Short Stories audiobooks

Angela

By: W. S. Gilbert

Narrated by: Cameron Stewart

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the sweet story of a paralyzed man in Venice, who sees out of his window a young girl across the way. Unbeknownst to her, she brightens his days over the course of several years, and he begins to fall in love with her. One day he throws out a flower into the canal between them to say "good morning" and she responds in kind. They still... Read more

Araby

By: James Joyce

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A teenage boy falls in love with his friend's sister and must finagle a trip to a bazaar at nearby Araby to win her heart. But will it be that easy? Read more

Between the Thames and the Tiber

By: Ted Riccardi

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson traverse the British Isles and the Italian peninsula in a rousing new series of adventures. After a thrilling jaunt in the Far East, Holmes and Watson return to England to address an inheritance left by one of Watson's relatives in Cornwall, half of which he gave to his dear friend, Sherlock Holmes. Financially... Read more

Bullfighting

By: Roddy Doyle

Narrated by: Lorcan Cranitch

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following for his wry wit, his uncanny ear, and his ability to fully capture the hearts of his characters. Bullfighting, his second collection of stories, offers thirteen bittersweet takes on men and middle-age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today. Moving from classrooms to local pubs to bullrings, these tales... Read more

Cousin William

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Kate Fenton

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin comes the short tale about a grown-up girl named Mary who finds good company with her cousin William—until the townspeople get to talking. Read more

Five by Fitzgerald

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot & Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are five stories from one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century: Head and Shoulders, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. Read more

Give Me Your Heart

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by: various narrators, Angela Brazil, Susan Boyce, ...

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The need for love—obsessive, self-destructive, unpredictable—takes us to forbidden places, as in the chilling world of Give Me Your Heart, a new collection of stories by the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates. In the suspenseful "Strip Poker," a reckless adolescent girl must find a way of turning the tables on a gathering of increasingly threatening... Read more

Great Classic Family Favorites

By: various authors

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This inspiring anthology collects enduring and entertaining stories that have enthralled young and old, by the cherished authors whose tales have captivated children for generations. Perfect for the family car trip or at-home listening, these recordings sparkle with the wit and wonder of time-tested storytelling. This audio recording includes: -... Read more

Great Classic Horror

By: various authors

Narrated by: Geraint Wyn Davies

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Feel the breathtaking tingle of suspense. Share the captivating horror of the supernatural in these six complete stories presented by a masterful reader.This audio recording includes:- “A Watcher by the Dead” by Ambrose Bierce—A corpse brings death, dereliction, and madness to those who would play with it.- “The Body-Snatchers” by Robert Louis... Read more

Great Classic Mysteries

By: various authors

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Enjoy the great detectives of the Golden Age of classic mysteries in this unique collection of audio whodunits. Newly recorded for this original anthology, the crimes, criminals, and sleuths depicted here set the standard for decades to come, and remain as entertaining today as they were when first published. This collection includes the... Read more

Great Classic Science Fiction

By: various authors, H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinba...

Narrated by: various narrators, Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenbl...

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science-fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories. This collection includes the following stories: "The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells—A man must... Read more

Great Classic Stories II

By: various authors

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This wonderful collection of short stories includes work by some of literature’s most treasured names, with inspired readings by gifted actors.This superlative treasury includes the following stories: “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by John Chancer“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Robert Fass“Cousin... Read more

Great Classic Suspense

By: various authors

Narrated by: Geraint Wyn Davies

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Immerse yourself. Savor the best storytelling from the greatest authors of the supernatural. The haunting language and brilliant renditions create an extraordinary atmosphere.This audio recording includes the following suspense-filled classics:“Ethan Brand” by Nathaniel Hawthorne—A lime-burner and his young son encounter the man searching for... Read more

Let’s Get Lost

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Lawrence Block

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Lawrence Block's seventeen Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the world—along with a bevy of awards including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe, and the Maltese Falcon. But Scudder has starred in short fiction as well, and here's one example.Matthew Scudder reminisces of his uniformed days and of the night... Read more

Looking for David

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Lawrence Block

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Lawrence Block's seventeen Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the world—along with a bevy of awards including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe (Germany), and the Maltese Falcon (Japan). But Scudder has starred in short fiction as well, and here's one example! A twenty-five-year-old cold case of art theft... Read more

Mick Ballou Looks at the Blank Screen

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Lawrence Block

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Lawrence Block's seventeen Matthew Scudder novels have won fans throughout the world—along with a bevy of awards, including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe (Germany), and the Maltese Falcon (Japan). But Scudder has starred in short fiction as well, and in this one, Matthew Scudder and his wife Elaine visit their good friend, Mick... Read more

Mr. Mulliner Speaking

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In the bar-parlor of the Angler's Rest, a bucolic English pub, Mr. Mulliner tells his amazing tales, holding the assembled company of pints of stout and whiskeys and splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Here you can discover what happened to the man who gave up smoking, share a frisson when the butler delivers something squishy on a silver... Read more

One Last Night at Grogan’s

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Lawrence Block

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Lawrence Block’s seventeen Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the world—along with a bevy of awards including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe, and the Maltese Falcon. But Scudder has starred in short fiction as well. “One Last Night at Grogan’s” was the final nightcap story that Block penned for the... Read more

Poe’s Detective

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Allan Poe is the undisputed originator of the detective story. His brilliant, imaginative sleuth C. Auguste Dupin set the stage for eccentric, logic wielding investigators like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. This audio collection of Poe’s three Dupin stories also includes one non-Dupin detective tale, “Thou Art the Man.” It features... Read more

Runaway

By: Alice Munro

Narrated by: Kymberly Dakin

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The incomparable Alice Munro’s bestselling and rapturously acclaimed Runaway is a book of extraordinary stories about women of all ages and circumstances—and about love and its infinite betrayals and surprises.The runaway of the title story is a young woman who is incapable of leaving her husband. In “Passion,” a country girl emerging into the... Read more

Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Evil

By: Donald Thomas

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are five stunning novellas featuring the great detective, by the acknowledged master of Sherlockian pastiche.In these five tales of intellectual derring-do, Sherlock Holmes is shown at the height of his powers. He cooperates with a young Winston Churchill in the famed Siege of Sydney Street, helps defeat a plan for a German invasion... Read more

The Maples Stories

By: John Updike

Narrated by: Peter Van Norden

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Collected together for the first time on audio, these eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career form a luminous chronicle of the life and times of one marriage in all its rich emotional complexity. In 1956, Updike published a story, "Snowing in Greenwich Village," about a young couple, Joan and Richard Maple, at the beginning of... Read more

The Museum of Dr. Moses

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by: Laura Hicks & Robert Fass

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Joyce Carol Oates explores with bloodcurdling insight the ties that bind—or worse.In “The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza” a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in “Suicide Watch” must... Read more

The Night and the Music: A Matthew Scudder Story

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Lawrence Block

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the world—along with a bevy of awards. But Scudder has starred in short fiction as well, and here’s one example! This Matthew Scudder vignette was originally written for a New York City jazz festival program. Read more