Short Stories audiobooks

The Thing in the Upper Room

By: Arthur Morrison

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 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.

'The Thing in the Upper Room' is a classic Victorian horror story. Poor young English artist Attwater is delighted to find an oddly cheap top-floor room to rent in an old house in Paris. The room, as he is... Read more

Fireside Gothic

By: Andrew Taylor

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh, Peter Noble & Anna Bentinck

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas – Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch – perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley. Three dark tales to read by the fireside in the cold winter... Read more

Creatures of the Kingdom

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: David Ackroyd

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature’s most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime shaping and reshaping of earth’s lands and seas to a ridiculous armadillo’s assault on a bit of Texas... Read more

The Alarm Clock

By: Geo Mihalache

Narrated by: Geo Mihalache

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The grandparents' tomcats, Pic and Tarcatul, welcome to the yard new members of the family after a few weeks where they couldn't rest because of a noisy alarm clock. Read more

Twisted Reunion

By: Mark Tullius

Narrated by: Tee Quillin

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Plunge deep into disturbing darkness with 28 terrifying tales. Explore heartache, fleeting happiness, and horror in this fascinating collection.
Experience chills as you read these creepy stories and more: A pornographer's horrific early morning ritual A beautiful baby boy who knows what he wants An engineer sees life on the other side of the... Read more

Healthy Fruit

By: Geo Mihalache

Narrated by: Geo Mihalache

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From the series "Stories for Vlad":The tomcats try a new "healthy" diet - eating apples as the doctor advised on the radio. Read more

All That Man Is

By: David Szalay

Narrated by: Mark Meadows, Sean Barrett & Huw Parmenter

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Nine men. Each of them at a different stage in life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving—in the suburbs of Prague, in an overdeveloped Alpine village, beside a Belgian motorway, in a dingy Cyprus hotel—to understand what it means to be alive, here and now. Tracing a dramatic arc from the spring of youth to the winter of old... Read more

Overclocked

By: Cory Doctorow

Narrated by: various narrators, Lloyd James, Nicola Barber, ...

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Now available for the first time with two additional stories!Have you ever wondered what it's like to be bitten by a zombie or live through a bioweapon attack? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind-bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of... Read more

Christmas with an Angel

By: Debbie Mason

Narrated by: Becket Royce

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In this cozy Christmas story, learn whether Michael and Shay will get a second chance at love under the mistletoe.USA Today bestseller Debbie Mason's Christmas short story featuring characters from the Harmony Harbor series. Read more

Der Miesepups

By: Kirsten Fuchs

Narrated by: Kirsten Fuchs

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Miesepups haust in einer finsteren, unaufgeräumten Baumhöhle und könnte sich immerzu aufregen. Zum Beispiel über das Kucks, dieses dünne, rothaarige Gewackel! Jeden Morgen steht es mit einem Geschenk vor seiner Tür und fragt ihn: "Darf ich dich heute ankucken?" Das Kucks findet ihn nämlich schön. Zwar erscheint dem Miesepups eine... Read more

Doce cuentos peregrinos

By: Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: Carlos Manuel Vesga

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Los mejores títulos, ahora disponibles en formato audiolibro En Barcelona, una prostituta que va entrando en la vejez entrena a su perro para llorar ante la tumba que ha escogido para sí misma. En Viena, una mujer se vale de su don de ver el futuro para convertirse en la adivina de una familia rica. En Ginebra, el conductor de una ambulancia y... Read more

Between Rounds

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 13 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.

"Between Rounds" is the tale of a lost child, the six-year old son of the owner of a boarding house with a colourful and ecclectic range of boarders. For the... Read more

The Downs

By: Amyas Northcote

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Amyas Northcote (1864 - 1923) was an English writer and contemporary of M. R. James, who was best known for his ghost stories.

"The Downs" is a classic ghost story which demonstrates Northcote's understated genius. The story starts out as a regular tale, but with a few understated clues as to the nature of the horror that is to come - perfectly... Read more

The Beard

By: Hugh Walpole

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist, famous for his skill at scene setting and vivid plots. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s and remains popular to this day.

"The Beard" is the touching and insightful tale of a narcissistic and pompous father who is struggling to raise his pubescent... Read more

The Young Lady in Black

By: Amyas Northcote

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Amyas Northcote (1864–1923) was an English writer and a contemporary of M. R. James. He is best known for his ghost stories.

"The Young Lady in Black" is an eerie tale of a woman who died, leaving one crucial task in her life unfinished. The tale poses at the outset the question of whether the dead can return to earth to bring incomplete tasks to... Read more

The Lady's Maid's Bell

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930.

"The Lady's Maid's Bell" is a classic ghost story about Alice Hartley, a servant who takes up a new position in a remote country house as companion to an invalid lady. Almost... Read more

Roads of Destiny

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 56 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.

"Roads of Destiny" is an intriguing story about a young would-be poet, David, who is running away from home after a quarrel with his beloved. He reaches a... Read more

Strange Tales from the Doctor's Casebook

By: H. G. Wells, W. F. Harvey, H. P. Lovecraft & Va...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty classic tales featuring doctors, patients, feverish imaginations, sick minds and unwell bodies.
1. Under the Knife by H. G. Wells
2. Room Number Ten by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor
3. Story of the Vanishing Patient by Elia J. Peattie
4. The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev
5. Dead of Night by W. F. Harvey
6. Cool Air by H. P. Lovecraft
7. The Operation... Read more

All Souls'

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930.

"All Souls' " is a creepy hallowe'en story about a woman who lives with her servants in a remote house in Conneticut. One weekend at the end of October she has an accident... Read more

Never Bet the Devil your Head

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American poet, critic and writer of fiction, and is particularly well known for his morbid and supernatural stories.

"Never Bet the Devil your Head" is a tale which reveals Poe's sense of humour - a gruesome and fantastic humour. It is a witty take on the Faust theme - an anti-hero inadvertently enters into a... Read more

Sparkling Biacrene

By: F. Anstey

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 51 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.

"Sparkling Biacrene" is a humorous story about a young chemist who invents a marvellous new type of non-alcoholic drink, based on a marvellous Amazonian herb with astounding properties. He... Read more

Appointment With Death - Abridged

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Roger May

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at... Read more

After the Funeral - Abridged

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Roger May

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at... Read more

A Pocket Full of Rye - Abridged

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at... Read more