lies. 2. A writer."Lying is essential to good storytelling. Daily, we writers sit at our computers—or legal tablets or Underwoods—and write down a bunch of untruths, piling one on top of the other, page after paltering page. We compound them, massage them, edit them, spin them, cut-and-paste them, until... Read more

Collected Stories

By: Lewis Shiner

Narrated by: multivoice, David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabriell...

Length: 20 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Collected Stories is the definitive compilation of Lewis Shiner's short work, featuring over forty stories voiced by top narrators in the business. Contents include:Introduction, read by Karen Joy Fowler "Perfidia," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Stuff of Dreams," read by John Rubinstein "The War at Home," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Straws," read by... Read more

Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box

By: Mystery Writers of America & Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: various narrators, William Dufris, Karen White,...

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of The Mystery Box.With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one... Read more

Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold

By: Mystery Writers of America, Jeffery Deaver & Ra...

Narrated by: various narrators, Tom Weiner, Stephen R. Thorn...

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected by Jeffrey Deaver and Raymond Benson, this is a collection of mystery/thriller short stories from some of today's top writers.Nuclear brinksmanship, psychological warfare, spies, double agents, femmes fatales, and dead drops…The Cold War—a terrifying time when nuclear war between the world's two superpowers was an ever-present threat,... Read more

The Cage Keeper, and Other Stories

By: Andre Dubus

Narrated by: Andre Dubus

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Passion and betrayal, violent desperation, ambivalent love that hinges on hatred, and the quest for acceptance by those who stand on the edge of society—these are the hard-hitting themes of a stunningly crafted first collection of stories by the bestselling author of House of Sand and Fog.In the title story, a vigilant young man working in a... Read more

No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories

By: Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: Armando Durán, Roxanne Hernandez, Marcelo Tuber...

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in "spare, unpretentious…picturesque prose" (Library Journal)Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and... Read more

A Death in Kitchawank, and Other Stories

By: T. C. Boyle

Narrated by: T. C. Boyle

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

T. C. Boyle is one of the most renowned storytellers of the modern era. This collection of fourteen stories drifts effortlessly between myth and reality, encompassing a panorama of human emotions. In "The Marlbane Manchester Musser Award," Boyle reveals a writer's dismay when a simple trip is turned upside down by a stranger. "Los Gigantes"... Read more

Two Illuminating Stories

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Though known for his classic novels of adventure and coming of age, Mark Twain is equally esteemed for his short stories, which abound with the colorful characters and often comic antics readers have come to expect from his longer works. Included here are two of his most beloved short stories: "The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to... Read more

Eveline

By: James Joyce

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"Eveline" is a short story from James Joyce's classic Dubliners. Nineteen-year-old Eveline has decided to leave home, but her future journey may not be all that she hopes.Like other stories in Dubliners, "Eveline" offers a penetrating analysis of Dublin society, especially its stagnation and paralysis. Each story incorporates epiphanies, by... Read more

The Selfish Giant

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Diane Havens

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A perennial classic that is sure to inspire a new generation of parents and childrenAfter seven years, the Giant has nothing left to say to his friend, the Cornish ogre, and so he returns home to his castle—only to find that in his absence, the children have been playing in his beautiful garden.At once the selfish Giant builds a high wall to... Read more

Beyond Lies the Wub

By: Philip K. Dick

Narrated by: Mark Turetsky

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Published shortly after his high school graduation, "Beyond Lies the Wub" is the classic short story by science fiction master Philip K. Dick.Peterson, a crew member from a spaceship visiting Mars, purchases a giant, pig-like creature called a wub. Although Captain Franco means to make a meal of the strange beast, the wub proves to be likeable... Read more

Mountain Man

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard, the first story in his most commercially successful seriesA comedic western, "Mountain Man" is about the tall tales and big adventures of Brekenridge Elkins, an exaggerated, cartoonish version of Howard himself. The story first appeared in the March–April 1934 issue of Action Stories and was so popular... Read more