Short Stories audiobooks

The Thing on the Roof

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

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

The Thing on the Roof is a gruesome tale of Tussman, a scholar and explorer who becomes obsessed with finding a hidden treasure which he believes to be buried beneath the altar of the ruined Temple of the Toad in the jungles of Honduras. He only needs to... Read more

The Beast in the Cave

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), more commonly known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer renowned for his highly influential works of horror fiction.

"The Beast in the Cave" is a typical example of Lovecraft's mastery and descriptive genius. A man is lost in an extensive cavern with his light about to run out. He has already given up... Read more

The Right Hand of Doom

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote weird fiction and terrifying horror stories.

The Right Hand of Doom features one of his most fascinating characters, the puritan Soloman Kane. Kane is staying at an inn where in the taproom a braggard is boasting about having brought the evil necromancer Roger Simeon to... Read more

Sea Curse

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author famous for his weird tales and horror stories.

Sea Curse is the tale which starts with a village tragedy. A local girl who lives with her elderly aunt has been seduced and deflowered by a swaggering, drunk sailor.

In despair she drowns herself in the ocean. The sailor mocks her aunt over the... Read more

Cool Air

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), better known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame for his brilliant and highly influential works of horror fiction.

"Cool Air" is the story of a mysterious, reclusive doctor who appears to be suffering from a peculiar illness which involves him cooling his rooms to... Read more

The Book

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer acclaimed for his outstanding and highly influential works of horror fiction.

"The Book" tells the story of a man who finds an old handwritten volume of incantations and spells which unlock the gateway to new and frightening worlds. Read more

Pickman's Model

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer who achieved posthumous acclaim for his outstanding and influential works of horror fiction.

"Pickman's Model" is the story of a bizarre painter who has an uncanny genius for painting terrifying, hellish creatures which are extraordinarily lifelike.... Read more

From Beyond

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 - 1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American author who achieved fame after his death for his groundbreaking works of horror fiction.

In "From Beyond", a maniacal scientist develops an extraordinary machine which enables humans to tap in to a range of additional senses which allow him to perceive whole... 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

The Terrible Old Man

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American author of horror fiction who achieved posthumous fame as one of the most influential writers of his day.

"The Terrible Old Man" is the gruesome story of three robbers who set out to steal from a mysterious and reclusive retired sea captain who has a circle of... Read more

The Cats of Ulthar

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer who achieved fame only posthumously for his influential horror stories.

"The Cats of Uthar" is a strange tale about the village of Uthar, which is known for its law that no man may kill at cat. This is the peculiar story of the terrible events that led to... Read more

The Fearsome Touch of Death

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906-June 11, 1936) was an American author renowned for his weird tales and horror fiction.

The Fearsome Touch of Death is the story of a man who is holding an overnight vigil with a stranger's corpse in a remote house. In the dark of the remote house, he begins to hear and see strange sounds and visions. Or is he... Read more

The Evil Clergyman

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer who was acclaimed posthumously for his brilliant and influential works of horror fiction.

"The Evil Clergyman" is a strange tale of a long-dead, malevolent cleric who still has the power to reach into the present time and cause untold dreadful harm to... Read more

The Dream Snake

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author famous for his weird tales and horror stories. The Dream Snake is a terrifying tale of a man who has had a recurring dream about being pursued by a sinister, unseen giant snake which gets nearer and nearer to him every night.... Read more

Dagon

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American author who achieved posthumous acclaim for his outstanding and influential works of horror fiction.

Dagon is the story of a shipwrecked sailor who comes face to face with an ancient and terrible sea god, Dagon. So horrifying is his ordeal that he spends the rest... Read more

In the Vault

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his brilliant and highly influential works of horror fiction.

In the Vault tells the tale of a lazy and parsimonious undertaker who tries to skimp on the cost of a coffin by reusing a substandard, cheap box which he had... Read more

Pigeons from Hell

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Pigeons from Hell is a classic horror story set in a deserted old planters' house in the Deep South, where something unwholesome stalks the rooms. When two young men, Griswell and Branner, happen upon the old house on their vacation road trip and decide... Read more

In the Country

By: Mia Alvar

Narrated by: Nancy Wu & Don Castro

Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

These nine globe-trotting, unforgettable stories from Mia Alvar, a remarkable new literary talent, vividly give voice to the women and men of the Filipino diaspora. Here are exiles, emigrants, and wanderers uprooting their families from the Philippines to begin new lives in the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere—and sometimes turning... Read more

Charlie Martz and Other Stories

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: Will Patton, Mark Bramhall, George Newbern, Tis...

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of fifteen stories, eleven of which have never been previously published, from the early career of bestselling American master Elmore Leonard.Over his long and illustrious career, Elmore Leonard was recognized as one of the greatest crime writers of all time, the author of dozens of bestselling books—many adapted for the big... Read more

To Hold the Bridge

By: Garth Nix

Narrated by: Nicola Barber, Raphael Corkhill, Roger Wayne, S...

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

An entertaining short-story collection from bestselling fantasy author Garth Nix, including an Old Kingdom novella, a short story set in the same world as Shade's Children, and another story set in the world of A Confusion of Princes.Garth Nix is renowned for his legendary fantasy works, but To Hold the Bridge showcases his versatility as the... Read more

The Missing Witness Sensation

By: Ernest Bramah

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of 21 novels and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works have been ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells, and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood.

In his stories of detection,... Read more

Unusual Fairy Tales

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightful collection of lesser known traditional and modern fairy stories:

1. "The King of the Golden River"
2. "The Empty Drum"
3. "The Fire Spirit"
4. "The Tree of Death"
5. "The Smuggler’s Daughter"
6. "A Dream of Wild Bees"
7. "The Fisherman"
8. "The Masked Ball"
9. "The Petrified Man"
10. "The Were-Wolf"
11. "The Walled Nun of Avila"
12. "The Little... Read more

The Purple Wig

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Publisher's Summary

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer best known for his fictional priest-detective, Father Brown.

In The Purple Wig, an investigative journalist, Frances Finn, sets out to discover the strange secret of the dukes of Exmoor and the legend of their mysterious hereditary deformed ear. When Finn meets the... Read more

This is All

By: Barry Pain

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864-1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer best known for his ghost and horror stories.

This Is All tells the story of Alexander Wyatt ,who has a morbid fear of dying. Unfortunately Wyatt is ill with a heart condition which, in combination with his paranoid anxiety and depression, threatens to become life... Read more