Short Stories audiobooks

The Brazen Serpent

By: R. Austin Freeman

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, many featuring the investigator Dr. Thorndyke, who uses a mixture of medical and forensic techniques to solve the most baffling crimes.

"The Brazen Serpent" is an unusual crime story in that it is told from the perspective of the criminal. Danby, a young engineer and... Read more

The Man who fell in Love with the Cooperative Stores

By: Stella Benson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Stella Benson (1892-1933) was an English feminist, novelist, poet, and short story and travel writer.

"The Man who fell in Love with the Cooperative Stores" is an amusing allegorical story about mercenary love, the gullibility of those men who keep a mistress and the cycnicism of those women who accept this kind of relationship. Read more

Stories of Odd Jobs and Strange Callings

By: H. G. Wells, Arthur Morrison & Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating collection of classic short stories featuring unusual ways of making a living.
• The Umbrella-Mender by Beatrice Harraden
• The Triumphs of a Taxidermist by H. G. Wells
• A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin
• A Skinful of Trouble by Arthur Morrison
• White Magic by Ella d’Arcy
• A Deal in Ostriches by H. G. Wells
• His Tale of Bricks... Read more

The String of Pearls

By: James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The iconic tale of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, was first published as a weekly series of "penny dreadfuls" between November 1846 and March 1847. The author cannot be determined with any certainty, but scholars beleive it was most probably written collaboratively by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest, alternating... Read more

Atrasada (Integral)

By: Denise Flaibam

Narrated by: Sill Esteves

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Cléo tem um compromisso - e, claro, como todo bom compromisso para o qual se está preparada, um contratempo acontece. Quando chega até o teatro onde marcou de encontrar com a melhor amiga, Cléo se vê sob o holofote dos atores da peça. De um deles, em especial. O dono de um sorriso adorável e de um humor excepcional, o que pode fazer valer a pena... Read more

Colegas de Emergência (Integral)

By: Denise Flaibam

Narrated by: Sill Esteves

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

O ditado diz que acidentes acontecem. Em se tratando da vida de Luisiana, pode-se dizer que acidentes acontecem quase o tempo todo. Desastrada por natureza, a garota só queria aproveitar a noite de Natal sem nenhum contratempo, mas acabou indo parar na sala de espera do Pronto Socorro. Sem permissão para sair até o dia seguinte, Luisiana... Read more

Always Be You

By: RoAnna Sylver

Narrated by: RoAnna Sylver

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Eight years before the events of Chameleon Moon, Book 1, Regan was just beginning to feel secure in his new life. He doesn't know many things for certain, even his place in Parole as it hangs in a fragile balance far above an ever-burning fire. But he has no doubts about how he feels about Rowan (who appears in the short story The Library Ghost... Read more

The Bridegroom

By: Ha Jin

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From the remarkable Ha Jin, winner of the National Book Award for his celebrated novel Waiting, comes this collection of comical and deeply moving tales of contemporary China that are as warm and human as they are surprising, disturbing, and delightful.In the title story, the head of security at a factory is shocked, first when the handsomest... Read more

The Best of Bova, Vol. 3

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Ben Bova, Paul Boehmer, Cassandra Campbell, Gab...

Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The third and final volume of the very best of Ben Bova, creator of the New York Times bestselling Grand Tour science fiction series, six-time Hugo award winner, and past president of the National Space Society—a grand master of science fiction storytelling. These stories span the five decades of Bova’s incandescent career.Here are tales of... Read more

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, was taken to be factual upon its publication in 1845. This short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe is about a hypnotist whose subject is a man on death's doorstep. Full of real suspense and horror, Poe played along with the idea that the story was real for a time before admitting it was a work of pure... Read more

The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Black Cat, a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Called a study of the psychology of guilt, it is often compared to Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. In both, a murderer who is certain he has carefully concealed the evidence of his crime eventually breaks... Read more

Hop-Frog

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in a 1849 edition of The Flag of Our Union, Hop-Frog is a revenge tale akin to The Cask of Amontillado. Told from the perspective of a crippled jester who was taken from his homeland and has been abused by the king he serves, the story focuses on the revenge Hop-Frog takes after the king strikes his fellow countrywoman and... Read more

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in a 1841 edition of Graham's Magazine, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is often cited as the first modern detective story. The first of three stories to center around C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's fictional detective, The Murders in the Rue Morgue involves Dupin's investigation of the baffling murders of a mother and daughter. Witnesses... Read more

The Pit and the Pendulum

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in a 1842 literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843, The Pit and the Pendulum takes place during the Spanish Inquisition. It follows the plight of an unnamed narrator, kept prisoner in a darkened cell full of unseen dangers. Later, by encouraging rats to chew through his bonds, he barely escapes a... Read more

The Gold-Bug

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The Gold-Bug is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1843. The plot centers on a secret message that will lead to a buried treasure. Aware of the growing popularity of cryptography and code-breaking, Poe submitted this story to a writing contest sponsored by a Philadelphia newspaper. Winning the grand prize of $100, the story was then... Read more

The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The Raven is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and one of the most famous poems ever written. First published in January 1845 in the New York Evening Mirror, it depicts a mysterious raven's visit to a distraught narrator as he mourns his lost lover, Lenore. The poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and... Read more

The Purloined Letter

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in a 1844 literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1845, The Purloined Letter is the third and final story that features Poe's detective, C. Auguste Dupin. In it, a letter containing compromising information has been stolen from the boudoir of an unnamed woman by the unscrupulous Minister D-. The police... Read more

The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in a 1842 edition of Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, The Masque of the Red Death follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. Indifferent to the suffering outside and believing he and his wealthy guests to be safe, Prospero hosts a masquerade ball, which... Read more

The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The Fall of the House of Usher, a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, is among Poe's most famous works. This highly unsettling, macabre story is recognized as a masterpiece of American Gothic literature. The narrator, receives a request for help from an ill friend. The house of his friend has an unusual crack going from the roof to... Read more

Madame Zero

By: Sarah Hall

Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border, comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling.Sarah Hall has been hailed as ""one of the most significant and exciting of Britain’s young novelists"" (The Guardian), a writer... Read more

The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Cask of Amontillado, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, was first published in November 1846 in Godey's Lady's Book. In Italy at carnival time, a man takes revenge on a friend who he believes has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a... Read more

The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Tell-Tale Heart the narrator strives to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. The motivation for murder appears to be the narrator's fixation on the victim's cloudy vulture-eye. After disposing of the body, the narrator calmly entertains (at first) three policemen who come to investigate reports of... Read more

The Dark Dark

By: Samantha Hunt

Narrated by: Christa Lewis

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In these marvelously inventive stories, Samantha Hunt imagines numerous ways in which human lives might be altered by the otherworldly: an FBI agent falls in love with a robot built for a suicide mission; a young woman unintentionally cheats on her husband when she is transformed into a deer; two strangers become lovers and find themselves... Read more

A Tough Tussle

By: Ambrose Bierce

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-circa 1914) was an American author, journalist, short story writer and satirist who disappeared in 1913 under mysterious circumstances and was never seen again. 'A Tough Tussle' is a weird and horrible ghost story about a soldier in the Civil War who finds himself stationed on sentry duty, alone in a wood at night,... Read more