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Collected Stories

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Length 20 hours 36 minutes
Language English
Narrators multivoice, David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Kimberly Farr, Roxanne Hernandez, Janis Ian, Rex Linn, Arthur Morey, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki & Kristoffer Tabori

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Collected Stories is the definitive compilation of Lewis Shiner's short work, featuring over forty stories voiced by top narrators in the business. Contents include:

Introduction, read by Karen Joy Fowler "Perfidia," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Stuff of Dreams," read by John Rubinstein "The War at Home," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Straws," read by Scott Brick "Nine Hard Questions," read by Kimberly Farr "White City," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Primes," read by Arthur Morey "The Long Ride Out," read by Rex Linn "Sitcom," read by Stefan Rudnicki "The Death of Che Guevara," read by Roxanne Hernandez and Stefan Rudnicki "His Girlfriend's Dog," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Deep without Pity," read by Rex Linn "The Circle," read by Kimberly Farr "Twilight Time," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Jeff Beck," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Wild for You," read by Kris Tabori "Till Human Voices Wake Us," Read by John Rubinstein "Flagstaff," read by Scott Brick "Tommy and the Talking Dog," read by Janis Ian "Oz," read by Kris Tabori "Love in Vain," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Steam Engine Time," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Kings of the Afternoon," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Sticks," read by Stefan Rudnicki "The Tale of Mark the Bunny," read by Janis Ian "The Killing Season," read by Rex Linn "Scales," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Snowbirds," read by Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki "Match," read by Kris Tabori "Relay," read by Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki "Castles Made of Sand," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Prodigal Son," read by Rex Linn "Mozart in Mirrorshades," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Kidding Around," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Mystery Train," read by John Rubinstein "Secrets," read by Roxanne Hernandez "Golfing Vietnam," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Stompin' at the Savoy," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Gold," read by Arthur Morey "Dirty Work," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Lizard Men of Los Angeles," read by David Birney

Lewis Shiner is the award-winning author of the novels Dark Tangos, Say Goodbye, and Glimpses, among others. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

David Birney is an American actor and director whose career performances include both contemporary and classical roles in theater, film and television. He has recorded numerous audiobook bestsellers, including works by Dean Koontz, Paul Theroux, Annie Dillard, Thomas Kenneally, and Orson Scott Card. His reading of Julie Salomon’s The Christmas Tree was honored with the prestigious Audie Award and has also been the recipient of several AudioFile Earphone Awards.

Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.

Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.

Kimberly Farr began her acting career on television in Los Angeles. From there she moved on to theater in New York, where she appeared on and off-Broadway, including work at Circle in the Square, the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Roundabout, Playwright's Horizons, and the American Place. She created the role of "Eve" in Arthur Miller's first and only musical, Up From Paradise, which was directed by the author. She appeared as Vanessa Redgrave's step-daughter in the Broadway production of Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea, directed by Tony Richardson. She has also acted in regional theaters, including a stint in the original production of The 1940s Radio Hour at Washington DC's Arena Stage, and a revival of Accent on Youth, with Kathleen Quinlan at The Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Ms. Farr also has many television appearances to her credit, including a guest starring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation and a season on her own CBS series, Live-In. Her feature film credits include the classic Missing, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. She is an award-winning audiobook narrator and has recorded over 100 titles, including books by Joan Didion, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Tyler, Joseph J. Ellis, Ken Burns, Margaret Atwood, and Nora Roberts. Among her favorite titles was The Murderer's Ape, by Jakob Wegelius; the main character is a female gorilla named Sally Jones!

Roxanne Hernandez is an audio narrator and a top narrator choice for young adult, adult drama, and Latin American/Chicano literature. She was a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2011.

Janis Ian is a singer, songwriter, and author. She is best known for her 1975 hit single, “At Seventeen,” which won a Grammy Award. She won a second Grammy in 2013 for the narration of her autobiography, Society’s Child.

Rex Linn, a winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2014, is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Frank Tripp in the television series CSI: Miami. Besides numerous other television roles, he has had roles in Django Unchained, Trial by Fire, and other major films. He was born and raised in the Texas panhandle and earned a BA in radio, television, and film from Oklahoma State University.

Read by Arthur Morey, Joe Barrett, Adenrele Ojo, Pam Ward, Ann Richardson, Roxanne Hernandez, Mirron Willis, Robin Miles, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Caroline Shaffer, Pamela Almand, Janina Edwards, Hillary Huber, Nancy Wu, Mark Branhall, Karen White, Neil Shah, and Erica Sullivan

John Rubinstein made his debut as the title role in Bob Fosse’s Pippin. He is a skillful, AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator who has read works by Jonathan Kellerman, Orson Scott Card, Tom Clancy, and Gabriel Brownstein. Rubinstein is also a successful actor and has acted in the films Jekyll, Choose Conner, The Truth About Layla, and 21 Grams.  His television credits include The Young and the Restless, Greek, Desperate Housewives, Day Break, Criminal Minds, Cold Case, CSI and Law & Order.

Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and an award-winning narrator who has won several Audie Awards, as well as more than twenty-five Earphones Awards, and been named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices.

Kristoffer Tabori made his screen debut when he was six years old and appeared on Broadway for the first time at age sixteen. He has garnered numerous honors for his stage, screen, television, and radio acting and directing, including an Emmy and three Earphones Awards. His first solo narration won the 1993 Audie Award for best audiobook of the year.

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