Short Stories audiobooks

My Enemy and Myself

By: Vincent O'Sullivan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish-American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction.

"My Enemy and Myself" is a superbly sinister and gory tale of insanity, a love triangle, revenge, murder and supernatural retribution. Read more

The Speck on the Lens

By: John Kendrick Bangs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was a popular American author, editor and satirist. 'The Speck on the Lens' is the story of an occulist who is approached by an unusual character holding a strange tin box. He introduces himself as the inventor of a special telescopic device with very unusual properties...but it is accessible only to someone with... Read more

Easy Reading for ESL Students: Book 3

By: Johnny Bread

Narrated by: Matt Armstrong

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Easy Reading for ESL Students: Book 3 is a comprehensive reader designed especially for intermediate and advanced students of English as a Second Language. The book was developed and tested by full-time teachers of English. There are twelve stories accompanied by comprehension, vocabulary, speaking and writing exercises. The stories are short... Read more

Welcome Thieves

By: Sean Beaudoin

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Humor with a touch of the bittersweet is the hallmark of Welcome Thieves, the adult fiction debut of acclaimed young adult author Sean Beaudoin. Edgy and profane, angry, bemused, and sardonic, these stories offer the listener a gallery of unforgettable characters—misfits, losers, fighters, dreamers—all of them variations on a central theme:... Read more

The Reindeer Clue

By: Ellery Queen

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Previously part of a collection, this rare Ellery Queen mystery is available as a stand-alone audiobook for the first time. Read more

The Ancient Minstrel

By: Jim Harrison

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Xe Sands & Keith Szarabajka

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison is one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics. In The Ancient Minstrel, Harrison delivers three novellas that highlight his phenomenal range as a writer, shot through with his trademark wit and keen insight into the human condition.Harrison has tremendous fun... Read more

Just So Stories

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Matt Stewart

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Written to be listened to, these humorous tales were bedtime stories Kipling first told to his eldest child, Effie. Read more

Snow White & Other Tales

By: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm & Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Nicki White & Matt Stewart

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of short stories from the Brothers Grimm and Rudyard Kipling. Read more

Wedding Anniversary

By: Ellery Queen

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Previously part of a collection, this rare Ellery Queen mystery is available as a stand-alone audiobook for the first time.In “Wedding Anniversary,” Ellery returns to Wrightsville just in time to witness the poisoning of his kindly host, the jeweler Ernst Bauenfel. To solve the puzzle of Ernst’s death, Ellery must carefully analyze the dying... Read more

22 Dead Little Bodies and Other Stories

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Steve Worsley

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD comes the short novel: 22 DEAD LITTLE BODIES, plus two short stories: STRAMASH and DI STEEL'S BAD HEIR DAY, and a novella: THE 45% HANGOVER, all featuring his most popular characters – DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel. They say ‘small is... Read more

Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories

By: Andrea Camilleri

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 17 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series comes twenty-one short stories spanning the beloved detective’s career.Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels. In Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his... Read more

The Dolls' Castle

By: Henry Chapman Mercer

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was, amongst other things, an eccentric archaologist, historian, architect, antiquarian collector and author of Gothic horror stories very much after the fashion of M. R. James.

'The Dolls' Castle' is the creepy story of a haunted house with a sinister past which uses old, rotting dolls to lure unwary children... Read more

Twenty-Minute Stories

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Over 50 great classic short stories, each around 20 minutes in length - perfect for short journeys, bedtime listening and those moments in between....

'The Khitmatgar' by B. M. Croker
'The Mummy of Thompson Pratt' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
'The Ghost at the Blue Dragon' by William J. Wintle
'A Tropical Horror' by William Hope... Read more

The Baumoff Explosive

By: William Hope Hodgson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction stories.

'The Baumoff Explosive' (sometimes known as 'Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani') was first published in 1919. This story is one of Hodgson's most powerful and disturbing and is especially relevant... Read more

The Adventure of the German Student

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist, Dark Romantic, and prolific short story writer.

'The Adventure of the German Student' is a ghost story set during the French Revolution. A young German student who is depressed and lonely has a recurrent dream about a beautiful female face. He begins to obsess over the features day and... Read more

Castle Valley

By: Henry Chapman Mercer

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was an American short story writer, archeologist, artifact collector, tile maker, and designer of an extraordinary castle in Pennsylvania called Fonthill.

'Castle Valley' tells the strange supernatural tale of an artist who gazes into an old crystal and sees a vision of a beautiful Gothic castle, with which he... Read more

The Ghost in the Chair

By: Lettice Galbraith

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Lettice Galbraith is as mysterious as the stories she wrote. She appeared on the literary scene in 1893 with a rash of short stories and one novel, published another story four years later, and then disappeared without a trace. Yet despite the brevity of her presence on the literary stage, her supernatural stories have remained popular to this... Read more

Absolute Evil

By: Julian Hawthorne

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories.

Absolute Evil is an extraordinary werewolf story. A young spinster goes on an adventurous summer vacation on a... Read more

The Legend

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930.

'The Legend' is the story of a mysterious stranger who has been brought into hospital after being found collapsed in a park. As the man is destitute and in need of... Read more

Soundbites

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A sumptuous collection of over 60 short stories by some of the world's greatest writers.

'The Hoop' by Fedor Sologub
'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry
'The Man Who Hated Aspidistras' by W. F. Harvey
'The Conjurer' by Richard Middleton
'The End of a Show' by Barry Pain
'The Devil of the Marsh' by H. B. Marriott-Watson
'The First of... Read more

A Tropical Horror

By: William Hope Hodgson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author of horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are set on the ocean. He became one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. He died in World War I at age 40.

'A... Read more

Thirty-Minute Stories

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A spectacular collection of outstanding half-hour short stories...perfect for commuters or bedtime listening.

'The Whistle' by Hugh Walpole
'The Well' by W. W. Jacobs
'The Scrupulous Father' by George Gissing
'The Debt' by Edith Wharton
'The Problem of the Five Marks' by Melville Davisson Post
'The Purple Wig' by G. K.... Read more

Absolute Zero

By: Morgan Robertson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Morgan Andrew Robertson (1861-1915) was a popular American author of short stories and novels who claimed to have been the inventor of the periscope.

'Absolute Zero' is a strange supernatural story about two marine artists who are friends and who work in adjoining studios. The younger of the two has been working on a strange painting for some... Read more

An Uncommon View of it

By: W. C. Morrow

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

William Chambers Morrow (1854-1923) was an American author famed for his short stories of horror and suspense.

'An Uncommon View of It' is the story of a man who has discovered that his wife is having an affair with his best friend. He decides that one thing is clear...he must have his revenge. He will kill them both and then commit suicide.

But... Read more