Short Stories audiobooks

The Metamorphosis

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Lauren Williams (Female Synthesized Voice)

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

This recording is presented by AudioWhale Classics and has been digitally produced, by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.The Metamorphosis was first published... Read more

The Germinatrix

By: Töm Evans

Narrated by: Töm Evans

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This book of short stories is both charmed and charming which was written to bring magic and wonder into the lives of its readers.The twenty two tales, and the art works that inspired them, are short explorations and expositions of aspects of our consciousness, inspired by the 22 Keys of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. The essence of these tall... Read more

100 Tinderdejter

By: Martin Lundqvist

Narrated by: Martin Lundqvist

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

En kort historia om Geoffreys hundrade Tinderdejt. Read more

A Story of Romance of Love

By: Leroy Vincent

Narrated by: Claude Modine

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

She promised she'd stay with him forever. They were going to get married, to have a life and love that nothing could compare to.Then, she left. His life was torn apart. He couldn't take it, and he did the unthinkable. Now, she's back. With anger and a love that will never—can never—fade, he waits for her to explain why she left.But maybe there's... Read more

Stories of Unknown Canadians

By: Kelvin Bueckert

Narrated by: Kelvin Bueckert

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

It's history!It's what we can still learn from today.Three stories of obscure Canadians come alive as they are told in the first person. An incident that was recorded as happening on the prairie in the late 1800s is told as a humor piece. Letters found in a local museum are turned into an overview of the tragedy that was World War I. Finally, we... Read more

Short Stories

By: Jane Palmer

Narrated by: Jane Palmer

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The bonds people forge can be glorious, everlasting and filled with devotion. All too often they are problematic and dogged by regrets. Many more are not what they seem. Devotion to a lost partner is one thing, devotion to the long dead quite another, and an orang-utan with a sweet tooth can be more appreciative than the family everything has... Read more

قميص تكويه إمرأتان - Abridged

By: أحمد الدريني

Narrated by: آسيا نابلسي

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"لا أبالغ لأقول إننا مرشحان لكي نحب بعضنا البعض، لكنني مؤهل للوقوع في فتنتها وهي مؤهلة لاعتباري نزوة عابرة. لا يشترط أن يتطور الأمر إلى ما تظنه الآن وما تتخيله أثناء قراءة هذه السطور؛ فلا النزوات كلها في السرير والفتن كلها في الجسد. هل أدلّك على الأشد وطأة من ذلك؟ نصف الحب والإعجاب المنقوص والفرص التي لا تكتمل أبداً. هذه التجارب التي لا تقوى أنت... Read more

Sin pasar por Go. Narrativa Dominicana Contemporánea

By: Rita Indiana

Narrated by: Lina Franco

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

La literatura dominicana ha explotado, y para bien, con una generación diversa y sin ataduras que escribe de adentro hacia afuera y de afuera hacia adentro. Esta selección de Rita Indiana lo demuestra incuestionablemente, al congregar autores diaspóricos y nacionales, y revelar la diversidad creativa de una mirada caribeña, cosmopolita y, a la... Read more

Der Tänzer - #gegendasvergessen (ungekürzt)

By: Mari März

Narrated by: Alexander Küsters

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Die tatsächliche Anzahl derer, die wegen ihrer sexuellen oder geschlechtlichen Präferenz verfolgt, misshandelt, deportiert oder getötet wurden, ist bis heute nicht geklärt. Ihnen ist diese Geschichte gewidmet. #gegendasvergessen Tom ist Architekt. Für ihn zählen messbare Größen, etwas Handfestes, Reales. Er lebt im Hier und Jetzt. Und er lebt... Read more

A toda costa. Narrativa Puertorriqueña reciente

By: Mara Pastor

Narrated by: Noelia Antúnez

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Durante siglos el mundo entró y salió a través del Caribe, esa región profusa capaz de agitar la Historia y levantarla como huracán. Esa fuerza, hoy más que nunca, se ha consolidado en Puerto Rico, donde abunda una semilla endémica de literatura disruptiva, contemporánea e incisiva. En esta selección, hecha por Mara Pastor, hay autores/as que... Read more

Learn German with Stories: Schlamassel in Stuttgart

By: André Klein

Narrated by: André Klein

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Dino and Elisabeth follow an invitation to attend a prestigious event, but when nothing goes as planned they suddenly find themselves on a strange quest through Germany’s 6th largest city. With a worried relative in tow they hunt for clues across the valley basin of the capital of Baden-Württemberg, enlisting unlikely help from a local to... Read more

Prayer For The Living

By: Ben Okri

Narrated by: Ben Okri

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Topical and timely, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic.
Is what you see all there is? Look again. Playful, frightening, even shocking – the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at the height... Read more

La invención ocasional

By: Elena Ferrante

Narrated by: Mercè Montalà

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

La escritora más misteriosa y fascinante de la actualidad, autora de la saga Dos amigas, con más de veinte millones de lectores. «Ferrante es una contadora de historias nata, tan extraordinaria y adictiva como mi también adorado John Irving, una escritora clásica en el sentido maravilloso de la palabra.»
Milena Busquets La amistad, el primer... Read more

صياد النسيم - Abridged

By: محمد المخزنجى

Narrated by: ياسر عبدالله

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"الإنسان هو الكائن الوحيد الذي يعبر عن عواطفه بذرف الدموع، الدموع ظاهرة إنسانية فريدة، ظاهرة صحية نفسية أياً كان موقعها في الحزن أو الفرح، قطرات الماء الصافية التي تهبط قطرة قطرة على الصخرة الجامدة حتى توهن صلابتها فتستسلم لإرادة الصفاء، وتنشق عن قلب بكر ينكشف للنور بعد عتمة وغيبة، فكأنه قلب جديد ..عقل جديد". محمد المخزنجي من مجموعة صياد... Read more

Flat No 1305

By: Sophia John

Narrated by: Vijayan Menon

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspector Yash had just retired from the police force and moved to a quiet place nestled in greenery. But no one told the criminals that! When the house he moves into, proves to be haunted, Yash is in great danger. He finds an unexpected friend to help him solve this spooky mystery. Will the two catch up to ghost in time or will the ghost catch... Read more

Cinco cuentos para soñar

By: Minor Arias, Clara Amelia Acuña, Mabel Morvillo...

Narrated by: Estudios Centroacústica

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Cinco cuentos para soñar es una compilación de cuentos bellamente narrados, con efectos sonoros que transportan al oyente por el encantador mundo de las fábulas de la infancia y lo compenetran con la trama. Estos cuentos fueron seleccionados de entre los libros de algunos de los más representativos escritores costarricenses del género... Read more

Antología de cuentos - Abridged

By: Carlos Salazar Herrera

Narrated by: Estudios Centroacústica

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Carlos Salazar Herrera es uno de los cuentistas más representativos de la literatura costarricense. Esta antología incluye cinco cuentos suyos editados como audiolibros y cuyas temáticas giran en torno a la debilidad del ser humano frente a la naturaleza, el protagonismo del paisaje, las descripciones impresionistas; en fin, se narran las... Read more

Le marchand de parapluies et autres contes de Dorothée Piatek

By: Dorothée Piatek

Narrated by: Matthieu Farcy

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Incluant 4 titres : L'arbre derrière le mur Le marchand de parapluies Le vieux qui avait un grain dans la tête Même pas peur Read more

Christmas Eve on Olympus

By: Lisa Beth Darling

Narrated by: Lisa Beth Darling

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Alena brings Christmas and Yuletide to barren Olympus in this holiday themed short story. When Raven goes to bed to await Santa's delivery Alena has a special gift for her husband, Ares God of War. Read more

Confetti and Lemon Blossom

By: Stefania Hartley

Narrated by: Stefania Hartley

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

For Don Pericle, wedding organising is a calling, not just a career. Deep in the Sicilian countryside, between rose gardens and trellised balconies, up marble staircases and across damasked ballrooms, these charming stories unfold: stories of star-crossed love, of comedic misunderstandings and of deep friendships, of love triumphing in the face... Read more

A Hunger Artist

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see. One man who was so devout in his pursuit of hunger pushed against the boundaries set by the circus that housed him and strived to go longer than forty days without food. As interest in his art began to... Read more

In Persuasion Nation

By: George Saunders

Narrated by: George Saunders

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking... Read more

وردية ليل - Abridged

By: Ibrahim Aslan

Narrated by: محمد العربي

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

في هذه المشاهد الأولى يمد إبراهيم أصلان يده ليوارب الأبواب، ويمضي بنا إلى تلك الحنايا المأهولة بنفر من أهل الليل، الحنايا العامرة بدفء القلوب عندما تتجاور، يلملم الأشجار والأحزان ونجوم الليالي، ويجمع ابتسامات الرجال وآمالهم، ويلامس جراح الروح بأطراف الأاصابع برفق، ولكن دون وجل لينتهي بنا، بقدرة الفنان ومهارة المبدع، إلى عالم غير مسبوق، يغنينا،... Read more

لدغات عقارب الساعة - Abridged

By: حسن كمال

Narrated by: محمد الخيام

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"لدغات عقارب الساعة"، "خيطو"، "العبور العظيم"، "مع سبق الإصرار"، " عطر الماضي والحاضر"، " بين ذراعين"، "الهامة المرفوعة"، "قاعدة... تمثال الأسد"، "رائحة غير نفاذة" وغيرها. قد تبدو هذه الجمل عشوائية ومتباينة لكن في الحقيقة تجمع بينها صفة واحدة وهي أنها جميعاً أسماء القصص القصيرة التي يجمعها هذا الكتاب الذي يحمل اسم لدغات عقارب الساعة للكاتب... Read more