Short Stories audiobooks

Screen Tests

By: Kate Zambreno

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In Screen Tests, an astoundingly original and stylish collection, Zambreno has once again created new categories of writing, of vivid and surprising language and thought. In the first half, the narrator regales us with incisive and witty swatches from a life lived inside a brilliant mind, meditating on aging and vanity, fame and failure, writing... Read more

Bert, Beth, and Grandpa: Fun and Games

By: Highlights For Children

Narrated by: Highlights For Children

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Playing with Grandpa! Beth takes Bert and Grandfather on a plane ride right in their backyard. Bert and Beth get ready for Halloween with Grandpa. Bert and Beth remember a fun day with Grandpa. Bert and Beth seek help from Grandpa when there's no wind to fly their kite. Grandpa and Bert try to make Beth feel better when she is sick. Stories by... Read more

Mike Gets a Library Card and Other Reading Stories

By: Highlights For Children

Narrated by: Highlights For Children

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Reading! Mike gets his first library card. Megan and her classmates prepare for story time. Tex and Indi join a summer reading program at their local library. Toby writes a book report and learns that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Stories by LaDonna Frankenheim, Marianne Mitchell, Lissa Rovetch, and John J. Bonk. Read more

Bert, Beth, and Grandpa: Playtime!

By: Highlights For Children

Narrated by: Highlights For Children

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Playtime! Grandpa gets creative to make Bert and Beth play together. Grandpa reads a bedtime story. Bert and Beth make bath time fun with their imaginations. Bert and Beth play basketball with their friends. Stories by Valeri Gorbachev. Read more

Ask Arizona: Getting to Know Animals

By: Highlights For Children

Narrated by: Highlights For Children

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Taking care of animals! Arizona learns that farm work isn't easy. Arizona's family adopts a kitten from the animal shelter. While Arizona's family pet sits a labradoodle, Cow has a hard time accepting the canine visitor. Arizona discovers that pets without fur are just as fun as pets with fur and just as much responsibility. Stories by Lissa... Read more

Alguien llama a la ventana. Antología del cuento gótico

By: Cristina Bajo

Narrated by: Carla Toledano

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

No es tanto miedo como inquietud lo que estos cuentos provocan. El miedo, aun cuando sea indeterminado, es un sentimiento preciso y localizable. La inquietud, más sutil, más peligrosa, es algo que nos altera sin que podamos detectar su origen, la sombra de una sombra que nos persigue y que hace vacilar nuestras certezas. Los exquisitos cuentos... Read more

Tex and Indi: A Cat Named Cow

By: Highlights For Children

Narrated by: Highlights For Children

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Pet cats! Cow gets stuck in a small space, Tex and Indi have to find away to free him. The whole family plays animal charades. Tex, Indi, and Mom go to the store to buy cat food for Cow. Tex and Indi explain why they named their cat Cow. Tex and Indi play with their kitten. Stories by Lissa Rovetch. Read more

Catty Jane and Friends

By: Highlights For Children

Narrated by: Highlights For Children

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Friends! Catty Janes goes to the lake with her friends. Catty Jane shows her new trike to her friends. Catty Jane finds a way to play in the water without getting wet. Catty Jane's friends cheer her up on a bad day. Stories by Valeri Gorbachev and Highlights for Children. Read more

We Love Anderson Cooper

By: R.L. Maizes

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this quirky, humorous, and deeply human short story collection, Pushcart Prize-nominated author R.L. Maizes reminds us that even in our most isolated moments, we are never truly alone.

In We Love Anderson Cooper, characters are treated as outsiders because of their sexual orientation, racial or religious identity, or simply because they look... Read more

Lulu's Adventures

By: Highlights For Children

Narrated by: Highlights For Children

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Fun with Lulu! Lulu acts like different animals, rides an imaginary train, plays dress-up, and saves the day with her flashlight. Stories by Eileen Spinelli and Highlights for Children. Read more

Invasión

By: David Roas

Narrated by: Aram Delhom

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Un niño hambriento observa con mirada muerta desde lo alto de un tobogán; otro construye pequeños ataúdes. Muñecas de ojos vacíos espían a dos amantes, y criaturas nocturnas acechan a los supervivientes. Una casa aparentemente abandonada atrapa a quien se aproxima y otra sobrevive asediada por insectos. David Roas, referente de la literatura... Read more

The Big Theft

By: Sophia John

Narrated by: Vijayan Menon

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The time has come, water is scarce everywhere in Mumbai, it's as expensive as diamond. An old lady staying alone realises there is a thief in the house! What has he come to steal? Read more

Siriri

By: Francisco Barrios

Narrated by: Octavio D'León

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

En estos seis cuentos, el autor explora las relaciones de pareja, el amor y el deseo, a través de las historias de unos personajes que tratan de conciliar sus pulsiones y sus manías con los condicionamientos y las expectativas sociales. Como ya es característico de la narrativa de Barrios, el humor sirve para enmarcar situaciones que... Read more

Tio Vaina

By: Francisco Barrios

Narrated by: Ignacio Casas

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Tío Vaina es una selección de cuentos enmarcados en escenarios habitados por personajes urbanos que describen experiencias que el autor ha vivido, imaginado o escuchado sobre Bogotá, tratadas con una buena dosis de humor negro, ironía y burla que conducen a desenlaces insospechados. Premio Nacional de Cuento Ciudad de Bogotá, 2011. Read more

El Portal en la Pirámide - Abridged

By: Martin Lundqvist & Ashley Villasenor

Narrated by: Sebastian Llanos

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Martin fue de vacaciones a Cairo, Egipto, donde se registró en un lúgubre cuarto de hotel de 3 estrellas. Caminó alrededor de la ciudad en busca de inspiración para su nuevo libro de ciencia ficción cuando tropezó con un viejo bazar egipcio. Él compró un brillante y resplandeciente cristal azul que resultó ser una gema antigua que lo llevaría... Read more

Raised in Captivity

By: Chuck Klosterman

Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, James Urbaniak, Bill Wise, Ed...

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong?

A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play.... Read more

Missy's Short Stories

By: Missy Wood

Narrated by: James Wood

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

These short stories by Missy Wood were all written when she was between the ages of seven and sixteen. When a lesson in Missy’s daily learning at home requested she write a research paper, an essay or a persuasive paper, etc., she would expand what she had learnt through this exercise and bring it into a story format, and consequently here are... Read more

K van Klara 17 - Het is maar een spelletje

By: Line Kyed Knudsen

Narrated by: Hymke de Vries

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Klara en haar klasgenoten spelen een nieuw spel op hun iPads. Het is leuk om iedereen te zien schreeuwen en vloeken als er iets misgaat. Het is immers maar een spelletje. Toch? Klara weet het niet zeker, en dat voelt raar. Read more

Lakadbaggah Ki Hassi

By: Qurratulain Hyder

Narrated by: Prateek Sharma

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे तीन हज़ार साल के आर पार फैली अलग अलग दुनियाओं का बखान करती हैं. उनका फलक विराट और कला उच्चतम कोटि की है. यहाँ प्रस्तुत हैं उनकी प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ जो हमें उस विराट की एक झलक देती हैं. ©Rajkamal Prakashan 2019 Read more

Photografar

By: Qurratulain Hyder

Narrated by: Prateek Sharma

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे तीन हज़ार साल के आर पार फैली अलग अलग दुनियाओं का बखान करती हैं. उनका फलक विराट और कला उच्चतम कोटि की है. यहाँ प्रस्तुत हैं उनकी प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ जो हमें उस विराट की एक झलक देती हैं. ©Rajkamal Prakashan 2019 Read more

Kohre ke Piche

By: Qurratulain Hyder

Narrated by: Prateek Sharma

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे तीन हज़ार साल के आर पार फैली अलग अलग दुनियाओं का बखान करती हैं. उनका फलक विराट और कला उच्चतम कोटि की है. यहाँ प्रस्तुत हैं उनकी प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ जो हमें उस विराट की एक झलक देती हैं. ©Rajkamal Prakashan 2019 Read more

Nazzara Darmiyaan Hai

By: Qurratulain Hyder

Narrated by: Prateek Sharma

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे तीन हज़ार साल के आर पार फैली अलग अलग दुनियाओं का बखान करती हैं. उनका फलक विराट और कला उच्चतम कोटि की है. यहाँ प्रस्तुत हैं उनकी प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ जो हमें उस विराट की एक झलक देती हैं. ©Rajkamal Prakashan 2019 Read more

Roshni Ki Raftar

By: Qurratulain Hyder

Narrated by: Prateek Sharma

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे तीन हज़ार साल के आर पार फैली अलग अलग दुनियाओं का बखान करती हैं. उनका फलक विराट और कला उच्चतम कोटि की है. यहाँ प्रस्तुत हैं उनकी प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ जो हमें उस विराट की एक झलक देती हैं. ©Rajkamal Prakashan 2019 Read more

Aksar Iss Terha Se Bhi

By: Qurratulain Hyder

Narrated by: Prateek Sharma

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कुर्रतुल एन हैदर भारतीय साहित्य के महानतम लेखकों में शामिल हैं. अपने लेखन में वे तीन हज़ार साल के आर पार फैली अलग अलग दुनियाओं का बखान करती हैं. उनका फलक विराट और कला उच्चतम कोटि की है. यहाँ प्रस्तुत हैं उनकी प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ जो हमें उस विराट की एक झलक देती हैं. ©Rajkamal Prakashan 2019 Read more