Short Stories audiobooks

The Tsar of Love and Techno

By: Anthony Marra

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Beata Pozniak & Rustam Kasymov

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena—dazzling, poignant, and lyrical interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war, and the redemptive power of art.

This stunning, exquisitely written collection introduces a cast of remarkable characters whose lives intersect in ways both life-affirming... Read more

Red Fire

By: Max Brand

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor & Dion Graham

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From legendary Western author Max Brand comes a collection of stories about a slave, a jewel thief, and a captive.In “Master and Man,” Bobbie is a black man who can outride, outfight, and outshoot any white man in the mountain desert. His unwavering moral code serves as a model for his often cruel and dissolute white master.“A Lucky Dog” is a... Read more

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

By: George R. R. Martin

Narrated by: Harry Lloyd

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LOS ANGELES TIMES AND BUZZFEED
 
These... Read more

Sporting Guide

By: Liz Goldwyn

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen & David Colacci

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliantly imaginative recreation of an 1890s Los Angeles pocket guide, or "Sporting Guide," to the brothels of the day.Before there was the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles was a rough place, building its way out to the global city of today. In the late nineteenth century it was a rapidly growing city filled with pimps and... Read more

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters

By: Bonnie Jo Campbell

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From the National Book Award finalist and author of Once Upon a River comes a dazzling story collection featuring ferocious mothers and scrappy daughters.
 
The strong but flawed women of Mothers, Tell Your Daughters love and betray one another; their richly fraught relationships can act as anchors, lifelines, or deadly poison. Bonnie Jo... Read more

Love and Death in the Moose League

By: Ryan W. Bradley

Narrated by: Elijah Alexander

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From the collection Nothing but the Dead and DyingDuring his years in the majors, Floyd Patterson had pitched for everyone—Oakland, Cleveland, Cincinnati, even the Marlins. Now he’s an Anchorage Lumberjack, and no one, perhaps not even Patterson himself, has any idea what the hell he’s doing toeing the rubber in Alaska’s Moose League. But when... Read more

The Perfect Arrangement

By: Katie Ganshert

Narrated by: Crestina Hardie

Length: 2 hours 36 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.Meeting Nate was truly an accident—but Amelia finds that he’s one of the few people she can count on.Amelia Woods is a small-town wallflower and the proud owner... Read more

Guru Bones

By: Carolyn Haines

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Zinnia, Mississippi, rolls out the red carpet for controversial food activist Priya Karsan. When the event turns bizarre - and downright deadly - PI partners Sarah Booth and Tinkie are on the case. But it's the detective agency's four-legged gumshoes, Sweetie Pie, Chablis, and Pluto, who save the day. Read more

The Fiery Trial

By: Cassandra Clare & Maureen Johnson

Narrated by: Sam Heughan

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon and Clary reunite as they witness a Parabatai ceremony…and discuss their own plans to be bonded. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

Simon and Clary act as witnesses to the parabatai ceremony of Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn…and discuss their own parabatai plans in this precursor to The Dark Artifices.

This... Read more

Half a Creature from the Sea

By: David Almond

Narrated by: Richard Halverson

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Master storyteller David Almond presents a beautiful collection of short fiction, interwoven with pieces that illuminate the inspiration behind the stories.May Malone is said to have a monster in her house, but what Norman finds there may just be the angel he needs. Joe Quinn’s house is noisy with poltergeists, or could it be Davie’s raging... Read more

Eine Frau spürt so was nicht - Abridged

By: Kirsten Fuchs

Narrated by: Kirsten Fuchs

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kirsten Fuchs betrachtet den Alltag durch eine verschmierte rosa Brille. Mit Sprung im Glas. Aber natürlich in 3D. Großes Herz, große Gefühle. Nichts übertrieben, alles wahr. Kalauerverdacht wird bestätigt. Macht aber nichts. Von Kirsten Fuchs zu behaupten, sie würde sich »nur« mit Alltagsproblemen auseinandersetzen, unterschlägt die... Read more

On the Brighton Road

By: Richard Middleton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Barham Middleton (1882-1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his supernatural short ghost stories, in particular 'The Ghost Ship', 'The Conjurer' and 'On the Brighton Road'.

'On the Brighton Road' is a strange tale of a homeless man who is trudging between London and Brighton when he meets a fragile-looking... Read more

The Short Stories of W. W. Jacobs

By: W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

William Wymark Jacobs (1863 - 1943) was an English author of short stories and novels. His most popular works in the early part of the last century were his humorous tales set around the docks of Wapping and in the tap-room of the infamous Cauliflower tavern.

Many of his stories were written in a Cockney vernacular and were keenly observant of... Read more

The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand

By: J. S. Fletcher

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863 - 1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian 'Golden Age' of the short story.

'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' is the macabre tale of a new man arriving to... Read more

The Umbrella

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English author, born in one of the "Five Towns" which form the background of so many of his witty stories.

When Professor Malpetant pays an unannounced visit to his sister, Muriel, he finds nobody at home. Both Muriel and her maid, Annie, have gone out, though he finds the door unlocked and takes the opportunity... Read more

The Story of the Spaniards

By: E. & H. Heron

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard (1876-1922) was a writer, explorer, adventurer, cricketer and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping techniques in the British Army during the First World War.

Hesketh-Prichard and his mother wrote together under the pseudonyms H. Heron and E. Heron. Together they created a series of stories around... Read more

The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden

By: F. Britten Austin

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Frederick Britten Austin (1885 - 1941) was a popular British fiction writer, whose crime and mystery stories were very much influenced by his experiences as a soldier. He had enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade on 4 August, 1914, the day war was declared on Germany. By war's end he had reached the rank of captain.

In 'The Strange Case of Mr.... Read more

The Ghost Ship

By: Richard Middleton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Barham Middleton (1882-1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, of which 'The Ghost Ship' is the most famous. It is one of the few stories in literature which combines a ghostly theme with lightening humour.

Middleton suffered from severe depression for much of his life (then known as... Read more

The Dust that was Barren

By: P.C. Wren

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Percival Christopher Wren (1875 - 1941) was an English writer of adventure fiction mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.

'The Dust That Was Barren' is a strange tale of a peculiar incident in the French Foreign... Read more

The Cost of Kindness

By: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humourist.

The Cost of Kindness is an ironic tale about a congregation desperate to see the back of their cantankerous and highly unpopular vicar. Fortunately the dreadful man has agreed to leave and is preparing a vituperative final sermon admonishing his ungrateful flock for ousting... Read more

Squirrel in a Cage

By: E. M. Delafield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (1890-1943), was a prolific English author who wrote under the pseudonym E. M. Delafield. She is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle-class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the... Read more

The Conjurer

By: Richard Middleton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Barham Middleton (1882-1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories and supernatural tales. 'The Conjurer' is a short story about a stage performer whose act includes juggling and magic tricks. In one trick he makes his pretty young female assistant, who happens to be his wife, disappear.

It is... Read more

The Cremona Violin

By: E. T. A. Hoffmann

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.

'The Cremona Violin' is the story of Councillor Krespel, an eccentric... Read more

The Anticipator

By: Morley Roberts

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Morley Roberts (1857 - 1942) was a popular English novelist and short-story writer.

'The Anticipator' is the tale of two rival writers. Esplan is a true craftsman. His stories are finely crafted, inspired works of true genius. His foe, Burford, is as bad a writer as Esplan is good. But Burford has an uncanny knack of publishing stories with the... Read more