Short Stories audiobooks

Four Stories

By: Matthew Wayne Selznick

Narrated by: Matthew Wayne Selznick

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The first short story collection from Matthew Wayne Selznick focuses on revelations of clarity and epiphanies of character in the face of emotional challenges.
Also included are brief essays exploring the formative experiences and memories that inspired each short story, making this collection Matthew Wayne Selznick's most personal creative... Read more

Recherche

By: Nora Gomringer

Narrated by: Nora Gomringer

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Bewohner der Gönnerstraße 18! Mein Name ist Nora Bossong, ich bin Schriftstellerin und arbeite an einem neuen Roman. Gerne würde ich Sie zu den tragischen Vorfällen am 23.2. dieses Jahres befragen. Ich erlaube mir, bei Ihnen zu klingeln und danke Ihnen schon im Voraus für Ihre Zeit. N. B. Die... Read more

A Paris Affair

By: Tatiana de Rosnay

Narrated by: Polly Stone & Simon Vance

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the internationally best-selling author of SARAH'S KEY comes an irreverent yet heartfelt collection that examines our most intimate and forbidden desires

Late nights at the office... Hotel rooms and secret rendezvous... Lingering perfume... Sizzling texts...

What takes place in Paris when husbands and wives tangle with infidelity?

In this... Read more

The Snow Queen

By: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrated by: Erin Yuen

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic story by Hans Christian Andersen follows two young children who are best friends and neighbors. When a troll wants to mirror the uglieness in all things, he creates a mirror to do so. But when it breaks, the boy named Kai gets flecks of glass in his eyes and heart, which harden his heart. He leaves his friend Gerda and his family,... Read more

Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black, and Other Stories

By: Nadine Gordimer

Narrated by: David Colacci & Susan Ericksen

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

In this collection of new stories, Nadine Gordimer crosses the frontiers of politics, memory, sexuality, and love with the fearless insight that is the hallmark of her writing. In the title story, a middle-aged academic who had been an anti-apartheid activist embarks on an unadmitted pursuit of the possibilities for his own racial identity in... Read more

The Evil We Love

By: Cassandra Clare & Robin Wasserman

Narrated by: Chris Wood

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

All evil starts somewhere, and Simon Lewis learns how The Circle—led by Valentine Morgenstern—began. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

The Shadowhunter Academy has only just reopened following the disastrous rise of the Circle. Now the faculty can finally admit to what happened when Valentine was a student.

This... Read more

The Last Leaf

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862 – 1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories, known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.

"The Last Leaf" is the story of two female artists living together in Greenwich village. When one of them, Johnsy, becomes gravely ill with pneumonia, she... Read more

The Man who Hated Aspidistras

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres.

"Tha Man who hated Aspidistras" is an eerie tale of a man whose life, from boyhood onward, as been blighted by the sinister houseplants favoured by Victorian ladies. His dislike turns almost to a mania... and then things take... Read more

The Horror Stories of W. F. Harvey

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres in which many of his works are recognized as masterpieces of the genre. This collection includes his two most famous works, "August Heat" and "The Beast with Five Fingers" as well as others which are true undiscovered gems.... Read more

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Ervin Howard (1906 – 1936) was an American author who was best known for his macabre horror stories and weird tales. This collection brings together a highly representative selection of his creepy stories, written very much after the Lovecraftian style.

• Rattle of Bones
• Sea Curse
• Pigeons from Hell
• In the Forest of Villefore
• The Dream... Read more

The Cactus

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

O. Henry's poignant tale of a failed courtship.

On the day his beloved marries another man, Trysdale reflects on his own courtship and how it came to a peculiar end. He had asked the girl to marry him and the next day she had sent him a cactus in a pot. No note, no message. But from that moment the relationship fell apart.

But why? Who was to... Read more

Dead of Night

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, particularly in the mystery and horror genres.

"Dead of Night" is a creepy tale set during a Zeppelin raid during the first world war. Athelston Digby goes out during a raid to check on a fire at a factory of which he is a shareholder. While he is out he is involved in an... Read more

Unwinding

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres.

Born into a wealthy Quaker family in Yorkshire, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, and took a degree in medicine at Leeds. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted much of his recuperation to writing short stories.... Read more

The Ransom of Red Chief

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862 – 1910), an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are loved for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.

"The Ransom of Red Chief" is a tale of a kidnapping. A couple of desparadoes abduct the ten year old son of the richest man in a village in the deep south.... Read more

The Clock

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres.

Born into a wealthy Quaker family in Yorkshire, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, and took a degree in medicine at Leeds. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted much of his recuperation to writing short stories.

"The... Read more

The Horror Stories of H. P. Lovecraft

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Thirteen terrifying horror stories from the master of the macabre....
1. Pickman’s Model
2. The Terrible Old Man
3. Dagon
4. From Beyond
5. The Cats of Ulthar
6. Nyarlathotep
7. Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
8. The Book
9. Memory
10. The Beast in the Cave
11. The Evil Clergyman
12. In the Vault
13. Cool Air Read more

The Heart of the Fire

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres.

Born into a wealthy Quaker family in Yorkshire, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, and took a degree in medicine at Leeds. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted much of his recuperation to writing short stories.

"The... Read more

Double Demon

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres.

Born into a wealthy Quaker family in Yorkshire, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, and took a degree in medicine at Leeds. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted much of his recuperation to writing short stories.

Double... Read more

The Blue Sequin

By: R. Austin Freeman

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Austin Freeman (1862 – 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, many featuring the investigator Dr. Thorndyke who uses a mixture of medical and forensic techniques to solve the most baffling crimes.

In "The Blue Sequin" a beautiful young woman as been found alone, dead in a railway carriage, with a peculiar combination of head... Read more

The Mystery of the Steel Room

By: Thomas W. Hanshew

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas W. Hanshew (1857 – 1914) was an American writer from New York. His best-loved creation was the private detective Hamilton Cleek, known as "the man of the forty faces" for his incredible skill at disguise. Cleek is based in Clarges Street, London, where he is constantly consulted by Inspector Narkom of Scotland Yard.

In "The Mystery of... Read more

I Hope You Dance

By: Robin Lee Hatcher

Narrated by: Windy Lanzl

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Will a sworn bachelor determined to stay single fall in love with his dance teacher?Grant Nichols is a genius in the kitchen and a klutz on the dance floor. But his friend’s wedding is shaping up to be a shindig the likes of which Kings Meadow has never seen—including dancing. Lots of dancing. Then he learns that a local dance teacher, Skye... Read more

Drunken Fireworks

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Tim Sample

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

2016 Audie Award Finalist for Original Work

A classic Stephen King short story from the bestselling collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams!

Alden McCausland and his mother are what they call “accident rich”; thanks to an unexpected life-insurance policy payout and a winning Big Maine Millions scratcher, Alden and his Ma are able to spend their... Read more

Black Glass

By: Karen Joy Fowler

Narrated by: Emily Durante, Todd Haberkorn & Heather Wilds

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker-shortlisted, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.In 1999 Karen Joy Fowler won the World Fantasy Award for Black Glass, a collection of thirteen stories in which she “[Managed] to re-create both life’s extraordinary and... Read more

Rattle of Bones

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American writer of weird tales and horror fiction.

Rattle of Bones is a tale featuring one of Howard's most popular heroes, the stalwart English puritan, Solomon Kane. In this tale Kane meets another traveller while journeying through the Black Forest, and the two arrive at a sinister, lonely inn, which... Read more