Short Stories audiobooks

The Wind in the Portico

By: John Buchan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Colonel John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and politician. He is best known for his mystery and ghost stories.The Wind in the Portico is a strange tale of a visit by a classical scholar, Nightingale, to an odd castle set in a park in Shropshire where a rare manuscript is housed.

The owner of the... Read more

Big World

By: Mary Miller

Narrated by: Mary Miller, various narrators, Andi Arndt, Jan...

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A short story collection full of powerful prose and remarkably genuine characters from the author of The Last Days of CaliforniaThe collection of stories, produced by Andi Arndt, is performed by the author along with a stunning cast of Nashville stars, including Janis Ian, Mary Gauthier, Telisha Williams, Amy Speace, and Louise Mosrie.The... Read more

Merry Christmas, Baby

By: Jill Shalvis

Narrated by: Angela Starling

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Season's Kisses . . .
Wild child Chloe Thompson can't believe how much things have changed. She still can't get enough of her sexy husband Sawyer, but he seems to prefer working to impending fatherhood. So tonight, a very pregnant Chloe is escaping her troubles at the town Christmas party.

Sheriff Sawyer Thompson hopes surprising Chloe at the... Read more

The Murderer

By: Perceval Gibbon

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 47 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 Murderer is just such a tale. It tells the story of Conroy, a young English sailor who is... Read more

The Bus Conductor

By: E. F. Benson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his masterly and uncanny ghost stories. One of the most famous of these is "The Bus Conductor". It is a deceptively simple tale of a mysterious apparition which comes into view on an ordinary London street... Read more

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

By: Lydia Davis

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Mia Barron & Jonathan Davis

Length: 21 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A LOS ANGELES TIMES FICTION FAVORITE FOR 2009 A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF 2009 Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers, a storyteller celebrated for her emotional acuity, her formal inventiveness, and her ability to capture the mind in overdrive. She has been called... Read more

Love at Mistletoe Inn

By: Cindy Kirk

Narrated by: Julie Lyles Carr

Length: 2 hours 20 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.Sometimes the road to happiness is paved with youthful mistakes.Hope Prentiss didn’t go to the Harmony High School senior prom. Instead, she and John Burke drove... Read more

Mysterious Tales of Secret Societies

By: Robert Louis Stevenson, A. J. Alan & Barry Pain

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Six fascinating tales of the mysterious doings of secret societies and gentlemen's clubs.

A Foggy Evening by A. J. Alan
The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain
The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Dream by A. J. Alan
The Inconsiderate Waiter by J. M. Barrie
The 19 Club by A. J. Alan Read more

Stories of the Sea

By: Joseph Conrad, G. K. Chesterton & W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting collection of stories of ships, sailors, adventures on the high seas and maritime mysteries.

"The Tale" by Joseph Conrad
"The Saloon Passenger" by E. W. Hornung
"The Terrible Story of the 'Mary Russell'" by J. G. Lockhart
"Marooned" by J. G. Lockhart
"A Rash Experiment "by W. W. Jacobs
"The Mystery of the Mary... Read more

My Adventure on Dartmoor

By: A. J. Alan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A. J. Alan was the pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert (1883-1941), an English magician, intelligence officer, short story writer, and radio broadcaster. He was hugely popular in the '20s and '30s for his radio broadcasts, when he performed his own humorous and often macabre short stories, which he always delivered wearing full evening dress.

My... Read more

A Foggy Evening

By: A. J. Alan

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A. J. Alan was the pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert (1883-1941), an English magician, intelligence officer, short story writer, and radio broadcaster. He was hugely popular in the '20s and '30s for his radio broadcasts, when he performed his own humorous and often macabre short stories, which he always delivered wearing full evening dress.

A... Read more

The First Shot

By: J. J. Bell

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Aboard the Norwegian whaling ship Thorgrim, the Captain announces to the Mate, Sigurd, that he will allow him to take the second shot at the next whale they hunt and if there is a third whale, he will be permitted to take the first shot. Sigurd, ambitious for promotion to gunner on the whaling ship, is delighted and can scarcely contain his... Read more

The Bane Chronicles

By: Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson & Sarah Rees B...

Narrated by: Various

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know warlock Magnus Bane like never before in this collection of New York Times bestselling tales, with an exclusive new story and illustrated material.

This collection of eleven short stories illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality,... Read more

See You in Paradise

By: J. Robert Lennon

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In J. Robert Lennon's America, a portal to another universe can be discovered with surprising nonchalance in a suburban backyard, adoption almost reaches the level of blood sport, and old pals return from the dead to steal your girlfriend. Sexual dysfunction, suicide, tragic accidents, and career stagnation all create surprising opportunities... Read more

Rain, Rain, Go Away; Winken, Blinken, and Nod; & One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

By: Melissa Everett

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Rain, Rain, Go Away celebrates and encourages the playful spirit of children, no matter the weather! From sunshine to rain, nothing can stop the fun of a group of friends ready to play outside together! *** Join Winken, Blinken, and Nod on their fantastical journey to a land beyond sleep in this expanded version of the classic children's tale.... Read more

The Three Sisters

By: W. W. Jacobs

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

At the deathbed of Ursula, the eldest of three sisters, the dying women declares that she will return from the dead when the time comes to accompany each of her younger siblings into the afterlife. The two survivors and their old housekeeper, now live on in fear of encountering Ursula's ghost, and strange happenings in the house bring this... Read more

A Race for a Bride

By: H. K. Hales

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When a friend phones H. K. Hales one Christmas Eve in a panic and asks for help, he is somewhat bemused. The caller is due to be married the next day and cannot possibly get there on time. H. K. rises to the challenge of driving him at top speed to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It seems like they might be in with a chance of getting there on time, until... Read more

Something Rich and Strange

By: Ron Rash

Narrated by: Christian Baskous

Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling award-winning author of Serena and The Cove, thirty of his finest short stories, collected in one volume.No one captures the complexities of Appalachia—a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty—as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International... Read more

Let Me Be Frank With You

By: Richard Ford

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeA brilliant new work that returns Richard Ford to the hallowed territory that sealed his reputation as an American master: the world of Frank Bascombe, and the landscape of his celebrated novels The Sportswriter, the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner winning Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land.In his trio of... Read more

Mr. Bones

By: Paul Theroux

Narrated by: Garrick Hagon & Tim Flavin

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A family watches in horror as their patriarch transforms into the singing, wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. A renowned art collector relishes publicly destroying his most valuable pieces. Two boys stand by helplessly as their father stages an all-consuming war on the raccoons living in the woods around their house. A young... Read more

Caterpillars

By: E. F. Benson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories.

Caterpillars is the story of a strange visit to the mysterious Villa Cascana, where one bedroom is inexplicably always kept empty. The visitor feels uneasy... Read more

The Secret of the Black Bag

By: William le Queux

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available.

He was phenomenally successful as a novelist and short story writer, and many of his tales are based on his own exploits, albeit vastly... Read more

The Room in the Tower

By: E. F. Benson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, best known for his spine-tingling and beautifully written ghost stories. The Room in the Tower is the most famous of these. It describes a horrific recurrent dream of nameless dread, occurring over a period of 15 years, in... Read more

The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles

By: William le Queux

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available.

He was phenomenally successful as a novelist and short story writer, and many of his tales are based on his own exploits, albeit vastly... Read more