Short Stories audiobooks

The Violinist

By: Aleister Crowley

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward Alexander Crowley (1875-1947), who wrote under the name Aleister Crowley, was a British occultist, magician, writer and poet. He shocked Victorian Britain with his stories and novels of diabolical magic and deviant sexuality which pushed far beyond the acceptable boundaries of the day. "The Violinist" is a terrifyingly erotic and wicked... Read more

Relics of General Chassé

By: Anthony Trollope

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of England's most successful and respected novelists. "Relics of General Chassé" is a humorous tale of a corpulent and somewhat dandified clergyman who, while visiting the castle at Antwerp, inadvertently becomes separated from his breeches. What follows shakes him to the core. The breeches fall into the... Read more

The Magic H's

By: F. Anstey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) was an English novelist and journalist who wrote his comic novels and humorous short stories under the pseudonym F. Anstey.

"The Magic H's" is a humorous tale of a young, rich, eligible and attractive young aristocrat: Harald Hipperholme. Tragically, the young man suffers a speech impediment - he is unable to... Read more

The Vixen

By: Aleister Crowley

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward Alexander Crowley (1875-1947) was a British occultist and writer who wrote as Aleister Crowley. His stories and novels shocked Victorian England with their focus on demonic magic and sexual deviance. "The Vixen" is a traditional werewolf story but with Crowley's typical cruel and savage erotic twist on the classic theme. Read more

The Drug

By: Aleister Crowley

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward Alexander Crowley (1875-1947) was a British writer, poet, magician and follower of the occult who wrote under the name Aleister Crowley. His works scandalised Victorian England with their diabolical and deviantly sexual themes."The Drug" is the story of a man who accepts a strange drug from an alchemist and goes on a terrifying psychic trip. Read more

A Bohemian Bag

By: F. Anstey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) was an English novelist and journalist who wrote his comic novels and humorous short stories under the pseudonym F. Anstey."A Bohemian Bag" is the story of a piece of luggage with a perverse mind of its own. The Gladstone bag in question goes on its own travels every time it is left in the care of a railway... Read more

The Photograph

By: A. J. Alan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A. J. Alan was the pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert (1883-1941), an English magician, intelligence officer, short story writer and radio broadcaster. He was hugely popular in the '20s and '30s for his radio broadcasts, when he performed his own humorous and often macabre short stories, which he always delivered wearing full evening... Read more

At a Moment's Notice

By: F. Anstey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) was an English novelist and journalist who wrote his comic novels and humorous short stories under the pseudonym F. Anstey. "At a Moment's Notice" is the amusing tale of a young man who is involved in a cab accident on Pall Mall. When he comes to after the crash, he has mysteriously been transformed into an... Read more

A New Cook

By: Neil Munro

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Neil Munro (1863-1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author, and literary critic who is now mainly known for his humorous short stories."A New Cook" is one of Munro's hilarious tales of Para Handy, Sunny Jim and the rest of the crew of the Vital Spark. The ship is welcoming a new cook whose talents include dancing, melodian... Read more

Not Safe After Dark

By: Peter Robinson

Narrated by: Simon Prebble, James Patrick Cronin, Faye Adele...

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sleeping in the Ground comes this brilliantly nuanced short story collection of twenty stories—most never before published in the US, and one of them an Edgar winner—which also features three Inspector Banks tales.Peter Robinson pens thrilling tales rich with keen observations, pitch perfect... Read more

Miggles

By: Francis Bret Harte

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Francis Bret Harte (1839-1902) was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short stories set against the background of the California gold rush. He himself set off at the age of 15 to become a gold miner and absorbed the rough atmosphere of the mining camps, which he used as a setting against which the interplay of human... Read more

The Demon Crown

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Christian Baskous

Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A construction project beneath the National Mall reveals a dark secret dating back to the Civil War, something buried by a cabal of scientists, led by Alexander Graham Bell, who helped found the Smithsonian Institution. It is a cache of bones, preserved in amber, protecting a wonder like no other, the very secret of life after death. But such a... Read more

The Stinky Cheese Man

By: Jon Scieszka

Narrated by: Mike Ferreri

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

It's been years since Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith introduced the world to the Cinderumpelstiltskin, Little Red Running Shorts, Chicken Licken, and the rest of the hilarious cast of characters in The Stinky Cheese Man. In this audio edition, listen to some really off-the-wall fairy tales, including: 'The Princess and the Bowling Ball'; 'The... Read more

Number Fifty-Six

By: Stephen Leacock

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock (1869 – 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist."Number Fifty-Six" is a humorous tale of a Chinese laundryman who gets to know his clients through their laundry habits. He is able to infer much from the state of the various shirts, handkerchiefs, waistcoats etc. which are delivered to... Read more

The Lamplighter

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Dickens' brilliant comic adventure of a lamplighter, Tom Grig, who is called into the house of an eccentric astronomer who is searching for the philosopher's stone. He declares that the stars have foretold that Tom will marry the astronomer's niece and inherit the secret of the philosopher's stone which will make him the richest man on... Read more

The Puzzler

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist."The Puzzler" is a humorous tale of a young man who is trying to engineer a meeting with an influential law lord who he hopes will support him with a great business idea. A fortuitous chance means he happens on the law lord while he is conducting... Read more

stanna hos mig tills barnet är fött

By: Lena Jannesdotter

Narrated by: Nina Haber

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"Sitt kvar här vid bordet hos mig en stund, vi måste tala,jag vet det är slut, det vet du också, fast vi ännu inget sagt om hur allt ska ordnas, vi har närmat oss sanningen, insett det oundvikliga, vi vet att det ebbar ut, inte kommer hålla, jag vet inte hur det blev så här och det vet nog inte du heller..."Hon har länge drömt om barn, men han... Read more

Cykelreparatörskan

By: Carl-Michael Edenborg

Narrated by: Julia Werup

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Det handlar om könsdelar, ett par strumpbyxor som själva går uppför trappan, några besökare från Jehovas Vittnen som i själva verket visar sig vara sexmonster. I den andra novellsamlingen med konstiga sagor för konstiga vuxna fortsätter Gunnar Blå att utforska sexualitetens skuggsidor med sin säregna blandning av humor, erotik och filosofi. "I... Read more

Cowboy's Reckoning

By: B.J. Daniels

Narrated by: Graham Winton

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Secrets and seduction thrive in Montana in this thrilling new novella from New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels Billie Dee Rhodes moved to Gilt Edge, Montana, from Texas in search of a new start, and she found it in a cook-wanted sign in the window of the Stagecoach Saloon. She jokes that she's looking for a cowboy and love, and when... Read more

Wife, Mother, Woman: A Flash Fiction Collection

By: Renee Conoulty

Narrated by: Renee Conoulty

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The daily battles of military life.Peek inside the lives of ten military-affiliated women. Whether they serve the military or support those who do, they all face relatable problems. Making new friends, finding new jobs, solo parenting. Being wives, being mothers, being women.If you like stories of strong women then you'll love Renee Conoulty's... Read more

The Brute

By: Joseph Conrad

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) was a Polish-born writer who learned to write in English in his twenties. He is best known for his stories and novels with a nautical setting, depicting the struggle of the human spirit against a detatched and wholly inscrutable universe.

"The Brute" is the tale of a jinxed ship, a ship which seems to have its own... Read more

In Yeddo Bay

By: Jack London

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

John Griffith 'Jack' London (1876 - 1916) was a popular American novelist, journalist and social activist.

'In Yeddo Bay' is the adventure of a young sailor who has lost his purse while ashore in a Japanese port. How is he to get back to his ship without the 'ten sen' required as advance payment by the sampan men? Read more

The Admiral

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.

"The Admiral" is the bittersweet tale of a young and simple sailor who is unexpectedly made Admiral of the Fleet of the Republic of Anchuria as a drunken joke... Read more

The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.

"The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat" is one of Kipling's rare humorous stories. A group of friends out for a motor jaunt find themselves up on a trumped up speeding charge exacerbated by some outrageously insulting sarcasm from a country... Read more