Short Stories audiobooks

Theocracy with a Silver Lining

By: Martin Lundqvist

Narrated by: Martin Lundqvist

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A flash fiction story about the 17-year-old girl, Sandra, who is at the headmaster's office for breaking against the law against contraceptives introduced by the fanatic Grand Cleric Mitchell Cent. Read more

Rieducazione con scasso 

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Pierantonio Rizzato

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Rieducazione con scasso è un racconto breve pubblicato per la prima volte sul giornale Cosmopolitan nel 1903. Describe il rientro in società del giovani rapinatore Jimmy Valentine. Nel 1910 il drammaturgo Paul Armstrong riadattò la storia in uno spettacolo teatrale di grande successo a Broadway, intitolato Aliam Jimmy Valentine, successivamente... Read more

L'albergo rosso

By: Honoré de Balzac

Narrated by: Roberto Maurizio

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

L'Albergo rosso è un racconto che fa parte degli Studi filosofici, quelle trame a orologeria, costruite per porre un personaggio dinanzi a una decisione morale. Il fuoco dell'attenzione è su un omicida impunito e insospettato, fino a quando qualcuno scopre la verità. Penetrare in quel terribile segreto, si rivelerà penoso e dannoso: meglio... Read more

La morta innamorata

By: Théophile Gautier

Narrated by: Roberto Arricale

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Un prete racconta di quando fu vicino a perdere la fede, dopo aver ricevuto gli ordini per la prima volta. Il suo obiettivo nella vita era sempre stato quello di diventare sacerdote, ma il giorno della sua ordinazione, vede una bella donna in chiesa e si innamora all'istante. La donna, Clarimonde, gli consegna il suo biglietto da visita tramite... Read more

Gente di Dublino

By: James Joyce

Narrated by: Patrizia Speroni

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

James Joyce fu uno dei più importanti scrittori del XX secolo e la sua raccolta di storie "Gente di Dublino", pubblicata nel 1914, fornisce un quadro realistico di come era la vita in Irlanda all'inizio del 1900. Alcuni dei personaggi che compaiono in "Gente di Dublino" saranno familiari ai lettori dell'altro capolavoro di Joyce, l' "Ulisse".... Read more

Memorie di un cane giallo 

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Pierantonio Rizzato

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In Memorie di un cane giallo, un cane di nome Lovely si sente male per il marito della sua padrone, perchè va a lavorare tutto il giorno mentre sua moglie sta a casa a fare nulla. Un giorno parla con un altro cane che gli dice che il suo padrone esce spesso per divertirsi. Anche Lovely vorrebbe che il suo padrone stia bene perciò lo conduce... Read more

Due racconti

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Pierantonio Rizzato

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Sono qui presentati i due racconti: "Rieducazione con scasso" e "Memorie di un cane giallo". I racconti di O. Henry sono famosi per il loro finale a sorpresa e per il loro taglio umoristico. Fu soprannominato "La risposta americana a Guy de Maupassant". In Memorie di un cane giallo, un cane di nome Lovely si sente male per il marito della sua... Read more

عقلي وقلبي

By: إحسان عبد القدوس

Narrated by: محمد الخيام

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"إنها جميلة هذا النوع من الجمال الذي يستقبلك بضجة تملأ عينيك. وقد تمل الضجة بعد قليل ولكنك لا تستطيع أن تحول عينيك عنها.. وهي ذكية.. هذا الذكاء الذي يعجز عن إخفاء نفسه، فيبدو صارخاً يخفيك أحياناً، ويثيرك أحياناً.. وقد تسخر منه! وهي غنية.. لم تضطر يوماً للكفاح، ولم ينقصها يوماً شيء.. وهي مؤمنة بالفضيلة، والعفة، والطهر.. لم يستطع إنسان أن يدفعها... Read more

Spitwrite Box Set

By: George Saoulidis

Narrated by: Steve White

Length: 15 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of #spitwrite stories.
Includes:
The Imiteles Space Station
The Garbage Cube
The Recovery Building
Looking Down on People From Atop a Big-Ass Mecha
The Hologram Riot
Waifu Wedding
A Self-Driving Car Named Desire
Viking Shipbuilding
and over 80 more short stories.
Note: This contains books 2-4 of the Spitwrite series for ease. If you own the... Read more

The Mysterious Affair at Styles & The ABC Murders

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 11 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great AudiobookThe Mysterious Affair at StylesHercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all.Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St.... Read more

Your Ad Could Go Here

By: Oksana Zabuzhko

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Oksana Zabuzhko, author of “the most influential Ukrainian book in the fifteen years since independence,” Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex, returns with a gripping short story collection.Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukraine’s leading public intellectual, is called upon to make sense of the unthinkable reality of our times. In this breathtaking short story... Read more

Sit

By: Deborah Ellis

Narrated by: Samantha Quan

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Nine poignant and empowering short stories from the author of The Breadwinner.The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own. In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action, be that a tiny gesture or a... Read more

An Arsène Lupin Casebook

By: Maurice Leblanc

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, John Lee & Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the many faces of Arsène Lupin as you’ve never seen them before in this original compilation from Skyboat Media and Blackstone Publishing.Arsène Lupin boldly makes a name for himself in “Madame Imbert’s Safe” as he attempts to steal from a couple who may be hiding more than just money, and flaunts his keen eye as he traces a cold case... Read more

The Boatman and Other Stories

By: Billy O'Callaghan

Narrated by: Gary Furlong & Jan Cramer

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“I know of no writer on either side of the Atlantic who is better at exploring the human spirit under assault than Billy O’Callaghan.”—Robert Olen ButlerThe prizewinning Irish short-story writer and author of the highly praised novel, My Coney Island Baby, delivers his most accomplished book of short fiction to date—a poignant story collection... Read more

La tarea de Melodía

By: Filo de la Llata

Narrated by: Filo de la Llata

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

 Hola amigüines audiófilos. Mi nombre es Melodía y en esta ocasión quiero enseñarles el trabajo con el que me saqué cuadro de honor y 10 de calificación en la escuela de música.La maestra Cultura, me dejo de tarea entrevistar en menos de 5 minutos a mis familiares acerca de su vida y grabarlo en audio para la clase. Deben saber que siendo yo... Read more

Winnetou I auf Bayrisch (ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Wolfgang Berger

Narrated by: Wolfgang Berger & Matthias M.

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein skurriles Projekt? Nein, eher spaßig und kurzweilig! Der edelste aller Indianer ist wohl Karl Mays Apatschenhäuptling Winnetou, von dem der niederbayerische Kabarettist, Moderator und Buchautor "Der Fälscher" Wolfgang "Woife" Berger seit seiner Kindheit begeistert ist. Und so will Berger die Geschichte seines Helden mal auf Bayrisch erzählen... Read more

Había una vez un pájaro

By: Alejandra Costamagna

Narrated by: Lina Franco

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Tres cuentos, como diferentes episodios de memoria, conforman este nuevo libro de Alejandra Costamagna. Se trata de historias marcadas por los quiebres puertas adentro de un país silenciado a la fuerza. "Había una vez un pájaro" es la reescritura que la autora realiza de su novela En voz baja, casi veinte años después de su aparición. Esta obra,... Read more

لا أستطيع أن أفكر وأنا أرقص

By: إحسان عبد القدوس

Narrated by: أمل عبدالله

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

يقول إحسان عبد القدوس في بداية هذا الكتاب:- "هذه هي أول قصة في قالب مسرحي أجرؤ على نشرها، ربما لأني ولدت في المسرح، من أب وأم من أهل المسرح، وقضيت طفولتي وصباي بين كواليس المسارح، وتركت نشأتي في نفسي نوعاً من الرهبة من الإقدام على أي عمل مسرحي رغم كثرة ما خطر على بالي من صور مسرحية... ولا أدري أي نوع من المسرحيات هذه التي أقدمها اليوم... هي هي... Read more

النساء لهن أسنان بيضاء

By: إحسان عبد القدوس

Narrated by: أمل عبدالله

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

فنجان قهوة فوق حلة ملوخية! مايوه لبنت الأسطى محمود.! القط أصله أسد! النساء لهن أسنان بيضاء، القضية نائمة في سيارة كاديلاك، المؤتمر يصفق لزوزو! هذه مجموعة قصصية من ست قصص للكاتب إحسان عبد القدوس، وتتميز هذه المجموعة بخفة الظل ونوع من الفكاهة والظرافة في مواضيعها كما يظهر ذلك في عناوين القصص التي تعمد الكاتب أن يضع بعد اسم بعض قصص المجموعة علامة... Read more

أسف لم أعد استطيع

By: إحسان عبد القدوس

Narrated by: رنا الخطيب

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

هل قرأ عبد الناصر الرسالة؟ ، الراقصة والطبال، قبل الوصول إلى سن الانتحار، آسف لم أعد أستطيع، كان يعيش مع لسانه، الزجاجات الفارغة، قبل أن تخرج الحقيبة من الباب، شباك كلها ثقوب. يبدأ الكتاب برسالة كتبها المؤلف للرئيس جمال عبد الناصر في عام 1955 ولم يقم بإرسالها في وقتها بل نسيها لسنوات ثم استخرجها وقرر أن ينشرها، ويتحدث فيها عن مسألة الأدب... Read more

Chiens de rue - épisode 4 : La voie du lâche

By: Laurent Chabin

Narrated by: Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier & Éliane Préfontaine

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Je sens la menace se préciser autour de moi. Je suis livré à moi-même, sans aucun recours. L'angoisse m'empêche de réfléchir. Ce qui m'obsède, c'est l'idée que je serai le suivant à disparaître. Read more

Chiens de rue - épisode 5 : L'arme fatale

By: Laurent Chabin

Narrated by: Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier & Éliane Préfontaine

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Je ne voulais plus rien savoir de la Fraternité. Enfermé chez moi, je ne parlais à personne. Mais l'appel du gang a été le plus fort. Je suis retourné à la rue. Read more

El silencio de los pájaros

By: Horacio Cavallo

Narrated by: Mariano Prince

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Para salvar su vida, un hombre decide salvar la de los demás. Una solitaria mujer recibe las esperanzadoras cartas de un admirador secreto. Padre e hijo viajan al pasado con una caja de cenizas en las manos. Un músico ciego recorre a tientas un pequeño pueblo del interior. Un poeta ignoto le entrega el más valioso regalo al hombre que lo iluminó... Read more

The Peddler

By: Channing Whitaker

Narrated by: Paul Woodson

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

When Andrew bought a carved figure from The Peddler, he thought he was doing the old man a favor. When three violent criminals came to give his shop a shakedown, he realized it was the other way around.
In this fantasy, horror novelette, a luscious, green park stands as a beacon of thriving life in the midst of a fledgling city where criminals... Read more