Short Stories audiobooks

The Diamond Necklace and Other Stories

By: Guy De Maupassant

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Beautifully simple and marvelously strong, the stories of Guy de Maupassant have enchanted generations around the world. One of the finest short story writers of all time, de Maupassant believed that the most heart-wrenching and powerful moments in life lay in the simple events of daily life, and he proved it by turning those moments into... Read more

The Elk

By: Hector Hugh Munro

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Bertie Thropplestance stands to inherit a vast fortune from his wealthy but indomitable grandmother, a fact that has not escaped the notice of every mother of a marriageable girl in the county. But old Mrs. Thropplestance has her own ideas of a suitable mate for her grandson, and even when he romantically rescues Dora Yonelet from a rampaging... Read more

The Suicide Club

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in 1878, The Suicide Club is a collection of three gruesome adventure stories which combine into a single narrative, recounting the exploits of Floritzel, Prince of Bohemia and his trusty confidante Colonel Geraldine as they infiltrate a secret society of dubious individuals intent on losing their own lives. The stories... Read more

The Invisible Eye

By: Erkmann-Chatrian

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In a certain chamber on the second story of a wayside inn, and in this chamber, men hang themselves. Nobody knows for certain, but it is whispered that the malignant old hag who lives across the way casts spells on the inhabitants of the benighted room. Read more

The Whore's Child

By: Richard Russo

Narrated by: Various

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

To this irresistible debut collection of short stories, Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-selling novels. His themes are the imperfect bargains of marriage; the discoveries and disillusionments of childhood;the unwinnable battles men and women... Read more

Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories

By: Kelly Link (Editor) & Gavin J. Grant (Editor)

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes, Nico Evers-Swindell, Shannon McMa...

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and recraft a world of automatons, ornate clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Where scientists and schoolgirls, fair folk and Romans, intergalactic bandits, Utopian revolutionaries, and intrepid orphans—decked out... Read more

The Outlaw Album

By: Daniel Woodrell

Narrated by: Leslie Bellair & Brian Troxell

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by a "stunningly original" American master (Associated Press).

Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal behavior in this wrenching collection of stories. Desperation-both material and psychological -- motivates his characters. A husband cruelly... Read more

My Little Town

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town . . .” Lake Wobegon has been Garrison Keillor’s fictional home town—and America’s—for almost 40 years. Many of us have grown up with “the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve.” The Chatterbox Café, the Sidetrack Tap, the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility,... Read more

Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories

By: John Flanagan

Narrated by: John Keating

Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Unconfirmed accounts of a group of Araluen warriors--tales of adventure, battle, and triumph over evil--have spread for centuries throughout the known world. Most notable is a clan shrouded in mystery, phantom warriors known as the Rangers. Only now, centuries after these men and women walked the earth, do we have confirmation of their... Read more

Mortal Coils

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Mortal Coils is a collection of five pieces, which were written by Aldous Huxley in the 1920s. The first one, "The Giaconda Smile," is a short murder story. "Permutations among the Nightingales" is a play concerning amorous problems had by patrons of a certain establishment. "The Tillotson Banquet" tells of an old artist who was thought to be... Read more

Great Classic Ghost Stories

By: various authors

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of short ghost stories includes some of the best-known classics in the genre, as well as some that may be new to ghost story fans. This recording includes: “The Damned Thing,” by Ambrose Bierce; “The Empty House,” by Algernon Blackwood;“The Consequences,” by Willa Cather; “How It Happened,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; “A Ghost,”... Read more

The McCone Files

By: Marcia Muller

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Marcia Muller is, as Sue Grafton pointed out, the creator of the modern female private eye story, and Sharon McCone is one of the finest and most sensitive of all current sleuths. Sharon came upon the scene in 1977 with Edwin of the Iron Shoes, the first of fifteen novels and fifteen short stories filled with cluing and caring. The McCone Files... Read more

Five by Fitzgerald

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot & Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are five stories from one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century: Head and Shoulders, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. Read more

Dangerous Laughter

By: Steven Millhauser

Narrated by: George Guidall, Adam Grupper, Andy Paris, Jim F...

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In this acclaimed collection of short stories, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Millhauser shares the dark suspense and humor that have gained him a cult following. Millhauser's imagination and creativity are on full display with stories featuring artists gone mad, egomaniacal architects, and a historical society that's given up its... Read more

Beasts And Super-Beasts

By: Hector Hugh Munro

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A glittering collection of 36 short stories by Edwardian satirist Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under the pseudonym "Saki". Beasts And Super-Beasts includes many of Saki's best loved tales, exemplifying his witty and multi-layered storytelling, satirizing the habits and morals of British society of his day. "The She-Wolf", "Laura", "The Boar... Read more

The Stalled Ox

By: Hector Hugh Munro

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

When Theophil Eshley, the bovine painter, is called upon by his neighbour Adela Pingsford to remove a stray ox from her garden things go inevitably and comically wrong. No oxen are harmed in the course of this story, but sadly the same cannot be said of assorted chrysanthemums, drawing rooms and egos. Read more

Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A train ride home from a school field trip turns sinister when two kids spot a body on the tracks. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more

Guys Read: Nate Macavoy, Monster Hunter

By: Bruce Hale

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Nate’s best friend Jeremy is missing, and Nate seems to be the only one worried that he’s been captured by hideous creatures that live in the sewers. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more

Guys Read: The Old, Dead Nuisance

By: M. T. Anderson

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Two fake psychics, one real haunted house—what could go wrong? A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more

Guys Read: The Snake Mafia

By: Gennifer Choldenko

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

River and Niko find their dad is missing, and they have no choice but to track him down. But when they discover the clues lead to a shady reptile dealer, they start to think they might have gotten in over their heads. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more

Guys Read: Believing in Brooklyn

By: Matt de la Pena

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Benny’s friend Ray come up with his craziest invention idea yet: a machine that grants wishes. But when Benny realizes he has some wishes that need granting, he starts to wonder if it might just work. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more

Guys Read: The Double Eagle Has Landed

By: Anthony Horowitz

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Tim Diamond—the world’s worst private detective—takes on his most dangerous case yet, and it’s going to be up to his brother to keep him out of trouble. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more

Guys Read: Pudding

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

His friends warned him not to try the fried pudding at the carnival, but Dan didn’t listen. A short story in comics from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more

Guys Read: Thad, the Ghost, and Me

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

There’s nothing better than taking your timid little cousin Thad to one of those sweet haunted houses the 4-H Club decorates for Halloween. Except, of course, if the house turns out to actually be haunted. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka. Read more