Short Stories audiobooks

L'école des gars tome 3. Ça se complique à l'école des gars

By: Maryse Peyskens

Narrated by: Jacques Lussier

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

L’École des Gars accueille un nouvel élève : Fabien, un jeune hypersensible, renfermé et timide. Afin de l’aider à s’intégrer, Foinfoin propose un programme 100% zen. Au début, les gars, ainsi que Léonie, prennent plaisir à ce changement. Pourtant, au fil des jours, les élèves s’ennuient. Et qui dit ennui, dit conflit. Pour tenter de résoudre ce... Read more

L'école des gars tome 2. Une fille à l'école des gars

By: Maryse Peyskens

Narrated by: Jacques Lussier

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Depuis le décès de son frère, Léonie est une jeune fille qui a bien des difficultés à l’école. Son comportement de tannante lui vaut même d’être renvoyée… Dans quelle école pourra-t-elle faire sa prochaine rentrée scolaire? Pourquoi pas à l’école des gars? Mais comment faire pour s’intégrer lorsqu’on est la seule fille parmi 59 gars turbulents?... Read more

Lightspeed

By: John Joseph Adams

Narrated by: Don Leslie, Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cu...

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Lightspeed: Year One compiles fiction published by the online science fiction magazine Lightspeed in its first year. Produced by Skyboat Media, and under the direction of Grammy and Audie Award–winning narrator and producer Stefan Rudnicki, the Lightspeed podcast features audiobook-style recordings of the stories published each month in... Read more

Patient X

By: David Peace

Narrated by: Ric Jerrom

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

The acclaimed author of Occupied City, Tokyo Year Zero, and The Red Riding Quartet now gives us a stunning work of fiction in twelve connected tales that take up the strange, brief life of the brilliant twentieth-century Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Haunting and evocative, brutal and surreal, these twelve connected tales evoke the life of... Read more

Death at Sea

By: Andrea Camilleri

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Set on the Sicilian coast, a collection of eight short stories featuring the young Inspector MontalbanoIn 1980s Vigàta, a restless Inspector Montalbano brings his bold investigative style to eight enthralling cases. From jilted lovers and deadly family affairs to assassination attempts and murders in unexpected places, Death at Sea is the... Read more

Amigos por el viento

By: Liliana Bodoc

Narrated by: Matilde Ávila

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Siete relatos que dejan marcas. Tal como la vida que a veces se comporta como el viento y entonces trae aires de amor, o aires llenos de desengaño, aires que con su paso nos transforman.
Relatos introspectivos de delicada poética. Cuentos sensibles que impactan en el lector y seguramente lo transforman. Relatos de temáticas diversas, pero... Read more

Remember Thy Oath

By: Clay Boutwell

Narrated by: Clay Boutwell

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A hidden identity. A mysterious priest. An oath left unfulfilled.

Edison, the most proper member of the Agora Society, hides a past he thought was long buried. The sudden appearance of a strange priest, however, reveals secrets that demand Edison honor an oath made long ago.

With news of the imminent arrival of assassins, can the members of the... Read more

The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories

By: Roch Carrier

Narrated by: Roch Carrier

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love. This edition features a new introduction. Read more

Kuschelige Geschichten - Abridged

By: Maren von Klitzing

Narrated by: Ingeborg Wunderlich

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Enthält die kuscheligen Geschichten: Der Einschlafzauber, Ein Sturm wie in Grönland, Ein Ritterturnier mit Froschkonzert, Kuscheln mit Kater Muck, Karlotta und das Hexenfrühstück, Paul will einfach nur schlafen, Nachts sind alle Füchse grau, Der Flaschengeist auf dem Fußballplatz, Alina Sternenkind, Jan mag seine Kuscheldecke Read more

Auf ins Abenteuer! - Abridged

By: Anja Fröhlich, Kirsten Boie, Cornelia Funke & P...

Narrated by: Jutta Richter, Friedhelm Ptok & Matthias Haase

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die besten Abenteuer für Kleine Hörer: Anja Fröhlich: Der Brüllaffe und das einäugige Banditenhuhn Henriette Wich: Leonhard und der Drache Dimiter Inkiow: Der Streit Kirsten Boie: Entschuldigung, flüsterte der Riese Cornelia Funke: Monsterwetter Mascha Matysiak: Lasse, Kapitän Hakennasen-Pit und die Grüne-Ohren-Piraten Paul Maar:... Read more

Wilde Geschichten - Abridged

By: Ann-Katrin Heger

Narrated by: Dominik Freiberger

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Inhalt: 1. Der vergessliche Räuber 2. Rambazamba auf der Rambazamba! 3. Otto wird Drachenritter 4. Kapitän Donnerbauch im Kindergarten 5. Die Raubkater greifen an 6. Vorhang auf für Ritter Ferdi 7. Räuberurlaub 8. Ein ganz besonderes Turnier 9. (K)eine Räubereinladung 10. Die Wilden Seegurken Read more

Die lustigsten Kindergarten-Geschichten - Abridged

By: Marliese Arold, Antonia Michaelis, Henriette Wi...

Narrated by: Matthias Haase & Jutta Richter

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Inhalt: Wo bleibt Mama? von Marliese Arold – Das ist mein Delfin von Sandra Grimm – Anne mag heute nicht mit Puppen spielen von Marliese Arold – Schnuppertag von Henriette Wich – Spuren lesen von Marliese Arold – Eine Decke voller Sterne von Henriette Wich – Herr Meier und die Ärger-Kamera von Marliese Arold – Stopp, nicht mit mir! von Brigitte... Read more

Christmas With You

By: Sheila O'Flanagan

Narrated by: Grainne Gillis

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sugar Loaf Lodge welcomes you in to warm yourself by the fire as the snow falls softly down. You'll find yourself immediately at home, bathed in the magic of this romantic hotel as it reveals the secrets and dreams of its guests.

Sheila O'Flanagan's Christmas With You - originally published as A Season to Remember - is ideal festive reading... Read more

Chance Encounters

By: Alexey Tolstoy

Narrated by: Johnnie C. Hayes

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

An aristocrat, an exile, a contradiction, and a tortured soul, Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy offers a series of strange and unusual meetings at various points in space and in time.This collection includes the following works: Marie Antoinette's Tapestry Smoke Foggy Day Viper Mrs. Brisley Afanasy Ivanovich's Will Out Fishing Housemate Meeting
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The Two Frogs

By: Andrew Lang

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. 'The Two Frogs' is the story of two amphibians who live in different cities in Japan. Each desires to see the world, so each sets out on a journey towards the other's home city. When they meet at the top of a mountain, the two frogs make... Read more

The Golden Mermaid

By: Andrew Lang

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Three princes are sent on a quest by their father, to find who it is who steals the golden apples from the King's tree. The youngest son befriends a wolf who is in reality a magician. From the wolf he learns that a magical golden bird is the thief. In attempting to steal the golden bird, the prince is captured by its owner, the Emperor. The... Read more

The Great Fairy Tale Collection

By: Andrew Lang, Maurice Baring & Marie Frere

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating collection of some of the great—but less well known—fairy tales of all time. The Glass Mender The Giant who had no Heart The Gifts of the Magician The Miller, his Son and their Ass Punchkin The Enchanted Knife The Minstrel The Stonecutter The Parrot The Alligator and the Jackal The Stag at the Pool The Cormorants of Udrost The... Read more

The Curse of the Seven Children

By: Thomas Frederick Crane

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Curse of the Seven Children" is a fairy tale about a king and queen who already have six sons. When the seventh child is due, the king must travel away. He tells his wife that when the baby is born, she should hang a lance out of the window if it is a boy and a distaff if it is girl. Shortly after this the queen bears a daughter. But a... Read more

The Donkey Skin

By: Andrew Lang

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Donkey Skin" is a strange fairy tale of a princess who escapes an unwanted marriage by running away from the palace dressed in a donkey skin, to a hard life of poverty as a hen-wife. When a young prince happens to catch a glimpse of her without her donkey skin, he falls in love with her. But how is he to find the beautiful maiden again? Read more

The Parrot

By: Thomas Frederick Crane

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Parrot" is the tale of a newly-wed couple. Soon after the marriage, the husband must go away on business, so he gives his wife a parrot to keep her company while he is away. But another man sees the young wife at the window and falls in love with her. He engages the help of the woman who lives downstairs to try to seduce the young wife. But... Read more

The Three Dogs

By: Andrew Lang

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The Three Dogs' tells the story of a shepherd who trades his three sheep with a stranger for three dogs with magical powers. The dogs are able to help him slay a dragon and win a princess. Read more

The Enchanted Knife

By: Andrew Lang

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Enchanted Knife' is the story of a young man who seeks to marry the princess. Her father sets him an impossible task to perform before he will grant the suit - but with the aid of the cunning princess and a magic knife, the youth is able to win his bride. Read more

Six Fairy Tales

By: Maurice Baring

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a collection of six magical fairy stories written for children. The Glass Mender The Silver Mountain The Wise Princess The Cunning Apprentice The Minstrel The Blue Rose Read more

The Bronze Ring

By: Andrew Lang

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Bronze Ring" is a story in which a princess falls in love with the son of the palace gardener, although her father wishes her to marry the son of his prime minister. The king devises a quest for the two suitors and attempts to engineer the situation so that the rich youth will win. But the gardener's son does a good deed to an old woman,... Read more