Short Stories audiobooks

La tierra errante

By: Cixin Liu

Narrated by: Alberto Mieza, Esther Solans & Víctor Viedma

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Primera antología de relatos del autor chino que ha deslumbrado a cinco millones de lectores con El problema de los tres cuerpos. El sol se está muriendo, y la Tierra, consumida por los últimos suspiros de esta estrella, también desaparecerá. Pero la humanidad, en lugar de abandonar el planeta, construye doce mil grandiosos motores de fusión... Read more

Second Best

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

'Second Best' was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. In this delicate story of boy-girl love, Lawrence is at his best, intertwining the feelings of the two lovers with the natural world around them, the countryside, flowers and fields and the moles who are sacrificed to bring the lovers together. The young girl may consider her lover 'second best'... Read more

Strike-pay

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In 'Strike Pay', Lawrence returns to the scenes of his boyhood in Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. A group of miners, liberated from work by a strike, enjoy a day out but the hard realities of home life and mothers-in-law await their return. Tinged with good humour and the sense of comradeship among the miners and finally between the miner and his... Read more

A Chapel and a Hayhut Among the Mountains

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

'A Chapel and a Hayhut among the Mountains'. This piece of writing falls between the short story and travel writing but is presented here as a short story largely because it depicts the warm love between Lawrence and his wife Frieda (Anita in the story) as they begin their life of travel together. Read more

Christs in the Tirol

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

'Christs in the Tirol' is more of an essay on this peculiar art form than a short story, it is included in this series as forming part of Lawrence's record of his wanderings in Europe and partly as a record of Lawrence's attitude to religion and death and foreshadowing his own eventual suffering and death. Read more

New Eve and Old Adam

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

'New Eve and Old Adam' was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. The story is largely autobiographical, telling the simple tale of an argument between a husband and wife, reflecting the difficult time Lawrence and his new wife Frieda were having. What was the place of a woman to be in a modern marriage? Lawrence argued that it was the woman's place... Read more

Once

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

'Once' was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. The story is largely autobiographical, written when Lawrence and Frieda (Anita in the Story) had fled England together to live in Austria and Italy. Frieda had had an affair while they were in Austria and she told Lawrence about it. 'Once' explores Lawrence's reactions to being betrayed while still... Read more

Transformation

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Guido has lost it all. At rock bottom, and while wandering the shore, Guido spies a misshapen creature floating toward him in the water, riding on a huge chest. The creature offers Guido a path of revenge – switching bodies for three days in exchange for the untold riches in the chest. Guido unfortunately fails to see a potential down... Read more

Vizhippu

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Raaghav Ranganathan

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories

By: Peter Lovesey

Narrated by: Penelope Freeman, Robert G. Slade, Ben Onwukwe ...

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That story caught the eye of the great Ruth Rendell, whose praise ignited Lovesey’s lifelong passion for short form crime fiction.On the occasion of his hundredth short story, Peter Lovesey has assembled this devilishly clever collection: eighteen yarns of mystery,... Read more

Bevor der Kaffee kalt wird (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Narrated by: Frederic Böhle

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Vier Geschichten, die uns lehren, aus der Vergangenheit über die Zukunft zu lernen und den Blick nach vorn zu öffnen. Was wäre, wenn du in die Vergangenheit reisen könntest? Bevor der Kaffee kalt wird erzählt die Geschichte von einem magischen Sessel in einem sehr besonderen Café in Japan. Wer sich in diesen Sessel setzt, darf in die... Read more

Aaya

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Jayageetha

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

By: Kim Fu

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Samara Nae...

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of... Read more

Thank You, Mr. Nixon

By: Gish Jen

Narrated by: Justin Chien, Catherine Ho, Annie Q & Eunice Wong

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write—a story collection accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds—a work that Cynthia Ozick has called “an art beyond art. It is... Read more

The Short Story

By: Andrew Kahn

Narrated by: Mike Cooper

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

What defines a modern short story is much more than a question of length. Despite the efforts of early pioneers like Edgar Allan Poe, the genre was originally synonymous with the anecdote or tale and seen more as entertainment than art. However it has become far more than that, and this Very Short Introduction considers afresh the form's ongoing... Read more

Overboard

By: Samuel Kissner

Narrated by: Samuel Kissner

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Why did Claire have to drink so much at a small gathering of old friends, and how will she get home now that the host has kicked her out of his house? Hungover and ashamed, Claire begins a harrowing journey back to her apartment. Songs blend into the narrative and reveal harsh truths Claire would prefer to avoid. Read more

Delilah and Mr Bircumshaw

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

'Delilah and Mr Bircumshaw was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. Lawrence is beginning to move away from his working class roots in this story, and exploring the relationship of a middle-class couple who have a slight argument, egged on by the wife's friend. Bircumshaw loses his dignity and self-respect for the comforts of married life. For all... Read more

Her Turn

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

'Her Turn' was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. Lawrence is at his best in this story, taken from the scenes of his childhood and based on characters he knew intimately. The scene can hardly be called a story in the traditional sense, being the altercation between a miner and his wife over the sharing of strike pay. Lawrence keeps the story... Read more

The Miner at Home

By: D H Lawrence

Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

'The Miner at Home ' was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. Lawrence is at his best in this story, taken from the scenes of his childhood and based on characters he knew intimately. The scene can hardly be called a story in the traditional sense, being the altercation between a miner and his wife over an impending strike but as a picture of a... Read more

Orang-orang Bloomington

By: Budi Darma

Narrated by: Anes Wibowo

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"Janganlah mengurusi kepentingan orang lain dan janganlah mempunyai keinginan tahu tentang orang lain. Hanya dengan jalan demikian, kita dapat tenang." Sejak kali pertama terbit, tujuh cerita yang dihimpun dalam antologi Orang-orang Bloomington sukses memukau pembaca lintas generasi melalui permasalahan yang diangkat—emosi-emosi terdalam... Read more

Irakkam

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Jayageetha

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

Blood, Sweat, and Flame

By: J.F. Penn

Narrated by: J.F. Penn

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Is victory worth blood, sweat, and flame?Cass blows glass for a living — but when she’s not cranking out tourist pieces to pay the bills, she creates unique glass art with the dream of winning a prestigious award that might just change her life.But Cass has a problem.The heat and intensity of the glassblowing hot shop have damaged her eyesight —... Read more

Thenadai

By: Sivasankari

Narrated by: Raaghav Ranganathan

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை... Read more

A Dream of a Woman

By: Casey Plett

Narrated by: Casey Plett

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Award-winning novelist Casey Plett (Little Fish) returns with a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women. Casey Plett’s 2018 novel Little Fish won a Lambda Literary Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and the Amazon First Novel Award. Her latest work, A Dream of a Woman, is... Read more