Short Stories audiobooks

Lady’s Dream

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Lady, suffocating in the car on a hot summer's day, slips into a feverish dream. Robert, her husband, watches her slip into unconsciousness as he drives. He's a soldier, a man of principle, well-educated and well-adjusted. But Robert is also a man with an agenda; he has married this young, wild lower-class girl to spite his father, and now he... Read more

Powder

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

With his marriage on the rocks, a father takes his son skiing for the weekend. After insisting on staying just a bit longer—despite a growing blizzard—the boy's father finds they're snowed in at the resort, the road blockaded by state troopers. To what lengths will he go to keep his marriage intact? Read more

The Night in Question

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A story of siblings and faith from short-story master Tobias WolffFrances has always been protective of her younger brother Frank. The children of a brutal father and a sick, defenseless mother, Frances fought to keep her brother safe. And throughout all of his adult failings—from drug addiction to near-fatal car crashes—she has stood by his... Read more

Firelight

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A mother and her son dream of a life beyond their means in this classic short story by Tobias Wolff."Firelight" tells the story of a mother and her son who are spending the afternoon viewing apartments on a chilly day in Seattle, Washington. The two have no intention of renting one—they can only afford to live in a meager boarding house.... Read more

Bullet in the Brain

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of a book critic and his final thoughts from short-story master Tobias WolffAnders is an angry, cynical man. A book critic known for his scathing reviews, he finds any excuse to dismiss, belittle, or insult. This afternoon is no more agitating than the next. Angers finds himself in a long line at the bank, waiting to reach a teller.... Read more

That Room

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In this short story by the masterful Tobias Wolff, a teenage boy learns the joys—and struggles—of adult life.Eager for independence and adult-like freedom, a teenage boy takes a summer job baling hay on a rural farm. Savoring the farm wife's attention and the extra change in his pocket, the boy feels like a grown man. The fellow hands give him a... Read more

Awaiting Orders

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Sergeant Morse is a risk-taker, playing chicken with the potential exposure of his sexuality. Julianne is looking for her brother, Specialist Hart, not knowing he's shipped out to Iraq. In a surprising moment of tenderness, Sergeant Morse offers to help her, but whether due to fear of exposure or stubbornness, they might both be beyond rescue. Read more

A White Bible

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Maureen is an English teacher, and she's had a long day. All she wants is a relaxing night out with friends, a few beers, and maybe the chance to forget the troubles of her past: the gambling ex-husband and the daughter who'd thrown her life away sleeping with married men. But her night—and maybe her life—is thrown off track when she leaves the... Read more

Her Dog

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

John didn't want a dog. He wasn't ready, he said. Grace, on the other hand, did want a dog, and when she brought Victor home from the pound, John made sure Grace knew it was her dog, her responsibility. But when Grace dies, John is left with just Victor and his grief, and he learns a new level of devotion. Read more

A Mature Student

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Theresa left the Marines after twenty-two years to start a new life. Her husband had moved on to a second wife, and her son had recently enlisted. Now Theresa is going to school, getting a degree in hotel management. But it is her art history class she finds most interesting, and a chance encounter with her professor leaves her with new fears... Read more

The Deposition

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Burke, a San Francisco lawyer, is defending a woman who has been disabled by a botched surgery. His client has a personal connection to Burke, and the trial happens to be taking place in his Ohio hometown, a place ravaged by fallen industries and greedy corporations. While taking a deposition from a particularly difficult witness, Burke calls... Read more

Down to Bone

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A son sits at his mother's deathbed, hesitant to leave her side. He leafs through one of her old photo albums, remembering her abusive, estranged father. When a visit to a funeral home turns into a conversation with a beautiful, mysterious woman, he develops a deeper—and perhaps darker—understanding of his relationship with his mother. Read more

Nightingale

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Booth drives his son, Owen, to Fort Steele Academy, where he hopes his son will thrive in a structured, disciplined environment that mirrors Booth’s own upbringing. But after he drops Owen off at his new school, he’s filled with a deep sense of doubt—about his decision to send his son away, about his childhood—and finds himself lost in more... Read more

The Benefit of the Doubt

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

While on a crowded bus near the Vatican, a man named Mallon—visiting Italy on business—feels someone reaching into his pockets, searching for his wallet. He elbows the pickpocket, seriously injuring the man. Driven by his guilty conscience, Mallon finds himself peering in on the life of an unfamiliar culture and learning more about the world... Read more

Deep Kiss

By: Tobias Wolff

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

When Joe Reed was a teenager, he fell so deeply in love with Mary Claude Moore that his parents threatened to send him away. Decades later, he's living a normal life with his wife and their two children; yet in the thirty years since he's last seen Mary Claude, he hasn't stopped thinking of her. With recent news of her in hand, Joe begins to... Read more

High School Writing Project 2.0 Anthology Short Story Collection

By: Steven Roberts, Danica Myerson, Lois Young & Se...

Narrated by: Jeannie Lin

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Friends. Fun. Romance. Drama. Danger. Tragedy. HIGH SCHOOL.High School Writing Project 2.0 features short stories and flash fiction written by high school students about teenage characters. The stories in this edition touch on a variety of subjects including teenage suicide, mental illness, superstition, romance, and ESP.Short stories included... Read more

Triple Threat

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: January LaVoy & Kevin T. Collins

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

From Jeffery Deaver--the New York Times bestselling author of the upcoming Lincoln Rhyme novel THE KILL ROOM (on sale June 4, 2013)--come three powerful new short stories.
In "Fast", Kathryn Dance races against the clock to track down the members of a domestic terrorist cell--with the lives of 200 people hanging in the balance. In "Game," a... Read more

Man Seeking Woman

By: Simon Rich

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In "Center of the Universe," God struggles to balance the demands of his career with the needs of his long-term girlfriend. In "Magical Mr. Goat," a young girl's imaginary friend yearns to become "more than friends." In "Unprotected," an unused prophylactic recalls his years spent trapped inside a teen boy's wallet. The stories in Simon Rich's... Read more

A December Bride

By: Denise Hunter

Narrated by: Julie Lyles Carr

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a Hallmark Channel movie!From bestselling author Denise Hunter comes a classic love story filled with the spirit of Christmas where a fake engagement leads to real feelings.What started as a whim turned into an accidental--and very public--engagement. Can Layla and Seth keep up the façade in Chapel Springs this holiday season--for the sake... Read more

The Famous Race between the Hearse and the Steamroller

By: Sidney Keyes

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Sidney Keyes' great allegorical tale of a race between a newfangled steamroller with a top speed of five miles per hour and a horse-drawn hearse, whose two old nags are accustomed to a stately pace appropriate to the transportation of the dead.



The race takes on a wider significance as an allegory of progress and the advent of the age of the... Read more

The Short Stories of Stacy Aumonier

By: Stacy Aumonier

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Stacy Aumonier was a British writer, best known for his outstanding short stories. Nobel prize winner, John Galsworthy described Aumonier as "one of the best short-story writers of all time" and predicted that he would "outlive all the writers of his day".

Aumonier wrote over 85 short stories in his lifetime. He has been described as the "British... Read more

The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant

By: Guy de Maupassant

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightful collection of ten of Guy de Maupassant's most famous tales:
• The Parrot
• The Love of Long Ago
• Mademoiselle Fifi
• Miss Harriet
• An Uncomfortable Bed
• A Queer Night in Paris
• My Uncle Jules
• The Piece of String
• The Necklace
• Found on a Drowned Man Read more

The Brothers

By: Stacy Aumonier

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of two brothers, who could not be more opposite, experience the Great War in different ways.

Giles, the elder, popular, sporty brother enlists as a soldier. Robin, the younger, sickly brother is rejected when he tries to join up. Yet a mysterious bond exists between the brothers.

When Giles leaves for the trenches, it is as though Robin... Read more

Juxtapositions

By: Stacy Aumonier

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Stacy Aumonier's best loved short stories, telling the story of a surprising evening with Colin St Clair Chasseloup: "the kind of man who always looked as though he had just had a cold bath, done Swedish drill, and then passed through the hairdresser’s on his way to your presence." Chasseloup and the narrator are dragged along by their... Read more