Short Stories audiobooks

A Queer Night in Paris

By: Guy de Maupassant

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"M. Savalle, a small-town notary and amateur operatic singer with pretensions, travels to Paris to visit the opera and takes the opportunity to rub shoulders with famous artists in the cafés of Montmartre.

He is unexpectedly invited to a housewarming party by a notable painter...but things do not go at all as he expected. His host vanishes... Read more

My Uncle Jules

By: Guy de Maupassant

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"An impoverished French family awaits the prodigal return of their long vanished Uncle Jules from his travels in America.

From his letters it would appear that he has made his fortune and when he returns the family hopes their fortunes will change too.

A boat trip to Jersey provides the opporunity for a reunion...but nobody could anticipate the... Read more

Found on a Drowned Man

By: Guy de Maupassant

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Guy de Maupassant's powerful and poignant story of a brief moment of mysterious passion in a young man's life, related in a letter found on his drowned corpse. Read more

The Hunter and Other Stories

By: Dashiell Hammett

Narrated by: Ray Chase, Brian Holsopple, Donna Postel & Step...

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Dashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light. Along with the full-length screen treatments On the Make (which became the movie Mr. Dynamite, 1935) and The Kiss-Off (the basis for City... Read more

Catch and Release

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Lynne Block & Lawrence Block

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most highly acclaimed novelists in the crime genre, Lawrence Block is also a master of the short story. The sixteen stories (and one stage play!) collected here feature appearances by some of Block s most famous characters, including burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr and private detective Matt Scudder, as well as glimpses into the minds of a... Read more

Snowflakes in a Clear Night Sky

By: Jamie Sutliff

Narrated by: Jamie Sutliff

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This short-story collection contains ten tales based on a diverse range of subjects, from true crime to historical fiction and fantasy. The title story, "Snowflakes in a Clear Night Sky," is based on Native American folklore. "A Dark Quiet Place" is based on a true-crime incident involving a troubled boy and gun violence. In "Adirondak Mountains... Read more

A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Dicken's classic morality tale which lead the way with its themes of nostalgia and festive redemption. Read by celebrated British Actor Sir Timothy Ackroyd Read more

Christmas Stories

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Bart Wolffe & Timothy Ackroyd

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

An entertaining selection of festive stories by Charles Dickens. Read more

Legends of the Fall

By: Jim Harrison

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of America's most versatile and celebrated writers, Legends of the Fall is Jim Harrison's classic trilogy of epic novellas. The publication of this magnificent trilogy of short novels—Legends of the Fall, Revenge, and The Man Who Gave Up His Name—confirmed Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his... Read more

The Prussian Officer and Other Stories

By: D. H. Lawrence

Narrated by: Bart Wolffe

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of short stories by D. H. Lawrence. Read more

Short Stories

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: Bart Wolffe

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of short stories by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, considered to be one of the greatest writers of the genre his stories are often guided by his moralistic views. Read more

Upon Arrival

By: Cassandra R. Fowlie

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Celeste and Marla are the type of friends who know each others' thoughts without having to hear them spoken. So as the two friends sit and enjoy their weekly tradition of drinking tea in their favorite cafe, Marla knows that Celeste is particularly troubled by the mysterious woman who has appeared at the abandoned train station outside of the... Read more

The Christmas Cookie Collection

By: Lori Wilde

Narrated by: C. J. Critt

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times Bestselling Author ofThe First Love Cookie Clubreturns to Twilight, Texas,with one brand-new story and three storiesnever before in print!There's a legend in Twilight, Texas. It says that if on Christmas you sleep with kismet cookies under your pillow and dream of your one true love, he will be your destiny.Carrie, Raylene,... Read more

Rags & Bones

By: Melissa Marr & Tim Pratt

Narrated by: Reay Kaplan, Mark Cabus & Bernard Setaro Clark

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The best writers of our generation retell classic tales.

From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed,... Read more

Bartleby, the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

Narrated by: Michael Lackey

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In Manhattan, an elderly lawyer's business is growing. Having two scriveners in his employ, the lawyer advertises for a third to meet demand. Enter Bartleby, a glum albeit quality scrivener. However, the lawyer quickly discovers that something is off with his new employee. When asked to perform any duties outside of copywriting, Bartleby... Read more

Broken Silence

By: Karen Rose

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Watch Your Back comes a suspenseful new novella featuring Assistant State's Attorney Daphne Montgomery and Baltimore Special Agent Joseph Carter.After a traumatic kidnapping, Daphne's boss insists that she take time off. But she refuses to sit on the sidelines when she meets a six-year-old girl... Read more

BBC National Short Story Award 2013

By: Various

Narrated by: Andrea Riseborough, Claire Skinner, Hattie Mora...

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The five shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing: 'Mrs Fox' by Sarah Hall (read by Andrea Riseborough), 'Barmouth' by Lisa Blower (read by Rebekah Staton), 'Prepositions' by Lionel Shriver (read by Nancy Crane), 'Notes from the House of Spirits' by Lucy Wood (read by... Read more

In Sunshine or In Shadow

By: Josh Lanyon

Narrated by: JM Badger, Adam Chase, Michael Oaks & Rob Granniss

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A listeners delight. Thirteen short stories--over fourteen hours--written between 2007 and 2013. Sexy, sweet, and occasionally strange, these brief but emotionally powerful stories encapsulate everything readers of Male Male mystery and romance have come to love most about Josh Lanyon's work.Includes "Perfect Day," "A Limited Engagement," "In... Read more

Beastly Stories

By: W. W. Jacobs, Edgar Allan Poe & O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A beastly collection of animal stories from the great storytellers of the world.

The Black Poodle by F. Anstey
Mrs. Packletide's Tiger by Saki
Pickled Herring by W.W. Jacobs
Curried Cow by Ambrose Bierce
The She-Wolf by Saki
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
The Elk by Saki
The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain
... Read more

Great Crime Classics

By: William Russell, Edgar Allan Poe & Nathaniel Ha...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A treasure chest of the most popular classic crime stories from the 19th century.

The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe
A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins
Murder under the Microscope by William Russell
The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
The Mystery of Marie Roget by... Read more

A Death in Kitchawank, and Other Stories

By: T. C. Boyle

Narrated by: T. C. Boyle

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

T. C. Boyle is one of the most renowned storytellers of the modern era. This collection of fourteen stories drifts effortlessly between myth and reality, encompassing a panorama of human emotions. In "The Marlbane Manchester Musser Award," Boyle reveals a writer's dismay when a simple trip is turned upside down by a stranger. "Los Gigantes"... Read more

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara

By: Ben Fountain

Narrated by: Christian Baskous

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The well-meaning protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught—to both disastrous and hilarious effect—in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human. Read more

The Twits, the Minpins & the Magic Finger

By: Roald Dahl

Narrated by: Richard Ayoade, Bill Bailey & Kate Winslet

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times


THE TWITS

How do you outwit a Twit?

Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing... Read more

Fifty Short Stories

By: Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry & Ambrose Bierce

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty of the world's greatest classic short stories:

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
The One Million Pound Banknote by Mark Twain
The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling
The Fly by Katherine Mansfield
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
My Favorite Murder by Ambrose Bierce
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
... Read more