Short Stories audiobooks
The Short Stories Volume III
By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: Stacy Keach
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Before he gained wide fame as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary reputation with his short stories. Set in the varied landscapes of Spain, Africa, and the American Midwest, this definitive audio collection traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style -- from the plain bold... Read more
View audiobookTales of Terror
By: Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells, Charlotte Perkins...
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham & Kimberly Schraf
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
The Monkey's Paw Jacobs was considered a humorist in turn of the century England, but here he gives us a masterpiece of horror. The Monkey's Paw is a Gothic tale, telling us again how wishes can go awry. The Pit and the Pendulum One of Poe's most familiar works, The Pit and the Pendulum is the first-hand account of a prisoner during the... Read more
View audiobookCanterbury Tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrated by: David Butler
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A selection of eight stories with some words from the host and from Chaucer: The Miller's Tale, The Reeve's Tale, The Franklin's Tale, The Words of the Host, The Pardoner's Tale, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale,The Friar's Tale, The Clerk's Tale, Chaucer's Farewell.
Thought to have been born in London, England c. 1342/43,... Read more
Chekhov - Eleven Stories
By: Anton Chekhov
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
With amazing insight, Anton Chekhov wrote of the lives of the Russian common man as well as the landowner. He established the style of the modern short story and influenced many great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Katherine Mansfield, and Virginia Woolf.
Includes "The Black Monk" -- a tale of a man... Read more
The Short Stories Volume II
By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: Stacy Keach
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938.
Ernest Hemingway is a cultural icon—an archetype of rugged masculinity, a romantic ideal of the intellectual in perpetual exile—but, to his countless readers, Hemingway remains a literary force much greater than his image.... Read more
The Man in the Black Suit
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: John Cullum, Peter Gerety & Becky Ann Baker
Length: 3 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
An intense, eerie, and instantly compelling collection of unabridged stories from Stephen King!
"The face of the man in the black suit grows ever clearer, ever closer, and I remember every word he said. I don't want to think of him, but I can't help it, and sometimes at night my old heart beats so... Read more
The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: Stacy Keach
Length: 5 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938.
Ernest Hemingway is a cultural icon—an archetype of rugged masculinity, a romantic ideal of the intellectual in perpetual exile—but, to his countless readers, Hemingway remains a literary force much greater than his image.... Read more
Riding the Bullet
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Josh Hamilton
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A Stephen King ghost story in the grand tradition, Riding the Bullet is the ultimate warning about the dangers of hitchhiking.
A college student's mother is dying in a Maine hospital. When he hitches a ride to see her, the driver is not who he appears to be. Soon the journey veers off into a dark landscape that could only be drawn by Stephen King. Read more
The Master of Rampling Gate
By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Gigi Marceau
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
From the undisputed Queen of Vampire Literature, Anne Rice, The Master of Rampling Gate is a chilling tale of vampiric seduction.
Set in the gasslit streets of 1888 London and the wild moors of the countryside beyond, The Master of Rampling Gate tells the story of Julie, a young woman who becomes obsessed with the house her father swore her and... Read more
Everything's Eventual
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Oliver Platt & Judith Ivey
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
An iconic, spine-tingling story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.
“Everything’s Eventual” features Dinky Earnshaw—a nineteen-year-old pizza delivery boy— who gets hired by a mysterious stranger for a unique and totally “eventual” (awesome) job.
“Autopsy Room Four:” The last thing Howard Cottrell remembers is... Read more
Shakespeare's Sonnets & Tales from Shakespeare
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Sean Pratt & David Butler
Length: 12 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John Shakespeare, was a store owner and a farmer, and at one point, also served as the town's mayor. William was the third of eight children. He was married to Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than himself. They had three children Susanna (1583), and twins-- Hamnet... Read more
View audiobookStories From the Jungle Books
By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
"These stories are for adults as well as children because, as true classics, they are moral tales. The text is superbly read. Highly recommended."-- Library Journal "This performance was awarded Audio Best of the Year."-- Publishers Weekly Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born December 30, 1865 in Bombay, India. The name Rudyard was taken from a... Read more
View audiobookEdith Wharton: Stories
By: Edith Wharton
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton was most well known for her novels that illuminated privileged life in the 19th century, such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. In addition to her award-winning novels, she also wrote poetry and short stories.Collected here are some of her best works of short fiction,... Read more
View audiobookNorfolk Tales - Abridged
By: Bobby Norfolk
Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Emmy Award-winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings his electrifying energy to world folktales (from the African, Eastern European, Appalachian, and Irish traditions) to the delight of all ages. From Anansi, the African trickster, to Jack, the bumbling, lucky, persevering Everyman of traditional stories, Norfolk's characters instruct while they... Read more
View audiobookThe Veteran
By: Frederick Forsyth, Bruce Boxleitner & Christoph...
Narrated by: Patrick Macnee
Length: 12 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
From master storyteller Frederick Forsyth—best-selling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File--comes this collection of five suspenseful gems. Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in “The Veteran” (read by Patrick Macnee). In a better... Read more
View audiobookLT's Theory of Pets - Abridged
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A Rare Live Stephen King Recording!
Stephen King delivers a haunting, heartfelt performance as he shares a story about the bonds between husbands, wives and pets.
LT has a theory about pets, particularly his Siamese cat. It had been their cat not just his cat, but that was until he came home one day to a note on the fridge. His wife had left... Read more
Among the Missing - Abridged
By: Dan Chaon
Narrated by: Dylan Baker & Becky Ann Baker
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this haunting, bracing new collection, Dan Chaon shares stories of men, women, and children who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place. Chaon mines the psychological landscape of his characters to dazzling effect. Each story radiates with sharp humor,... Read more
View audiobookCuervo Y La Zorra Y Muchos Cuentos Mas: Yoyo Historias - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 1 hour 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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View audiobookBlanca Nieves Y Muchos Cuentos Mas: Yoyo Historias - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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View audiobookPatito Feo Y Muchos Cuentos Mas: Yoyo Historias - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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View audiobookTres Cerditos Y Muchos Cuentos Mas: Yoyo Historias - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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View audiobookCenicienta Y Muchos Cuentos Mas: Yoyo Historias - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 1 hour 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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View audiobookBella Y La Bestia Y Muchos Cuentos Mas: Yoyo Historias - Abridged
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 1 hour 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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View audiobookThese Hands
By: Kevin Brockmeier
Narrated by: Andre Sogliuzzo
Length: 1 hour 22 minutes
Abridged: No
"Caroline is watchful and sincere, shy yet earnest. She seldom speaks, and when she does her lips scarcely part, so that sometimes Lewis must listen closely to distinguish her voice from the cycling of her breath. Her eyes are a miracle - a startled blue with frail green spikes bound by a ring of black - and he is certain that if he could draw... Read more
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