Short Stories audiobooks

The Cold Embrace

By: Mary E. Braddon

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) was a British Victorian-era novelist famous for her sensationalist writing.

"The Cold Embrace" is a ghost story about a pair of lovers who promise to be true to each other. The young man declares he will even return from beyond the grave to be with his lover, but she declares that only a suicide can do this, as... Read more

The Ticking of the Clock

By: Louisa Baldwin

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Louisa Baldwin (1845-1925) was a British author of popular Victorian ghost stories. She spent much of her adult life as a bedridden invalid. Her hatred of idleness, combined with her imagination, led her to write. Her son was Stanley Baldwin, who became the British prime minister.

'The Ticking of the Clock' is a touching tale of a grandfather and... Read more

The Gull

By: F. Anstey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) was an English novelist and journalist who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

"The Gull" is a strange tale about a man whose sweetheart, on setting sail for Guernsey one evening, romantically promises him that if she should die, she will return to him as a white dove.

Next morning he awakes to... Read more

Unlikely Stories

By: Edith Wharton, Richard Middleton & Hugh Walpole

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 21 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping collection of weird and fantastical stories of supernatural and unbelievable happenings.

"Pomegranate Seed" by Edith Wharton
"The Tiger" by Hugh Walpole
"When I Was Dead" by Vincent O'Sullivan
"The Fire" by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
"Satan's Circus" by Eleanor Smith
"The Coffin Merchant" by Richard Middleton
... Read more

The Network

By: Luke Delaney

Narrated by: Robin Bowerman

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A chilling short story taking us back to DI Sean Corrigan’s days as a detective from Luke Delaney, ex-Met detective and author of COLD KILLING. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. DI Sean Corrigan is not like other detectives. The terrible abuse he suffered as a child has left him with an... Read more

Angels Twice Descending

By: Cassandra Clare & Robin Wasserman

Narrated by: Brett Dalton

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon’s journey to become a Shadowhunter nears its end as his Ascension ceremony draws closer. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

Simon’s Ascension ceremony draws near in this brilliant conclusion to Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of... Read more

Weihnachten in der Stadt - Abridged

By: Hartmut Haker

Narrated by: Kai Schulz

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Über allem aber erstrahlt das Licht der Heiligen Nacht, das die Welt verändert hat. Wir sehen alles mit neuen Augen. "Hartmut Hakers kleine Geschichten sind Edelsteine die leuchten, wenn wir sie ins Weihnachtslicht halten. Wem Gott nichts sagt und wer meint, er habe genug Geld, was doch beruhige und zu Freude und guter Laune Anlass sei, dem... Read more

Kerfol

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 55 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. Among her most popular and terrifying tales are the many masterly ghost stories she wrote in her early career.

Kerfol is the story of an American who looks over the remote and... Read more

A Study in Murder

By: Vincent O'Sullivan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 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.

"A Study in Murder" is the story of a man committing the perfect murder, told from the perspective of the warped murderer. Read more

The Fiddler of the Reels

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet whose work is best known for combining the traditions of Romanticism with a realistic portayal of a declining rural society in Victorian England.

"The Fiddler of the Reels" tells the story of a love triangle. The enigmatic, brilliant and rakish violin player, Wat Ollamore, who arrives in... Read more

The Return

By: R. Murray Gilchrist

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867-1917) was an English novelist and author of short stories often set in the Peak District. He is best known today for his Gothic short horror stories, which earn him a deserved position alongside the likes of Stevenson, Stoker, Wilde, and Stenbock.

"The Return" is an eerie ghost story about a man who returns to his... Read more

The Horse Dealer's Daughter

By: D. H. Lawrence

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

David Herbert Richards Lawrence (1885-1930) is recognized as one of the greatest English novelists, poets, playwrights and short story writers. His works address themes such as emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct, wrapped up in gripping plots which range from the poignant to the downright creepy. "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" is... Read more

When I was Dead

By: Vincent O'Sullivan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940) was born in New York, son of an Irish-American family, and moved to London as a child. As a young man, he quickly established a reputation as a master of horror and decadent macabre stories. He was a close friend of Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley and other leaders of the aesthetic movement.

"When I Was Dead" is the... Read more

The Fire

By: Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866-1944) was a British writer of popular adventure fiction and fantastic literature.

"The Fire", published in 1904, tells the story of Great Britain caught in the grip of a terrible freezing hurricane which has frozen everything solid. During this dire, cold weather, a huge fire breaks out in West... Read more

Room Number Ten

By: Bessie Kyffin-Taylor

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Lady Bessie Kyffin-Taylor was an English writer famous for her outstanding supernatural stories which were published in a single volume in 1920, just two years before her death.

Room Number Ten tells the story of Peter Maxton, a literary gentleman invited to join a house party at a remote house in Scotland. The driver taking him to the house from... Read more

Seashore Macabre

By: Hugh Walpole

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist famous for his skill at scene setting and vivid plots. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s and remains popular to this day.

"Seashore Macabre" tells the story of a curious boy who inexplicably follows a sinister-looking man at a seaside resort. The old... Read more

Miss Mary Pask

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 37 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.

Among her most popular and terrifying tales are the many masterly ghost stories which she wrote in her early career.

Miss Mary Pask is the story of a young man who calls in on... Read more

The Revolt of "Mother"

By: Mary Wilkins-Freeman

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was an American writer, best known for her stories reflecting the world of women fighting for dignity and independence from men. Her tales typically describe domestic settings and intimate relationships and are told with sensitivity and a poignancy which illuminates a bygone era in vivid detail.

"The Revolt of... Read more

Kew Gardens

By: Virginia Woolf

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Adeline Virginia Woolf (January 1882-1941) was an English writer and one of the preeminent modernists of the 20th century.

"Kew Gardens" is a short story set in the London botanic garden of the same name on a hot July day. The narrative consists of brief evocative snapshots of four groups of people as they pass by a flowerbed. Read more

A Season to Wed

By: Cindy Kirk, Rachel Hauck & Cheryl Wyatt

Narrated by: Julie Lyles Carr, Kristy Ragland & Amber Quick

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

They’ve helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection.Love at Mistletoe Inn by Cindy KirkSometimes the road to happiness is paved with youthful mistakes.Ten years after what she thought was her almost-wedding, Hope... Read more

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Stephen King, Dylan Baker, Brooke Bloom, Hope D...

Length: 20 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award

Includes the story “Premium Harmony”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

The masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes twenty-one iconic stories with accompanying autobiographical comments on... Read more

The Adventures of Ellery Queen

By: Ellery Queen

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In these ripping short stories, the mystery genre's greatest sleuth shows his chops.For Ellery Queen, there is no puzzle that reason cannot solve. In his time, he has faced down killers, thugs, and thieves, protected only by the might of his brain—and the odd bit of timely intervention by his father, a burly New York police inspector. But when a... Read more

The Early Stories of Truman Capote

By: Truman Capote

Narrated by: Scott Brick, Nancy Linari & Sarah Scott

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The early fiction of one of the nation’s most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature

Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned... Read more

Love in the Details

By: Becky Wade

Narrated by: Julie Lyles Carr

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Holly ended things to give him a better life, but she was the future he’d always dreamed of.Eight years have passed since Holly last saw her high school sweetheart, Josh. Now the wedding of Josh’s best friend has brought him back to Martinsburg, Texas.  His duties as best man and Holly's as the church's volunteer wedding coordinator link them... Read more