Short Stories audiobooks

22 Dead Little Bodies and Other Stories

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Steve Worsley

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD comes the short novel: 22 DEAD LITTLE BODIES, plus two short stories: STRAMASH and DI STEEL'S BAD HEIR DAY, and a novella: THE 45% HANGOVER, all featuring his most popular characters – DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel. They say ‘small is... Read more

Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories

By: Andrea Camilleri

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 17 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series comes twenty-one short stories spanning the beloved detective’s career.Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels. In Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his... Read more

A Tropical Horror

By: William Hope Hodgson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author of horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are set on the ocean. He became one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. He died in World War I at age 40.

'A... Read more

Twenty-Minute Stories

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Over 50 great classic short stories, each around 20 minutes in length - perfect for short journeys, bedtime listening and those moments in between....

'The Khitmatgar' by B. M. Croker
'The Mummy of Thompson Pratt' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
'The Ghost at the Blue Dragon' by William J. Wintle
'A Tropical Horror' by William Hope... Read more

Castle Valley

By: Henry Chapman Mercer

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was an American short story writer, archeologist, artifact collector, tile maker, and designer of an extraordinary castle in Pennsylvania called Fonthill.

'Castle Valley' tells the strange supernatural tale of an artist who gazes into an old crystal and sees a vision of a beautiful Gothic castle, with which he... Read more

The Ghost in the Chair

By: Lettice Galbraith

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Lettice Galbraith is as mysterious as the stories she wrote. She appeared on the literary scene in 1893 with a rash of short stories and one novel, published another story four years later, and then disappeared without a trace. Yet despite the brevity of her presence on the literary stage, her supernatural stories have remained popular to this... Read more

The Dolls' Castle

By: Henry Chapman Mercer

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was, amongst other things, an eccentric archaologist, historian, architect, antiquarian collector and author of Gothic horror stories very much after the fashion of M. R. James.

'The Dolls' Castle' is the creepy story of a haunted house with a sinister past which uses old, rotting dolls to lure unwary children... Read more

Absolute Evil

By: Julian Hawthorne

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories.

Absolute Evil is an extraordinary werewolf story. A young spinster goes on an adventurous summer vacation on a... Read more

The Baumoff Explosive

By: William Hope Hodgson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction stories.

'The Baumoff Explosive' (sometimes known as 'Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani') was first published in 1919. This story is one of Hodgson's most powerful and disturbing and is especially relevant... Read more

The Legend

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 7 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 Legend' is the story of a mysterious stranger who has been brought into hospital after being found collapsed in a park. As the man is destitute and in need of... Read more

Soundbites

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A sumptuous collection of over 60 short stories by some of the world's greatest writers.

'The Hoop' by Fedor Sologub
'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry
'The Man Who Hated Aspidistras' by W. F. Harvey
'The Conjurer' by Richard Middleton
'The End of a Show' by Barry Pain
'The Devil of the Marsh' by H. B. Marriott-Watson
'The First of... Read more

Thirty-Minute Stories

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A spectacular collection of outstanding half-hour short stories...perfect for commuters or bedtime listening.

'The Whistle' by Hugh Walpole
'The Well' by W. W. Jacobs
'The Scrupulous Father' by George Gissing
'The Debt' by Edith Wharton
'The Problem of the Five Marks' by Melville Davisson Post
'The Purple Wig' by G. K.... Read more

Absolute Zero

By: Morgan Robertson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Morgan Andrew Robertson (1861-1915) was a popular American author of short stories and novels who claimed to have been the inventor of the periscope.

'Absolute Zero' is a strange supernatural story about two marine artists who are friends and who work in adjoining studios. The younger of the two has been working on a strange painting for some... Read more

An Uncommon View of it

By: W. C. Morrow

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

William Chambers Morrow (1854-1923) was an American author famed for his short stories of horror and suspense.

'An Uncommon View of It' is the story of a man who has discovered that his wife is having an affair with his best friend. He decides that one thing is clear...he must have his revenge. He will kill them both and then commit suicide.

But... Read more

The Wolf Book

By: Henry Chapman Mercer

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile maker and writer of extraordinary supernatural stories.

The Wolf Book is the story of a professor who spends the summer travelling in Hungary and Romania in search of rare manuscripts. At the monastery at Jollok, he learns that the library was plundered a... Read more

The Adventure of the German Student

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist, Dark Romantic, and prolific short story writer.

'The Adventure of the German Student' is a ghost story set during the French Revolution. A young German student who is depressed and lonely has a recurrent dream about a beautiful female face. He begins to obsess over the features day and... Read more

Mallon the Guru & The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero

By: Peter Straub

Narrated by: Peter Straub

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Straub has spent forty years at the forefront of modern literary horror. This pair of stories represent his astonishing range and his ability to terrify, transport, and hold a reader hostage. Both stories crack the foundation of our reality and opens our eyes, taking us further and further into the darkness that normally remains deeply,... Read more

We’ve Already Gone This Far

By: Patrick Dacey

Narrated by: Tanya Eby, Sean Pratt & Richard Powers

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartfelt, vital collection; the debut of an exciting new talent already hailed as one of George Saunders’ “favorite young American writers”In Patrick Dacey’s stunning debut, we meet longtime neighbors and friends—citizens of working-class Wequaquet—right when the ground beneath their feet has shifted in ways they don’t yet understand. Here,... Read more

The Visiting Privilege

By: Joy Williams

Narrated by: Richard Powers, Emily Woo Zeller, Elisabeth Rod...

Length: 20 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary writer’s first collection in more than ten years, a literary event of the highest orderJoy Williams has been celebrated as a master of the short story for four decades, her renown passing from one generation to the next even in the shifting landscape of contemporary writing. And at long last the incredible scope of her singular... Read more

Where Futures End

By: Parker Peevyhouse

Narrated by: Katie Koster, Caitlin Davies, Emily Woo Zeller,...

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of five time-spanning, interconnected novellas that weave a subtle science-fictional web that stretches from the present into the future as our world collides with a mysterious alternate universe.Each of these stories presents a teen trying to find his or her way in unusual circumstances. Five teens, five futures.Dylan develops a... Read more

Fünf Apfelsinen

By: Georg Felsberg

Narrated by: Georg Felsberg

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Kurze Geschichten vom Reisen auf dem Indischen Subkontinent. Georg Felsberg über 30 Jahre Fernsehredakteur und Reporter in der ARD, hat in den letzten neun Jahren viele Länder Asiens bereist. Seine Texte - kurze Erzählungen, Anekdoten und Miniaturen - sind eine Liebeserklärung an den indischen Subkontinent. Viele Monate war er allein mit... Read more

Afterward

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A couple looks for a new home in southern England – but it has to be haunted. They stay in the legendary house of Lyng, where it is said that the inhabitants don’t know that they’ve encountered the ghost until long afterward. Artfully crafted in five different parts, Wharton spins an ironic story of greed, guilt, and revenge.  Read more

The Best of Bova, Vol. 1

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Vikas Adam, Paul Boehmer, Orso...

Length: 15 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The first volume in a sterling collection of stories from legendary hard science fiction master Ben BovaThese are selected stories from Bova’s amazing career at the center of science fiction and space advocacy. He is the creator of the New York Times bestselling Grand Tour series, a six-time Hugo Award winner, and past president of the National... Read more

Beasts and Children

By: Amy Parker

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Lorrie Moore, Claire Vaye Watkins, and Rebecca Lee, this debut story collection cuts into the sometimes dark heart of the American family From the tense territory of a sagging, grand porch in Texas to a gated community in steamy Thailand to a lonely apartment in nondescript suburbia, these linked stories unwind the lives of... Read more