Short Stories audiobooks

Alter Egos

By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson & Ru...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most enduring themes in literature through the ages has been the internal conflict between two sides of a single character. It manifests itself in different ways, from the classic werewolf story to souls which are invaded by evil spirits to the pseudo sci-fi of Jekyll and Hyde to strange tales of total amnesia, as in Barry Pain's... Read more

The Hoop

By: Fedor Sologub

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Fedor Sologub (1863-1927) was a mystic, a realist and a writer of novels and outstanding short stories in the Dostoyevsky school.

"The Hoop" is very representative of his evocative work. It tells the story of an old man who is captivated by the sight of a young child playing with a hoop. The image embeds itself in his psyche and from it, right at... Read more

Strange Dreams and Terrifying Nightmares

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A collection of classic short stories for the restless sleeper....

"A Dream of Wild Bees" by Olive Schreiner, "The Face" by E. F. Benson, "The Dream" by A. J. Alan, "In a Far-Off World" by Olive Schreiner, "A Soothing Dream" by Fedor Sologub, "Life's Gifts" by Olive Schreiner, "A Curious Dream" by Mark Twain, "The Artist's Secret" by Olive... Read more

The Bet

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) is generally considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. The Bet is the story of a banker and a lawyer who embark on an insane bet. The banker bets the lawyer two million roubles that he cannot endure 15 years of incarceration. The lawyer agrees and the terms of the imprisonment are set.

But... Read more

A Work of Art

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), sometimes referred to as the chronicler of the Russian period of depression and pessimism, was the leader of the realistic school of the Russian short story.

His ability to create an atmosphere and build to a climax is unparalleled. He takes a moment in the protagonists' lives and reveals their souls in a handful of... Read more

Whistlin’ past the Graveyard

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this chilling story from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, a cemetery worker in Pine Deep begins to suspect that the dead are not resting easy in their graves. Read more

Long Way Home

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this short story from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, a young soldier returns from the Middle East and discovers that there is another—and much stranger—war to be fought in his hometown. Read more

A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me

By: David Gates

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer & Lesa Lockford

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Gates's characters, young or old or neither, are well educated, broadly knowledgeable, often creative and variously accomplished, whether as a doctor or a composer, an academic or a journalist. And every one of them carries a full supply of the human condition: parents in assisted-living - or assisted-dying - facilities, too many or too few... Read more

Darkness on the Edge of Town

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes a collection of five stories set in "the Spookiest Town in America"—including one brand-new story.In "Long Way Home," a young soldier returns from the Middle East and discovers that there is another—and much stranger—war to be fought in his hometown.In "Mister Pockets," a young... Read more

The Trouble

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes an all-new short story set in “the Spookiest Town in America”—Pine Deep.In “The Trouble,” a direct sequel to the Pine Deep trilogy, Malcolm Crow thought he had destroyed the evil that had terrorized his town for forty years. But a new series of brutal murders forces him to prepare for... Read more

Mister Pockets

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this chilling story from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, a young paperboy discovers that a random act of kindness may have greater consequences—especially as night falls in Pine Deep. Read more

Ellison Wonderland

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Harlan Ellison, Josh Olson, Gabrielle de Cuir, ...

Length: 14 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 1962 and updated in later decades with a new introduction, Ellison Wonderland contains sixteen masterful stories from the author's early career. This collection shows a vibrant young writer with a wide-ranging imagination, ferocious creative energy, devastating wit, and an eye for the wonderful and terrifying and tragic.... Read more

Summer Brides

By: Beth Wiseman, Marybeth Mayhew Whalen & Debra Cl...

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

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Happily ever after begins today. The honor of your presence is requested at three summer weddings . . .A June Bride by Marybeth WhalenWynne Hardy never thought she’d get engaged on a reality TV show, but when she met Andy the two of them hit it off. Now he’s asked her to marry him, and they’re all set to wed on live TV in a seaside ceremony. But... Read more

Between Here and the Yellow Sea

By: Nic Pizzolatto

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A reissue of Nic Pizzolatto's debut short story collection, now featuring two previously uncollected stories.

Set in variety of Southern landscapes, these startling stories excavate the ambiguous terrain of the human heart. Pizzalotto finds beauty in loneliness as his characters attempt to bridge the gulfs between themselves and others, past and... Read more

A Tale of the Great Plague

By: Thomas Hood

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Hood (1799-1845) was an English writer and great friend of Lamb, Hazlitt and De Quincey. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, the Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works.

"A Tale of the Great Plague" is an ironic piece set in the time of the Black Death, about how an old man outwits... Read more

Gismondi's Wage

By: Raphael Sabatini

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Gismondi sits on his horse, breathing heavily and grinning, looking down at Messer Crespi, who is lying prostrate in the snow, and isn’t breathing at all. Gismondi’s next target – Duke Cesare Borgia. But what happens when the duke discovers Gismondi’s plans? Raphael Sabatini was a legendary writer of adventure, penning such classic novels as... Read more

The Love Object

By: Edna O'Brien

Narrated by: Catherine McGoohan

Length: 19 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Collected here for the first time are stories spanning five decades of writing by the "short story master" (Harold Bloom).

As John Banville writes in his introduction to The Love Object, Edna O'Brien "is, simply, one of the finest writers of our time." The thirty-one stories collected in this volume provide, among other things, a cumulative... Read more

Beneath the Bonfire

By: Nickolas Butler

Narrated by: Luke Daniels & Andi Arndt

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Nickolas Butler's debut novel, Shotgun Lovesongs, has become an international bestseller and won numerous accolades, including France's Prix PAGE/America. Now, in Beneath the Bonfire, he demonstrates his talent for portraying "a place and its people with such love that you'll find yourself falling for them, too" (Josh Weil, author of The Great... Read more

The Short Stories of Barry Pain

By: Barry Pain

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

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

This selection gives a marvellous insight into the strength and diversity of Pain's writing. Collection includes "The Missing Years", "Rose Rose", "Miracles", "The End of a Show", "The Giraffe Problem", "The Green... Read more

Nothing Serious

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Filled with faces old and new, this collection of stories from the master of humor promises pure entertainment for audiobook lovers everywhere.P. G. Wodehouse's famed collection of ten stories marks the reappearance of many old friends—who find themselves in delightfully absurd situations. In "How's That, Umpire?" a mutual hatred of cricket... Read more

Never a Bridesmaid

By: Janice Thompson

Narrated by: Julie Lyles Carr

Length: 2 hours 26 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.Mari wants her sister Crystal’s wedding to be perfect. But a poorly-chosen maid of honor may turn it into a disaster.Mari Hays’s older sister Crystal is getting... Read more

Devotion

By: Maile Meloy

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most popular and acclaimed story writers of her generation, a single-volume short story from the author of 2017's Do Not Become Alarmed, a beautifully packaged palm-sized gift book.

“That the yellow house was thrillingly affordable might have been a warning sign, if Eleanor had known how to read it. But she’d been desperate. She... Read more

Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell & Robert Petkoff

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A one-of-a-kind mystery collection that showcases the immense storytelling talent #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark has honed over her tremendous career—including a bone-chilling, previously unpublished short story forty years in the making.

In 1974, master storyteller Mary Higgins Clark began writing a novella inspired by... Read more

The Whitechapel Fiend

By: Cassandra Clare & Maureen Johnson

Narrated by: Luke Pasqualino

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack the Ripper stalks through London, and only the Shadowhunters can stop him. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders—“Jack” was stopped by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters.

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