Short Stories audiobooks

The Abandonment of Miss Plum

By: Dion Clayton Calthrop

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Dion William Palgrave Clayton Calthrop (1878 - 1937) is best known as a popular writer of humorous stories and an illustrator.

The Abandonment of Miss Plum is the tale of Alice Honoria Plum, a 19-year-old orphan who takes a dull position as companion to an elderly lady - although secretly she dreams of travel and the high life. When two years... Read more

Fifty Spellbinding Stories

By: J. S. Fletcher, Arthur Morrison & W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A fast-paced and varied collection of captivating short stories ranging from action thrillers to poignant tear-jerkers to the downright weird.

1. Jerry Bundler by W. W. Jacobs
2. The Umbrella Mender by Beatrice Harraden
3. Green Ink by J. S. Fletcher
4. Why Herbert Killed His Mother by Winifred Holtby
5. The Red Mark by Israel Zangwill
6. The White... Read more

More French than the French

By: Christine Jope-Slade

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Christine Jope-Slade (1891-1942) was a popular British writer of novels, short stories and screenplays.

More French Than the French is the risqué story of a British girl who is spending her last night in Paris. She meets a young Englishman who flirts with her. She pretends to be a confident young Frenchwoman and invites the young man back to her... Read more

A Keen Sense of Rumour

By: Cosmo Hamilton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Cosmo Hamilton (1870 - 1942) was the nom de plume of Henry Charles Hamilton Gibbs, was a popular English novelist, playwright and writer of short stories.

A Keen Sense of Rumour is a tongue-in-cheek love story with strong elements of a bedroom farce. Kenneth Harvey, a notorious philanderer and proficient golfer is on holiday with a group of... Read more

The Child in the Garden

By: Leonard Merrick

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Leonard Merrick (1864 - 1939) was a well known English novelist, who was popular with the likes of such as H. G. Wells, J. M. Barrie, G. K. Chesterton and William Dean Howells.

Many of his stories have, over the years, been adapted to the screen. J. M. Barrie called Merrick the "novelist's novelist".

"The Child in the Garden" is the story of an... Read more

Towers of Fame

By: Elizabeth Irons Folsom

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Irons Folsom Fox (1862-1935) was an American writer best known for her rich and varied short stories.

'Towers of Fame' is an unlikely love story. The indifferent, cold, calculating and wholly ambitious judge, Eric Hall, is the last person any of the assembled company could imagine ever having a love affair. And yet an old... Read more

Reparation

By: J.D. Beresford

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

John Davys Beresford (1873 – 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres.

"Reparation" is a strange short story. Angus, a young engineer returning to England from Cape Town, is offered a first class passage by an ailing acquaintance on the pretext that he... Read more

Neap-Tide Madness

By: E. Phillips Oppenheim

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866 – 1946) was a popular and successful English writer of genre fiction, especially thrillers.

"Neap-Tide Madness" is the strange story of Sir Jaspar Slane's visits to the Dormy House in Norfolk. One foggy evening, returning late from the golf course, Slane glimpses the figure of a man emerge from the mist carrying a... Read more

The Tool

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres, in which many of his works are recognized as masterpieces of the genre.

"The Tool" is a creepy tale about a young curate on a walking holiday who discovers the body of a murdered sailor on the moors above a remote village. He... Read more

A Patch on the Quilt

By: Sapper

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (1888 - 1937), who wrote under the pseudonym "Sapper", was a British soldier and author.A Patch on the Quilt is a short story about an actor who is pursued by a strange woman at the theatre with a very odd request. She has attended every performance of his play since it started, skipping meals to afford the tickets. She... Read more

One Law for the Rich

By: Stacy Aumonier

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Stacy Aumonier was a British writer best known for his outstanding short stories. Nobel Prize-winner John Galsworthy described Aumonier as 'one of the best short story writers of all time' and predicted that he would 'outlive all the writers of his day'. Aumonier wrote over 85 short stories in his lifetime. He has been described as the 'British... Read more

The Accomplished Guest

By: Ann Beattie

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman & Jacques Roy

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

* A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year

A magnificent collection from award-winning author Ann Beattie—“profoundly intriguing and unsettling stories that abound in delectably witty and furious inner monologues, barbed dialogue, ludicrous predicaments, many faceted heartaches, and abrupt upswellings of affection, even love...always... Read more

Bones and Arrows

By: Carolyn Haines

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Haines is a recipient of the Harper Lee Award and the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence. In "Bones and Arrows," a red-hot Valentine's party turns into a spellbinding-and dangerous-mystery for the Delaney Detective Agency. Ready for her own bed at Dahlia House, Sarah Booth reluctantly agrees to stay... Read more

Storytime with the Stars

By: Mary Sheldon

Narrated by: Betty White

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Children of all ages will delight in listening to these four original stories performed by Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-winning celebrities: Beloved actress Betty White starts off this collection reading Mary Sheldon's A Day at the Zoo, the story of Lizzy and her troublesome friend Eric on the day they finally get to visit the zoo. Sharon Stone... Read more

The World’s Worst Children 2

By: David Walliams & James Goode

Narrated by: David Walliams, Morgana Robinson & Nitin Ganatra

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams’ bestseller The World’s Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone’s favourite children’s author. If you thought you had read about the World’s Worst Children already, you’re in for a rather nasty shock. The beastly boys and... Read more

Riot in My Senses

By: Rima Jbara

Narrated by: Kate Marcin

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

You have selected this book, and by doing so, you have knocked on my door. This insinuates your desire to know more about me. So let us not waste time and commence. In my house are four doors that lead you to four rooms. The first door leads you to my soul. The second door leads you to my heart. The third door leads you to my mind. The... Read more

Du äter mitt ansikte

By: Carl-Michael Edenborg

Narrated by: Julia Werup

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

I den tredje och sista novellsamlingen av Gunnar Blå möter vi levande bakverk och äldre män med barnlängtan. Vi får lära oss om kärleken till mjuka penisar och män som älskar att skära i nylon. Liksom i de tidigare novellerna blandas humor med erotik, mystik och filosofi."I Blås noveller finns inget av tom självhävdelse, bara ren, skär och... Read more

The Reluctant Groom and Other Historical Stories

By: Faith L. Justice

Narrated by: Gordon Rothman & Faith L. Justice

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Enjoy historical fiction? Like short stories?Then dive into this collection of historical shorts by an award-winning author. You'll find stories of heroism, love, and adventure such as a panicked bachelor faced with an arranged marriage, a young boy torn between love for his ailing grandmother and duty to an empress, and a runaway Roman... Read more

Hope

By: Rima Jbara

Narrated by: Melanie Taylor

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Hope is about a woman who lives in a drowned world and is going through a silent ruin, and finds comfort in believing that her own self exists as another being, and confides her inner most secrets to her. It all started with a dream, advancing to a nightmare that then became a reality. Hope plays a lonely game in silence until her dreams turn to... Read more

Stories of Dangerous Women

By: W. F. Harvey, May Sinclair & Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping collection of classic stories in which the central figures are highly dangerous female characters - ranging from the creepy and unsettling to the utterly terrifying.

• Miss Cornelius by W. F. Harvey
• Mrs. Amworth by E. F. Benson
• Miss Mary Pask by Edith Wharton
• Escape – Three and Sixpence by Winifred Holtby
• Skinflint by J. S.... Read more

The Ankardine Pew

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres, in which many of his works are recognized as masterpieces of the genre.

"The Ankardine Pew" is one of W. F. Harvey's most famous works. It is a curious tale of a house haunted by the tortured soul of a previous owner who had... Read more

Miss Cornelius

By: W. F. Harvey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the mystery and horror genres, in which many of his works are recognized as masterpieces of the genre.

"Miss Cornelius" is one of W. F. Harvey's most acclaimed works. The elderly spinster, Miss Cornelius appears to be the cause of a range of strange... Read more

A Lucifo Match

By: Arthur Morrison

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Arthur George Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End. A Lucifo Match is the story of a London pickpocket who selects the wrong pocket to dip his fingers into. It belongs to a West End conjurer who exacts an extraordinary revenge for the... Read more

Sticky Fingers

By: JT Lawrence

Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized, this compelling collection of 12 short stories by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence include:ESCAPEA suicidal baby knows he was born into the wrong life. He has to get creative to correct the mistake, much to his mother's horror.THE ITCHAn intense, uncontrollable, unexplainable itch lands... Read more