Short Stories audiobooks

Хамелеон

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

«Хамелеон» — известный рассказ А. П. Чехова (1860–1904), великого русского писателя. Полицейский надзиратель Очумелов, главный герой рассказа, — человек-хамелеон, его главная цель — выжить и приспособиться к любым обстоятельствам. Читатель достойно оценит необычный сюжет и мастерство Чехова-сатирика. Чехов Антон Павлович — автор знаменитых... Read more

Tippie-Doo Mama Always Has The Last Laugh

By: Nyx Nightshade

Narrated by: Angela Clark

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

With TIPPIE, everything is always an “ADVENTURE.”He’s a funny little DONKEY that LOVES playing TRICKS and is always very CURIOUS.Tippie and Daisy try to play a trick on MAMA this time, but…. things don't go quite as planned!Read more inside…Based on a true story.In The Adventures Of Tippie-Doo, a silly little donkey discovers the world around... Read more

Смерть чиновника

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

«Смерть чиновника» — юмористический рассказ великого русского драматурга Антона Павловича Чехова (1860–1904). Экзекутор Иван Дмитриевич Червяков однажды отправился в театр, где с ним произошел маленький конфуз: он случайно чихнул на статского генерала Бризжалова. Комический сюжет дополняют точные и емкие детали, которые всецело раскрывают суть... Read more

Taken by Two Mountain Men

By: Jasmine Black

Narrated by: Sierra Kline

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Jessie Belle Johnston has always fantasized about being taken by two men but her agoraphobia prevents her from going out and fulfilling her fantasies. Besides, fantasies and reality are two different things…or are they? When the real thing shows up in the form of two hot mountain men at her secluded Canadian Rocky Mountain cabin, Jessie Belle... Read more

Winter

By: Simon Ternyik

Narrated by: Franziska Peterhänsel

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Winter Kleine Wintergeschichten über die weiße Jahreszeit Ein Buch über Schneeflocken, Eiskristalle, Weihnachtsmärkte, Winterspaziergänge und Kälte Betrachtungen zum Lesen, Schlittenfahren und Eisbaden Dieses Buch ist für Sie geeignet, wenn Sie  -  auf der Suche nach wunderschönen Wintergeschichten sind, die eine winterliche Stimmung zu Ihnen... Read more

Попрыгунья

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

«Попрыгунья» — одно из творений А. П. Чехова (1860–1904), в основе которого лежит реальная история. Главные герои — нравственная и «талантливая во всем» Ольга Ивановна и ее самоотверженный муж Осип Иванович Дымов сталкиваются с непреодолимыми жизненными препятствиями. Безнравственность и легкомыслие одерживают победу над настоящими чувствами,... Read more

The Secret That Is Not a Secret

By: Jay Michaelson

Narrated by: Jay Michaelson

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative collection of interconnected tales, bridging the worlds of mysticism and heresy, faith and desire—from the award-winning author of Everything is God and The Heresy of Jacob Frank.The Secret That Is Not a Secret: Ten Heretical Tales invites you into a hidden world of faith, desire, transgression, and revelation. The inhabitants of... Read more

A Bedtime Story and a Lullaby: Rapunzel & Sleep My Darling

By: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm & Andrew David ...

Narrated by: Nicki White, Holly Kyrre & Bella Butterfly

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Join us for this enchanting story "Rapunzel" by the Brothers Grimm followed by Bella Butterfly's calming bedtime lullaby "Sleep My Darling" helping your little one settle down to sleep. Read more

One Poet's Journey: A Picture Book of Poems

By: James C. Glassford

Narrated by: J. Arthur Scott

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is a society where non intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in it's roar:I love not man the less, but nature more"-Lord Byron Read more

The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast

By: H.P. Lovecraft & Robert H. Barlow

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The thief is trying to steal the treasure of the "Wizard-Beast." Of course, he faces punishment. The main motif resembles Dunsany's texts about similar thieves, and as for Lovecraft's works themselves – The Terrible Old Man.
The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast were likely intended to be part of Robert H. Barlow's cycle, The Annals of the Jinns. The... Read more

Life in a Small Town

By: Lorana Hoopes

Narrated by: Lorana Hoopes

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

What happens in a small town....Affects everyone!From enemies to lovers, second chances, and prime romances, the short stories in this book will give you hours of enjoyment.Kirsten and Tristan show that first impressions don't have to be lasting ones when they learn to work together in Small Town Dreams.Molly and Dillon prove that second chances... Read more

The Fox’s Fire: And Other Fantastic Tales

By: Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Narrated by: Jennifer Fournier

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Dance Among the Embers, But Don’t Get Burned…From a kitsune slinking through the mists … to an elven champion tied to every crossroad in the moment of Midnight … to the heir of Underhill ruling the road on a Harley, the mystical and magical intersect nearly unrealized with the world of man. Do you dare to walk among them with open eyes? Do you... Read more

Two Tales From Ambrose Bierce

By: Ambrose Bierce

Narrated by: Stephen Johnston & Jack Geery Singleton

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. In late 1913, Bierce, then age 71, Bierce... Read more

Old Crimes

By: Jill McCorkle

Narrated by: Jill McCorkle, Hayden Bishop, Teralyn Davis, Ma...

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From a New York Times bestselling author ("One of our wisest storytellers"), a story collection that is funny and tragic in equal measure, about crimes large and small (Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers).

Beloved author Jill McCorkle offers an intimate look at the moments when a person’s life changes forever. A woman uses her hearing... Read more

Хирургия

By: Антон Чехов

Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

«Хирургия» — юмористический рассказ, автором которого является великий русский писатель Антон Павлович Чехов (1860–1904). Короткий юмористический рассказ построен на живых диалогах, которые воссоздают характеры и образы героев, и вставках-ремарках, дополняющих картину повествования. Чехов Антон Павлович — автор знаменитых рассказов, повести... Read more

المنصة 666 - Abridged

By: Muhammad Saeed Al-Dabbous

Narrated by: Qusai hammoud

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

المنصة 666 مجموعة قصصية من تأليف : محمد سعيد الدبوس ينتقل بنا الكاتب في مجموعته القصصية من الادب البوليسي عبر فصة المنصة 666 و التي ينهل الكاتب من غزير معلوماته كمهندس بترول ، ليقدم لنا صورة هي اقرب للواقع من مجرد عالم خيالي يشتعل في مخيلة كاتب، الى عالم الغموض ، واساطير الشرق و عوالم اخرى ندعكم لاستكشافها عبر هذه المجموعة. Read more

Brian Bradford's Bedtime Bookshop

By: Brian Bradford

Narrated by: Wayne Farrell

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

JOURNEY INTO WHIMSY AND WISDOM WITH THIS INSPIRING SELECTION OF SHORT STORIES!Discover a treasure trove of fantastical tales that not only captivate young readers and their imaginations but also impart valuable life lessons. brian bradford invites readers into a world of wonder and wisdom through seven captivating short stories, each brimming... Read more

Half-Wild and Other Stories of Encounter

By: Emily Paskevics

Narrated by: Gabrielle Dufresne

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Intergenerational conflicts unfold in a context of environmental change and degradation in this eerily original debut short fiction collection.Emily Paskevics takes her characters–mothers, daughters, fathers, sisters–into the wilderness to lose themselves in their primal nature . . . or to find what they’ve always been missing, as they struggle... Read more

The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: George Pearson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The blue, veiled eye of an old man is an object that drives the main character to madness. Every time he sees it, aggression and a desire to murder arise within him. He decides to commit a crime.
He carefully plans it, and for a week, every night, he peeks into the adjacent room where the old man lives and observes him silently so as not to wake... Read more

Brooksmith

By: Henry James

Narrated by: Sergio Maitland

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brooksmith," a short story written by Henry James in 1891, tells the tale of Brooksmith, a retired diplomat's butler the 'narrator' had once known. Brooksmith was responsible for the preservation of the atmosphere the diplomat's salon where the guests enjoyed a high level of intellectual conversation. Brooksmith was regarded by the narrator as... Read more

A Slip of the Tongue

By: Stefania Hartley

Narrated by: Stefania Hartley

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Will Melina regret faking to be ill to avoid doing her chores? Can Don Pericle organise a wedding for a groom who doesn’t know? Who has stolen the marble pisces from the cathedral's floor? Twelve humorous short stories dripping with the Sicilian sunshine, ringing with not-so-well-kept secrets, fragrant with freshly fried arancine rice balls,... Read more

10-MINUTE TREATS: SEVENTEEN SHORT STORIES. - Abridged

By: Bernard Shevlin

Narrated by: Gill Mills

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: Yes

Diverse, stimulating, and wonderfully succinct, 10-Minute Treats is a compelling collection of 17 short stories from debutant author Bernard Shevlin. Covering genres including Crime, Science Fiction, Comedy, and Adventure, 10-Minute Treats offers the reader a number of evocative, thought-provoking, and plain entertaining tales that can be read... Read more

El contador de historias

By: Rabih Alameddine

Narrated by: Eugenio Gómez

Length: 23 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Las Mil y una noches del siglo XXI. Escuchad. Dejad que os guíe en un viaje hacia los confines de la imaginación. Dejad que os cuente una historia... Así empieza a hablar Osama, el hombre recién llegado a Beirut que a lo largo de estas páginas nos desvelará los secretos de su estrafalaria familia y muy en especial del abuelo, un hombre que había... Read more

Beneath The Zoo

By: J.F. Penn

Narrated by: J.F. Penn

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Some secrets should stay buried.When renowned architect Arania Webb returns to Bristol Zoo — once her childhood sanctuary but now a derelict ruin — she discovers her late father’s hidden underground lab, which harbours a dark obsession.Inside, she uncovers his journals documenting twisted experiments to fuse arachnid DNA with humans, creating... Read more