Short Stories audiobooks

The Wrong House

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In "The Wrong House" an elderly lady is traumatised when a funeral cortege turns up unexpectedly at her door. Read more

Point Blank

By: Justine Avery

Narrated by: Derek Shetterly

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

If you can't stand the pressure... ask your mother to stop pointing the gun at your head.Steven is a writer, by all accounts of self-proclamation. But no artist can be expected to work under serious pressure, especially not when the pressure consists of his own mother indenting his tender skull with the muzzle of the pistol held in her... Read more

The Price of the Haircut

By: Brock Clarke

Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman & P.J. Ochlan

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From an acclaimed and original writer comes a new collection of stories bursting with absurdist plot twists and laced with trenchant wit. Brock Clarke, author of An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England and Exley, among other novels, now offers up bite-sized morsels of his trademark social satire that will have listeners laughing,... Read more

Pure Hollywood and Other Stories

By: Christine Schutt

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Hailed by George Saunders as "a truly gifted writer," with Pure Hollywood & Other Stories, Pulitzer Prize finalist and O Henry Prize winner Christine Schutt returns to the short story form that launched her acclaimed career and her inimitable style that John Ashbery once described as "pared down but rich, dense, fevered, exactly right and... Read more

The Radical Element

By: Jessica Spotswood (Editor)

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In an anthology of revolution and resistance, a sisterhood of YA writers shines a light on a century and a half of heroines on the margins and in the intersections.

To respect yourself, to love yourself, should not have to be a radical decision. And yet it remains as challenging for an American girl to make today as it was in 1927 on the steps of... Read more

Barrelling Forward

By: Eva Crocker

Narrated by: Michelle Monteith

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction and the CAA Emerging Writer Award, Barrelling Forward is a brilliantly crafted debut collection from one contemporary fiction’s newest literary star.Eva Crocker sees life in sharper focus than the rest of us. The objects, rituals, and scenes of everyday life take on an almost mythic quality... Read more

Bedtime Stories and Lullabies

By: Campbell Books

Narrated by: Derek Griffiths & Katy Ashworth

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A calming collection of bedtime stories and lullabies, perfect for sending little ones off to sleep, read by two of the nation's favourite children's TV presenters.

Take a trip into Wonderland with Alice, sing along with the twinkling stars and then take a snooze with Sleeping Beauty in Bedtime Stories and Lullabies, an audio treasury of popular... Read more

Writing in the Shower

By: Bonnie Weiss

Narrated by: Joanna Teljeur

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Poet Bonnie Weiss presents a collection of stories and poems filled with vivid memories, halfway between verse and prose. Her words are honest, sensitive, and profound but also sometimes humorous, sometimes deep. The style is lyrical and deceptively simple as she presents the incredible power of love and the pain of loss. In this evocative and... Read more

Awayland

By: Ramona Ausubel

Narrated by: Various

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

An inventive story collection that spans the globe as it explores love, childhood, and parenthood with an electric mix of humor and emotion.

Acclaimed for the grace, wit, and magic of her novels, Ramona Ausubel introduces us to a geography both fantastic and familiar in eleven new stories, some of them previously published in The New Yorker and... Read more

Bring Out the Dog

By: Will Mackin

Narrated by: Will Mackin

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“A near-miraculous, brilliant debut.”—George Saunders, Man Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo

“In one exquisitely crafted story after the next, Will Mackin maps the surreal psychological terrain of soldiers in a perpetual war.”—Phil Klay, National Book Award–winning author of Redeployment

WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE... Read more

Guardian Angels and Other Monsters

By: Daniel H. Wilson

Narrated by: Various

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes a fascinating and fantastic collection that explores complex emotional and intellectual landscapes at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human life.

In "All Kinds of Proof," a down-and-out drunk makes the unlikeliest of friends when he is hired to train a mail-carrying... Read more

Almighty

By: Justine Avery

Narrated by: Alex Knox

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

When a staunch atheist is introduced to the Lord Almighty in the most casual—and childish—way, it's not the end of the world. It's a Tuesday.
Bradley Michaels is just another man ending just another workday at just another job. He can list the usual complaints, can point his finger at the usual causes, and he can go about his routine as if one... Read more

Poos Ki Raat - पूस की रात मानसरोवर लघु कथा

By: Munshi Premchand

Narrated by: Team Sahitya Chintan

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

पूस की रात
मानसरोवर कथा संग्रह – भाग १
मुंशी प्रेमचंद
हल्कू ने आकर स्त्री से कहा- सहना आया है, लाओ, जो रुपये रखे हैं, उसे दे दूँ, किसी तरह गला तो छूटे ।
मुन्नी झाड़ू लगा रही थी। पीछे फिरकर बोली- तीन ही तो रुपये हैं, दे दोगे तो कम्मल कहाँ से आवेगा ? माघ-पूस की रात हार में कैसे कटेगी ? उससे कह दो, फसल पर दे देंगे। अभी नहीं ।हल्कू एक क्षण अनिश्चित दशा... Read more

Bento Wali Vidhwa - बेटोंवाली विधवा मानसरोवर लघु कथा

By: Munshi Premchand

Narrated by: Team Sahitya Chintan

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

बेटोंवाली विधवामानसरोवर कथा संग्रह – भाग १मुंशी प्रेमचंद
1पंडित अयोध्यानाथ का देहांत हुआ तो सबने कहा, ईश्वर आदमी की ऐसी ही मौत दे। चार जवान बेटे थे, एक लड़की। चारों लड़कों के विवाह हो चुके थे, केवल लड़की क्‍वाँरी थी। संपत्ति भी काफी छोड़ी थी। एक पक्का मकान, दो बगीचे, कई हजार के गहने और बीस हजार नकद। विधवा फूलमती को शोक तो हुआ और कई दिन तक बेहाल... Read more

Pausensex. Erotische Geschichte

By: Vicky Carlton

Narrated by: Maike Luise Fengler

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Versauter Sex im Büro ... Firmenschlampe Sandy lässt nichts anbrennen und vernascht einen heißen Lieferanten in der Mittagspause ...... eine schmutzige Hörfantasie ... JETZT DOWNLOADEN! Read more

Seitensprung. Erotische Fantasie

By: Vicky Carlton

Narrated by: Maike Luise Fengler

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Eine verbotene Affäre ... Carla vermisst die Leidenschaft in ihrer Ehe und findet sie bei einem verheirateten Mann …  ... eine sündige Hörfantasie ... JETZT DOWNLOADEN! Read more

Wilder Dreier. Erotik-Hörbuch

By: Vicky Carlton

Narrated by: Maike Luise Fengler

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Pure Ekstase ...
Ein einsamer Bergsee. Zwei Männer. Eine Frau. Und zügelloser Sex zu dritt … 
... eine lustvolle Hörfantasie ... JETZT DOWNLOADEN! Read more

Der Vibrator. Erotik für Frauen

By: Vicky Carlton

Narrated by: Maike Luise Fengler

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Heißer Quickie im Büro ... Stella bekommt zum Jahrestag ihrer Scheidung einen Vibrator geschenkt und nimmt ihn mit ins Office – mit pikanten Folgen ...  ... eine sinnliche Hörfantasie ... JETZT DOWNLOADEN! Read more

Kompissex – Anna Ekhags erotiska fantasier del 1

By: Adam Zander

Narrated by: Fredrika Eriksson

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Det är en varm och härlig sommarkväll. Anna har följt med ett par vänner ut till en stuga i skogen. Tanken är att de där ska ägna sig åt festande, men Anna har också andra avsikter. Hon behärskar konsten att förföra till fullo och i natt har hon siktet inställt på sin vän Cilla. Med lite alkohol i blodet släpper alla hämningar och det saknas... Read more

Eli's Coming - A Short Story

By: T. M. Bilderback

Narrated by: Patrick Peterson & Sarah DaMetz

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

“You must hide your heart. Eli’s coming,” said the mysterious vendor to Gretchen Cantrell.Gretchen dismisses this warning, and, later, she is murdered.Gretchen’s friends, Stu Phillips and Cindy Frasier, become embroiled in the death of their friend.And when the mysterious vendor appears to the two friends and gives them the same advice, that... Read more

Syndigt möte – Anna Ekhags erotiska fantasier del 3

By: Adam Zander

Narrated by: Fredrika Eriksson

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Anna kan inte få nog av sex. Var helst ett tillfälle uppenbarar sig ser hon till att ta till vara på det. När Anna möter den lilla stadens präst uppstår en gnista vid första ögonkast. Men vad säger omgivningen om en sexuell förbindelse med en helig man? Anna väljer att följa sin sexualitets snarare än sin moraliska kompass. Och det som följer är... Read more

Älskarinnan – Anna Ekhags erotiska fantasier del 2

By: Adam Zander

Narrated by: Fredrika Eriksson

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Så fort lärarinnan gör inträde i klassrummet förstår Anna att något kommer att hända. Efteråt kan hon inte sluta fantisera om henne: de bruna rådjursögonen, den åtsmitande klänningen, det nattsvarta håret som hänger vildvuxet längs hennes framträdande kurvor. Allt med henne driver Anna till det erotiska vansinnets brant...En dag ber lärarinnan... Read more

Heta drömmar

By: Adam Zander

Narrated by: Fredrika Eriksson

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

En kvinna blir upptäckt med att onanera på jobbet, men händelsen som tar fart därur är något oväntat - men mycket hett. Samma kvinna bor granne med den yppiga Lena, som mycket gärna experimenterar med sin sexualitet. Lena har länge spanat in kvinnan - och nu är det dags att pröva något nytt. De olika berättelserna vävs samman i denna... Read more

All the Names They Used for God

By: Anjali Sachdeva

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Zainab Jah, Will Damron, Jo...

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Dave Eggers and Kelly Link, an exhilarating collection of stories that explores the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives—from censorship and terrorism to technology and online dating.

Spanning centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters, these alluringly strange stories are united by each character’s... Read more