Short Stories audiobooks

The Great War

By: David Almond, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Ursu...

Narrated by: Nico Evers-Swindell, JD Jackson, Gerard Doyle, ...

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In a powerful collection, eleven internationally acclaimed fiction writers draw on personal objects to bring the First World War to life for listeners of all ages.A toy soldier. A butter dish. A compass. Mundane objects, perhaps, but to the remarkable authors in this collection, artifacts such as these have inspired stories that go to the heart... Read more

Black Glass

By: Karen Joy Fowler

Narrated by: Emily Durante, Todd Haberkorn & Heather Wilds

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker-shortlisted, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.In 1999 Karen Joy Fowler won the World Fantasy Award for Black Glass, a collection of thirteen stories in which she “[Managed] to re-create both life’s extraordinary and... Read more

The Curious Case of Miss Amelia Vernet

By: Dana Cameron

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of Seven Kinds of Hell comes an intriguing new tale that brings the supernatural thrills of the Fangborn world to Sherlock Holmes’s nineteenth-century London.On the surface, Amelia Vernet appears to be the great detective’s quiet sixteen-year-old cousin. But her innocent exterior conceals an important fact: Amelia... Read more

Half a Creature from the Sea

By: David Almond

Narrated by: Richard Halverson

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Master storyteller David Almond presents a beautiful collection of short fiction, interwoven with pieces that illuminate the inspiration behind the stories.May Malone is said to have a monster in her house, but what Norman finds there may just be the angel he needs. Joe Quinn’s house is noisy with poltergeists, or could it be Davie’s raging... Read more

Sporting Guide

By: Liz Goldwyn

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen & David Colacci

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliantly imaginative recreation of an 1890s Los Angeles pocket guide, or "Sporting Guide," to the brothels of the day.Before there was the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles was a rough place, building its way out to the global city of today. In the late nineteenth century it was a rapidly growing city filled with pimps and... Read more

Red Fire

By: Max Brand

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor & Dion Graham

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From legendary Western author Max Brand comes a collection of stories about a slave, a jewel thief, and a captive.In “Master and Man,” Bobbie is a black man who can outride, outfight, and outshoot any white man in the mountain desert. His unwavering moral code serves as a model for his often cruel and dissolute white master.“A Lucky Dog” is a... Read more

Dead in Her Tracks

By: Kendra Elliot

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

On Christmas morning, Solitude, Oregon, unwraps murder…This wasn’t how Police Chief Zane Duncan expected to spend his first Christmas with fellow officer and girlfriend Stevie Taylor. But when a local motel calls in the discovery of a dead body, the couple’s holiday takes a grim turn. This is the second murder in Solitude within the week,... Read more

Burning the Rule Book

By: Dana Cameron

Narrated by: Deric McNish

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

To protect humans from evil yet remain undetected, the Fangborn follow strict rules—but werewolf Jack Parker just keeps breaking them. Failing to disclose his relationship with a Normal could cost him his powers, yet there’s something irresistible about waitress Emily Vargas. For one thing, she seems to have no past—at least not one she’ll talk... Read more

Around the World with Auntie Mame

By: Patrick Dennis

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Encore, Encore! The brilliant sequel to the smash bestseller Auntie Mame is back and the reviews are in.…Praise:
“As extravagantly full of gags, slapstick comedy and general hilarious confusion as its predecessor.” —The New York Herald Tribune“Indescribably funny.” —Chicago Tribune“Funnier than the first book.” —New York Post Read more

A Tyranny of Petticoats

By: Jessica Spotswood (Editor)

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From an impressive sisterhood of YA writers comes an edge-of-your-seat anthology of historical fiction and fantasy featuring a diverse array of daring heroines.Criss-cross America—on dogsleds and ships, stagecoaches and trains—from pirate ships off the coast of the Carolinas to the peace, love, and protests of 1960s Chicago. Join fifteen of... Read more

The Most Important Thing

By: Avi

Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most beloved writers of our time presents seven short stories exploring the vital ties between fathers and sons.Luke sees the ghost of his father but can’t figure out what Dad wants him to do. Paul takes a camping trip with the grandfather he’s just met and discovers what lies behind the man’s erratic behavior. Ryan has some... Read more

Death and Her Devotion

By: Kendra Elliot

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In the first Rogue Vows novella, Zane and Stevie are about to get an unexpected wedding present…and it’s a deadly one.It should be the happiest weekend of Officer Stevie Taylor’s life. She’s finally going to marry Police Chief Zane Duncan and live happily ever after in Solitude, Oregon. But all wedding plans grind to a halt when a dead body is... Read more

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Alexander Spencer

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Eleven short stories including The Musgrave Ritual, The Reigate Squires and The Final Problem. Read more

Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger

By: Catherine Cookson

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Known for the wit of her writing, in her lifetime Catherine Cookson became the UK’s most widely read novelist. When the Cookson Estate discovered the unpublished manuscript of Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger in the attic of her home, they unearthed a gem for Cookson’s many fans.Gravedigger John Gascoigne lives in Downfell Hurst with his... Read more

The Best of Bova, Vol. 2

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Gabrielle de Cuir, Emily Rankin, Pa...

Length: 15 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The second volume of the best stories from legendary hard science fiction writer Ben Bova, the creator of the New York Times bestselling Grand Tour science fiction series, a six-time Hugo award winner, and past president of the National Space Society.The stories included in this volume span the five decades of Bova’s incandescent career at the... Read more

Krik? Krak!

By: Edwidge Danticat

Narrated by: Robin Miles & Dion Graham

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

American Book Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat earned a National Book Award nomination for this brilliant collection of stories, which includes Pushcart Prize winner "Between the Pool and the Gardenias." A "remarkably gifted writer" (Publishers Weekly), Danticat examines the brutality of her native Haiti, particularly as it affects women,... Read more

From Percy Jackson: Camp Half-Blood Confidential

By: Rick Riordan

Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In response to an awful camp orientation video created by the god Apollo, Percy Jackson and other residents of Camp Half-Blood answer such questions as "What is this place?" and "Do I get to keep the T-shirt?" Newbies can check out the section on the Divine Cabins, read up on Magical Landmarks, and consult the chapter of Training Arenas.... Read more

Final Farewell

By: Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: Brad Meltzer

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Brad's favorite short story he ever wrote. Originally published in USA Weekend magazine for their Summer Fiction Series. Read more

The Relive Box and Other Stories

By: T.C. Boyle

Narrated by: T.C. Boyle

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

While T.C. Boyle is known as one of our greatest American novelists, he is also an acknowledged master of the short story and is perhaps at his funniest, his most moving, and his most surprising in the short form. In The Relive Box, Boyle's sharp wit and rich imagination combine with a penetrating social consciousness to produce raucous,... Read more

QED

By: Ellery Queen

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Let Ellery Queen clue you in on his special brand of high tension, brain-teasing mystery! This collection consists of novelettes and short stories from Queen's many escapades. Stories include "Mum Is the Word," "Object Lesson," "No Parking," "No Place to Live," "Miracles Do Happen," "The Lonely Bride," "Mystery at the Library of Congress," "Dead... Read more

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders

By: Daniyal Muyeenuddin

Narrated by: Firdous Bamji

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Passing from the mannered drawing rooms of Pakistan's cities to the harsh mud villages beyond, Daniyal Mueenuddin's linked stories describe the interwoven lives of an aging feudal landowner, his servants and managers, and his extended family, industrialists who have lost touch with the land. In the spirit of Joyce's Dubliners and Turgenev's A... Read more

The King Is Always Above the People

By: Daniel Alarcón

Narrated by: David DeSantos

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED for the 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

An urgent, essential collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the award-winning author of War by Candlelight and At Night We Walk in Circles.

Migration. Betrayal. Family secrets.... Read more

The Demon Crown

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Christian Baskous

Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A construction project beneath the National Mall reveals a dark secret dating back to the Civil War, something buried by a cabal of scientists, led by Alexander Graham Bell, who helped found the Smithsonian Institution. It is a cache of bones, preserved in amber, protecting a wonder like no other, the very secret of life after death. But such a... Read more

Christmas Short Stories

By: Charles Dickens

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Dickens is known for writing the greatest of all Christmas stories...A Christmas Carol, but few know that he wrote a number of other short stories for that holiday season. Here in one wonderful audio collection are six short stories about Christmas--A Christmas Tree, What Christmas is as We Grow Older, The Poor Relation's Story, The... Read more