Short Stories audiobooks

N or M?

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Set during the dark days of World War II, Agatha Christie’s N or M? puts two most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent.World War II is raging, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces a sinister threat from “the enemy... Read more

Murder in the Mews

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Nigel Hawthorne

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Agatha Christie’s classic Murder in the Mews presents four mystifying criminal conundrums that will seriously test the superior detecting skills of the unflappable Hercule Poirot.How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top... Read more

Evil Under the Sun

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: David Suchet

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic Evil Under the Sun, one of the most famous of Agatha Christie’s Poirot investigations, has the fastidious sleuth on the trail of the killer of a sun-bronzed beauty whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light.The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face down on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and... Read more

Elephants Can Remember

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic Hercule Poirot investigation, Agatha Christie’s Elephants Can Remember has the expert detective delving into an unsolved crime from the past involving the strange death of a husband and wife.Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a fatal accident followed by the grisly discovery of two bodies—a... Read more

Dumb Witness

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s Dumb Witness, Hercule Poirot investigates the very suspicious death of an elderly spinster who, fearing the very worst, had written to the great detective prior to her demise.Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more... Read more

Dead Man's Folly

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: David Suchet

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

When a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in to take part in this Dead Man’s Folly, a classic from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie.Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith,... Read more

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary detective saves his best for last as he races to apprehend a five-time killer before the final curtain descends in Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, the last book Agatha Christie published before her death.The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circle—they are back once again in the rambling... Read more

Black Coffee

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: John Moffatt

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Claud Amory's formula for a powerful new explosive has been stolen, presumably by a member of his large household. Sir Claud assembles his suspects in the library and locks the door, instructing them that the when the lights go out, the formula must be replaced on the table -- and no questions will be asked. But when the lights come on, Sir... Read more

At Bertram's Hotel

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Stephanie Cole

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

At Bertram’s Hotel the intrepid Miss Marple, on holiday in London, must solve a deadly mystery at the end of a chain of very violent events.An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be.…When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s Hotel:... Read more

After the Funeral

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister, in this classic Agatha Christie mystery now available in an updated edition with a foreword Sophie Hannah. “He was murdered, wasn’t he?”When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she had made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral... Read more

The Wondrous Child

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The Wondrous Child is a tale written by the famous Bram Stoker, writer of Dracula. This short story is an amazing tale of a brother and sister, Sibold and May, and their dream adventure where they encounter the wondrous child. Read more

The Inimitable Jeeves

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Bertie Wooster is in trouble again as his lovesick pal, Bingo Little, falls in love with every girl he lays eyes on. The real problem starts when Bingo decides to marry one of the girls and he enlists Bertie's help. Luckily for Bertie, Jeeves once again comes to the rescue! With his usual savoir-faire and panache, Jeeves unties the tangles and... Read more

Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain

By: Lucia Perillo

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning debut from an award-winning poetPopulating a small town in the Pacific Northwest, the characters in Lucia Perillo's story collection all resist giving the world what it expects of them—and are surprised when the world comes roaring back. An addict trapped in a country house becomes obsessed with vacuum cleaners and the people who... Read more

Scar Tissue

By: Marcus Sakey

Narrated by: Marcus Sakey

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM THE FOREWORD BY J.A. KONRATH: "Scar Tissue will make your heart race and your heart ache, often in the same sentence." Marcus Sakey's thrillers have won numerous awards and been translated into twenty languages. Celebrities like Ben Affleck and Tobey Maguire have snatched up his film rights. Now from the "modern master of suspense" (Chicago... Read more

Beasts On The Lawn

By: Saki

Narrated by: Full Cast & Pippa Haywood

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short stories by Saki (H. H. Munro) recycled and restaged in a modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their own good. The tales are woven together by the character of Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange days and long nights. The five stories are: Tobermory,... Read more

Short Stories by O. Henry - Abridged

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Emma Hignett & Emma Topping

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This audiobook contains four short stories by O. Henry, including "A Retrieved Reformation", "The Cop and the Anthem", "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief". Read more

Baseball in April and Other Stories

By: Gary Soto

Narrated by: Stephanie Diaz & Miguel Gongora

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Gary Soto, an award-winning poet, is renowned for getting at the heart of a young person’s everyday life. In these eleven stories, performed with spice and energy by young actors Stephanie Diaz and Miguel Gongora, Soto again scores. With a sensitivity and humor born from his own experiences while growing up in California’s Central Valley, the... Read more

Winesburg, Ohio

By: Sherwood Anderson

Narrated by: Terry Bregy

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Winesburg, Ohio, a collection of stories set in a fictitious town in the 1890s, has long been considered Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece. This groundbreaking work set the stage for a new era in writing, greatly influencing Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck, among many others. Anderson wrote simply, brilliantly crafting a... Read more

Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

By: Lee Smith

Narrated by: Debra Monk, Susan Bennett, Cynthia Darlow, Juli...

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Virginia native Lee Smith has won two O. Henry Awards, the Southern Book Critics Circle Award, and the Robert Penn Warren Prize for her engaging works. A collection of 14 tales-both new stories and previously published favorites-Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger is sure to delight listeners with its warm humor and unforgettable characters.... Read more

Crimes in Southern Indiana

By: Frank Bill

Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

With this critically acclaimed debut collection, Frank Bill announces himself as an author of fiercely defined vision. In these vivid tales, Bill's southern Indiana proves a literary destination of immense nuance, even as his mostly working-class characters cry out in voices that cannot be denied. "Blasts off like a frigging rocket ship and hits... Read more

The Lion Hunter and the Lady

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

No one describes the adventures of the lone cowboy better than Louis L’Amour, who portrays the human side of the Old West before the days of law and order. Here is one of Louis L’Amour’s short stories, with text restored according to the state of its initial publication.In “The Lion Hunter and the Lady,” the lion hunter is called Cat Morgan... Read more

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

By: Etgar Keret

Narrated by: Ira Glass & Willem Dafoe

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing... Read more

Rip Van Winkle

By: Washington Irving

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Rip Van Winkle lived in a quiet colonial town, and had a habit of attending to everyone else's chores. Henpecked and poor, he goes squirrel hunting in the woods one day, only to exit twenty years later. Read more

Man Riding West

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 55 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. Here is one of the stories penned by America’s favorite Western author with its text restored to the state of its initial publication in the magazine West in 1950.It starts out... Read more