Short Stories audiobooks

The Fiery Trial

By: Cassandra Clare & Maureen Johnson

Narrated by: Sam Heughan

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon and Clary reunite as they witness a Parabatai ceremony…and discuss their own plans to be bonded. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

Simon and Clary act as witnesses to the parabatai ceremony of Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn…and discuss their own parabatai plans in this precursor to The Dark Artifices.

This... Read more

Eine Frau spürt so was nicht - Abridged

By: Kirsten Fuchs

Narrated by: Kirsten Fuchs

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kirsten Fuchs betrachtet den Alltag durch eine verschmierte rosa Brille. Mit Sprung im Glas. Aber natürlich in 3D. Großes Herz, große Gefühle. Nichts übertrieben, alles wahr. Kalauerverdacht wird bestätigt. Macht aber nichts. Von Kirsten Fuchs zu behaupten, sie würde sich »nur« mit Alltagsproblemen auseinandersetzen, unterschlägt die... Read more

The Short Stories of W. W. Jacobs

By: W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

William Wymark Jacobs (1863 - 1943) was an English author of short stories and novels. His most popular works in the early part of the last century were his humorous tales set around the docks of Wapping and in the tap-room of the infamous Cauliflower tavern.

Many of his stories were written in a Cockney vernacular and were keenly observant of... Read more

The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand

By: J. S. Fletcher

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863 - 1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian 'Golden Age' of the short story.

'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' is the macabre tale of a new man arriving to... Read more

The Everlasting Club

By: Arthur Gray

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Arthur Gray (1852-1940) wrote under the pseudonym Ingulphus for several years, and it was only in 1919 when his stories were collected as Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye under Gray's own name that the identity of the author was discovered.

'The Everlasting Club' is a peculiar ghost story set in Jesus College Cambridge. A student... Read more

The Dust that was Barren

By: P.C. Wren

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Percival Christopher Wren (1875 - 1941) was an English writer of adventure fiction mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.

'The Dust That Was Barren' is a strange tale of a peculiar incident in the French Foreign... Read more

The Cost of Kindness

By: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humourist.

The Cost of Kindness is an ironic tale about a congregation desperate to see the back of their cantankerous and highly unpopular vicar. Fortunately the dreadful man has agreed to leave and is preparing a vituperative final sermon admonishing his ungrateful flock for ousting... Read more

Squirrel in a Cage

By: E. M. Delafield

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (1890-1943), was a prolific English author who wrote under the pseudonym E. M. Delafield. She is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle-class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the... Read more

The Conjurer

By: Richard Middleton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Barham Middleton (1882-1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories and supernatural tales. 'The Conjurer' is a short story about a stage performer whose act includes juggling and magic tricks. In one trick he makes his pretty young female assistant, who happens to be his wife, disappear.

It is... Read more

The Cremona Violin

By: E. T. A. Hoffmann

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.

'The Cremona Violin' is the story of Councillor Krespel, an eccentric... Read more

The Anticipator

By: Morley Roberts

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Morley Roberts (1857 - 1942) was a popular English novelist and short-story writer.

'The Anticipator' is the tale of two rival writers. Esplan is a true craftsman. His stories are finely crafted, inspired works of true genius. His foe, Burford, is as bad a writer as Esplan is good. But Burford has an uncanny knack of publishing stories with the... Read more

Three Pennyworth of Luck

By: Basil Murray

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Basil Murray (1902 - 1937) was a prominent British journalist and prominent anti fascist during the Spanish civil war. Alongside his short stories, he was well known for his radio broadcasts from Valencia. He died in Spain, officially of pneumonia. According to a memoir by journalist Claud Cockburn, however, Murray was bitten to death by his pet... Read more

The Vampire

By: Jan Neruda

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Jan Nepomuk Neruda (1834-1891) was born in Prague, Bohemia, the son of a small grocer. After studying philosophy and philology, he worked as a teacher until 1860, when he became a freelance journalist and writer.

'The Vampire' is a strange tale of a group of tourists visiting an idyllic spot outside Constantinople in the company of a charming but... Read more

A Tiger's Skin

By: W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

William Wymark Jacobs (1863 - 1943) was an English author of short stories and novels. Most of his works were either humorous tales or horror stories. Many of his popular tales are written in the cockney vernacular and are based either on the docks at Wapping, or in the bar of the infamous tavern The Cauliflower.

'A Tiger's Skin' is a tale... Read more

The Story of the Spaniards

By: E. & H. Heron

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard (1876-1922) was a writer, explorer, adventurer, cricketer and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping techniques in the British Army during the First World War.

Hesketh-Prichard and his mother wrote together under the pseudonyms H. Heron and E. Heron. Together they created a series of stories around... Read more

The Umbrella

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English author, born in one of the "Five Towns" which form the background of so many of his witty stories.

When Professor Malpetant pays an unannounced visit to his sister, Muriel, he finds nobody at home. Both Muriel and her maid, Annie, have gone out, though he finds the door unlocked and takes the opportunity... Read more

The Ghost Ship

By: Richard Middleton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Barham Middleton (1882-1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, of which 'The Ghost Ship' is the most famous. It is one of the few stories in literature which combines a ghostly theme with lightening humour.

Middleton suffered from severe depression for much of his life (then known as... Read more

The Strange Case of Mr. Todmorden

By: F. Britten Austin

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Frederick Britten Austin (1885 - 1941) was a popular British fiction writer, whose crime and mystery stories were very much influenced by his experiences as a soldier. He had enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade on 4 August, 1914, the day war was declared on Germany. By war's end he had reached the rank of captain.

In 'The Strange Case of Mr.... Read more

On the Brighton Road

By: Richard Middleton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Barham Middleton (1882-1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his supernatural short ghost stories, in particular 'The Ghost Ship', 'The Conjurer' and 'On the Brighton Road'.

'On the Brighton Road' is a strange tale of a homeless man who is trudging between London and Brighton when he meets a fragile-looking... Read more

The Victim

By: Perceval Gibbon

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926) was an author and journalist working on the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa and several other publications. He is best remembered for his masterly short stories, which were often characterized by an ironic twist at the end.

The Victim tells the tale of César Savinien, a French poet who finds himself enjoying a... Read more

Water Never Hurt a Man

By: Walter D. Edmonds

Narrated by: Mark Turetsky

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This short story pulled from Seven American Stories, and originally published in Harper’s in 1930, is a classic of historical fiction. Read more

Seven American Stories

By: Walter D. Edmonds

Narrated by: Mark Turetsky

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection features seven tales inspired by America’s colorful history, from colonial times to the early twentieth century, including the Newbery Medal winner The Matchlock Gun.In The Matchlock Gun, young Edward must protect his family from marauding Indians when his father is called away. In Two Logs Crossing, John Haskell spends two harsh... Read more

Guys Read: Terrifying Tales

By: Jon Scieszka, Adam Gidwitz, R.L. Stine, Dav Pil...

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer, Andrew Eiden, Vikas Adam, Johnny ...

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Be afraid, be very afraid of Terrifying Tales, the sixth volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading.Eleven masters of suspense—Kelly Barnhill, Michael Buckley, Adam Gidwitz, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Daniel José Older, Dav Pilkey, R.L. Stine, and Rita Williams-Garcia—have come together to bring you a... Read more

Love Takes the Cake

By: Betsy St. Amant

Narrated by: Kristy Ragland

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

They’ve helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection.She’s known for her delicious cakes, but there’s no recipe for dealing with the new man in her life.Charlotte Cantrell is always the baker; never the bride.... Read more