Short Stories audiobooks

Carniepunk: A Duet with Darkness

By: Allison Pang

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Don’t miss this urban fantasy short story featuring Abby Sinclair in the spellbinding Carniepunk anthology collection, from bestselling author Allison Pang!

Having just quit Julliard, disillusioned fiddler Melanie St. James finds herself as part of a group of traveling musicians en route to an OtherFolk carnival. Eager to break the chains of a... Read more

Carniepunk: The Cold Girl

By: Rachel Caine

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From the mesmerizing Carniepunk anthology, a vampire short story from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine—the author who brought you the immensely popular Morganville Vampires series.

When Kiley learns firsthand what evil lurks in the heart of her boyfriend, he’ll learn about the Cold Girl, and her penchant for retribution. Read more

Carniepunk: The Sweeter the Juice

By: Mark Henry

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of the Amanda Feral series Mark Henry lends his brilliantly twisted imagination to the gripping Carniepunk anthology in this creepy zombie short story.

When the zombie apocalypse overtakes New York City, a trip to Coney Island is the most frightening thing of all. A gruesome tale of transformation, Ferris wheels, and transsexuals. Read more

Shifting Shadows

By: Patricia Briggs

Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author—including four all-new, original stories from the world of Mercy Thompson.Mercy Thompson’s world just got a whole lot bigger…A collection of all-new and previously published short stories featuring Mercy Thompson, “one of the best heroines in the urban fantasy genre today” (Fiction Vixen Book... Read more

The Amateur

By: David Gordon

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A young man fleeing heartbreak back home meets a mysterious expat at a café in Paris. What begins as a friendly conversation between two outsiders soon transforms into a heart-pounding confession that threatens to shake both men to their cores. In this darkly funny, Sopranos-meets-Sebald page-turner by acclaimed mystery writer David Gordon,... Read more

Law of the Desert

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

No one tells tales of the frontier better than Louis L'Amour, who portrays the human side of westward expansion—the good and the bad—before the days of law and order. Collected here are seven stories penned by America's favorite Western author.The Black Rock Coffin MakersTwo men in the isolated town of Tucker want the XY ranch: Jim Walker and... Read more

Esther Kreindel the Second

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This short story from the collection Gimpel the Fool, and Other Stories is infused with the wit and imagination, the humor and wisdom, that characterizes all of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s work. Theodore Bikel reads this tale in classic Yiddish storyteller cadence, injecting special warmth and resonance. Read more

Trailing West

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

No one tells tales of the frontier better than Louis L’Amour, who portrays the human side of westward expansion—the good and the bad—before the days of law and order. Collected here are six stories penned by America’s favorite Western author.“Trap of Gold”Wetherton has been three months out of town when he finds his first color in a crumbling... Read more

Airtight Willie & Me

By: Iceberg Slim

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of six gritty tales from the underground is a tribute to the streets and those forced to try to survive them.With tales of slick con men, revenge, a heist gone awry, and more, Robert Beck, the man many know as Iceberg Slim, brings us on a ride through the terrifying urban streets. With the same unforgettable and distinctive prose... Read more

The Black Wedding

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

This short story from the collection Gimpel the Fool, and Other Stories is infused with the wit and imagination, the humor and wisdom, that characterizes all of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s work. Theodore Bikel reads this tale in classic Yiddish storyteller cadence, injecting special warmth and resonance. Read more

The Spinoza of Market Street

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Spinoza of Market Street" is yet another masterful short story from literary great Isaac Bashevis Singer. The story is set in Warsaw in the days leading up to World War I. There Dr. Nahum Fischelson lives alone in an attic room overlooking Market Street. From on high he observes the crowd below, showing equal disdain for merchants and... Read more

Gimpel the Fool

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Widely considered one of Isaac Bashevis Singer's most notable works of short fiction, "Gimpel the Fool" was originally written in Yiddish. It was later translated into English by Saul Bellow and appeared in the 1953 edition of Partisan Review. The story, a parable, tells of a foolish, unlucky baker named Gimpel, who is constantly tricked and... Read more

The Interruption

By: W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

W. W. Jacobs (1863-1941) is well known for humorous stories and for the most grisly of horror stories. The Interruption belongs very much in the latter category.Spencer Goddard's wife has died suddenly after a short and intense illness. Finally Goddard has his freedom and full use of his wife's wealth. But before he can begin to enjoy his... Read more

Four Horror Stories

By: W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

W. W. Jacobs (1863-1941) is best known as a writer of humorous stories and the crafter of the most grisly of horror stories.

The following four stories belong firmly in the latter category.

"His Brother’s Keeper"
"The Interruption"
"The Monkey’s Paw"
"The Three Sisters" Read more

Great Classic Crime Stories

By: Ambrose Bierce, O. Henry, G. K. Chesterton & Va...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A grisly collection of despicable crimes told by some of the world's best writers.

1. Charles by A. J. Alan
2. The Magic Casket by R. Austin Freeman
3. The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah
4. The Hammer of God by G. K. Chesterton
5. His Brother’s Keeper by W. W. Jacobs
6. The Murder of the Mandarin by Arnold Bennett
7. The Murder of the... Read more

The Seventh Man

By: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Six men, shipwrecked on the ice and trapped in their shack by the bitter Arctic winter, might be excused for beginning to "see" things. But how was it that they all saw the same thing - the mysterious stranger? Read more

The Burglary

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 27 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. In The Burglary, Bennett tells the story of a highly respectable and distinguished citizen who hires a burglar to rob his house. Read more

The 19 Club

By: A. J. Alan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A secretive gentlemen's dining society meets twice a year. On these occasions they invite a guest speaker... always somebody who has done something extraordinary, like flying to Australia and back, driving across China... or some incredible criminal feat such as robbing the Bank of England. On the search for the next speaker, the Club Secretary... Read more

The Green Light

By: Barry Pain

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864-1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer. The Green Light is an iconic horror story describing graphically the rapid decline into psychosis of a man who has murdered his wife. Read more

The Storm

By: Kate Chopin

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Storm" is Kate Chopin's most sexually charged story, and as such is quite exceptional for a work which was written in 1898. It describes a chance sexual encounter between Calixta and her former flame Alcée during a heavy storm in Louisiana when her husband Bobinôt and her son Bibi are absent.Chopin's description of the events of that day is... Read more

The History of the Man in Black

By: Oliver Goldsmith

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet. In The History of the Man in Black he describes the cynical journey of a generous and benevolent young man from dire pecuniary circumstances to riches, achieved by divesting himself of any moral considerations for others. Read more

The Squaw

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912) is best known for his masterpiece of horror, "Dracula". But he was also the author of many exceptional horror stories, of which "The Squaw" is a prime example.It tells the story of a brash but kind-hearted American visiting Europe. He and his travelling companions are keen to visit the Torture Tower in the Burg at... Read more

The Man of the Night

By: Edgar Wallace

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932) had no equal in the realm of the pure "thriller." "The Man of the Night" is a classic example of Wallace's genius. Stepping purposefully out of the dark shop, with a large sharp knife hidden under his coat, the wanted man met a stranger. But it was quite a different kind of stranger than he could have imagined...... Read more

Mr. Tall

By: Tony Earley

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell & Courtney Patterson

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In Mr.Tall, his first story collection in two decades, Tony Earley brings us seven rueful, bittersweet, riotous studies of characters both ordinary and mythical, seeking to make sense of the world transforming around them. He demonstrates once again the prodigious storytelling gifts that have made him one of the most accomplished writers of his... Read more