Short Stories audiobooks
The Wind Off the Small Isles
By: Mary Stewart
Narrated by: Susie Riddell
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Beloved author Mary Stewart's long-lost novella, now available for the first time in 40 years and perfect for fans of Anya Seton, Daphne du Maurier and Santa Montefiore.
'Now she would spell love her own way...'
In 1879, a wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her family, who live on the volcanic island of Lanzarote,... Read more
The Reconciliation
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of short stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
'The Reconciliation' is the story of two old enemies who had quarrelled as students but who are now attempting to reconcile by spending an evening together. But as they drink more whisky,... Read more
The Beautiful Suit
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
'The Beautiful Suit' is a haunting allegorical tale of a man who has a beautiful suit of clothes which he is never allowed to wear. But one night he decides to put on the... Read more
The Stolen Body
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
"The Stolen Body" tells the story of two men who are experimenting with mind over matter. On pre-arranged evenings they sit in their own rooms, two miles apart, and attempt to... Read more
The Apple
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
'The Apple' is a strange tale about a young student who, in a third-class railway carriage, is unexpectedly offered the genuine fruit of the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden... Read more
The Pearl of Love
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
'The Pearl of Love' is a pecular allegorical tale taken from ancient persian literature, telling the story of a bereaved Indian prince whose beloved wife dies young. The... Read more
The Time Machine
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
"The Time Machine", first published in 1895, is possibly Wells' most famous work. It tells the story of the inventor of a vehicle which allows him to travel in time, and his first hand account of... Read more
Under the Knife
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
'Under the Knife' is an eerie firsthand account by a patient of a surgical operation he experiences, which he already knows he will not survive. Read more
The Plattner Story
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction
"The Plattner Story" is the strange tale of Gottfried Plattner, the modern languages teacher at a private school in England, who while conducting a chemistry experiment,... Read more
The Collected Short Stories of H. G. Wells
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 20 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
A spine tingling collection of the greatest short stories by the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells.
1. The Time Machine
2. The Empire of the Ants
3. The Crystal Egg
4. The Sea-Raiders
5. The Door in the Wall
6. A Dream of Armageddon
7. The Country of the Blind
8. Under the Knife
9. The Stolen Body
10. The Plattner Story
11. The Stolen Bacillus
12. The... Read more
The Star
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
"The Star" is the story of a shooting star which is discovered hurtling towards our solar system. It is on a collision course with Neptune. When the celestial crash occurs, the... Read more
Mr. Brisher's Treasure
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of wonderful and varied stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
'Mr. Brisher's Treasure' is a humorous tale about a man who finds a chest of buried treasure while making a rockery for his future father-in-law, but circumstances repeatedly... Read more
The Inexperienced Ghost
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
"The Inexperienced Ghost" is a ghost story with a twist. Clayton, overnighting alone at the club, encounters a pathetic ghost who is struggling to remember how to get back... Read more
A Dream of Armageddon
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 1 hour 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
'A Dream of Armageddon' is a strange tale of a man who is haunted by a prophetic dream of life in the future in a time when the world is rushing towards a catastrophic and... Read more
The Country of the Blind
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
'The Country of the Blind' is the strange story of a mountain guide who accidently falls off a cliff ledge in the Andes. He survives the fall unhurt, and finds himself in a... Read more
A Vision of Judgment
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
"A Vision of Judgment" tells the story of a man who is awakened from his grave by a trumpet sounding for the last judgment. As the first souls are called before God, he realises that things are... Read more
Mรคnner und Frauen - 17 Versuche รผber einen groรen Unterschied (Gekรผrzte Hรถrbuchfassung) - Abridged
By: Harald Martenstein
Narrated by: Harald Martenstein
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Seine besten Kolumnen endlich zum Hรถren Wenn Deutschlands Lieblingskolumnist Harald Martenstein รผber sein Lieblingsthema schreibt, schlagen fast immer die Wellen hoch. Es ist ja auch schwierig. Wie viele Geschlechter gibt es รผberhaupt? Wo genau verlรคuft die Grenze zwischen charmant und sexstisch? Welche Liebestechniken sind politisch korrekt... Read more
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A Tree or a Person or a Wall
By: Matt Bell
Narrated by: Karen Chilton, T. Ryder Smith, Andrew Garman & ...
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A Tree or a Person or a Wall gives us Matt Bell at his most inventive and uncanny: parents and children, murderers and monsters, wild renditions of the past, and acute takes on the present, all of which build to a virtuoso reimagining of our world. A 19th-century minister builds an elaborate motor that will bring about the Second Coming. A man... Read more
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The Valley of Spiders
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction.
'The Valley of Spiders' is the creepy tale of three men who ride into a remote and deserted valley in pursuit of a fleeing woman they are tracking. Before long they discover... Read more
Compelling Short Stories
By: H. G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard & Hugh Walpole
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 17 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A rich and varied anthology of inventive classic tales by some of the world's top storytellers.
'A Deal in Ostriches' by H. G. Wells
'The Scarecrow' by G. Ranger Wormser
'Only a Dream' by H. Rider Haggard
'The Magic Shop' by H. G. Wells
'The Business of Madame Jahn' by Vincent O'Sullivan
'The Old Portrait' by Hume Nisbet
... Read more
The Empire of the Ants
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
"The Empire of the Ants" is a disturbing tale about a new species of giant ants in South America which have evolved to use tools and weapons, wear clothes, communicate and... Read more
A Catastrophe
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
"A Catastrophe" is a poignant tale of a shopkeeper whose business is on the verge of bankruptcy, when a dreadful catastrophe strikes the family, just in time to save him from total ruin. Read more
The Sea-Raiders
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
"The Sea-Raiders" is a gruesome tale of a rapacious shoal of cephalopods which attack the coast of southern England. Read more
The Lost Inheritance
By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction.
'The Lost Inheritance' is the story of a young man whose sole purpose in life is to persuade his wealthy and eccentric uncle to leave him his fortune. He is delighted when the old... Read more
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