Short Stories audiobooks

Unbound

By: Kim Harrison, Melissa Marr, Jeaniene Frost, Vic...

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

5 of the hottest, New York Times bestselling authors in urban fantasy--KIM HARRISON, MELISSA MARR, JEANIENE FROST, VICKI PETTERSSON, and JOCELYNN DRAKE--come together in one spellbinding anthology. From the Hollows to Sin City, from New Orleans to Savannah, discover some of the most intriguing heroes and heroines who work on the supernatural... Read more

Puck of Pook’s Hill

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

On Midsummer’s Eve, Dan and Una enact A Midsummer Night’s Dream three times over—right under Pook’s Hill. That is how they meet Puck, “the oldest Old Thing in England,” and the last of the People of the Hills.Through Puck, they are introduced to the nearly forgotten pages of old England’s history and to characters that can illuminate their own... Read more

From Hereabout Hill

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Harry Man

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A thought-provoking and rich collection of short stories, many of which reflect the author’s love of myths and legends, his close observations of family life, and his skills as a unique storyteller. A beautiful collection of short stories written by one of the best loved children’s authors of all time. Giant’s... Read more

The Forgotten

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Peter Decker, are shocked by an outrage that cuts close to the spiritual heart of their family. Rina's small storefront synagogue has been desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti and grisly Nazi death camp photographs. The alleged perpetrator is seventeen-year-old Ernesto Golding, a ""rich... Read more

Stalker

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 13 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

L.A. Homicide Detective Peter Decker never wanted the perils of his job to touch his family. But now his two worlds have collided.A first year rookie with the LAPD's Hollywood Division, Cynthia Decker became a cop against her father, Peter Decker's, wishes. But police work is in her blood, and she's determined to make it on her own -- even now,... Read more

Jupiter's Bones

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Once Dr. Emil Euler Ganz was a preeminent astrophysicist with a worldrenowned reputation. But then he vanished without any warning to his family or colleagues. Fifteen years later, he reappeared as ""Father Jupiter,"" the founder and charismatic leader of the scientific cult, The Order of the Rings. And now he's dead--a vial of sleeping pills... Read more

Serpent's Tooth

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A man walks into a trendy Los Angeles restaurant -- a disgruntled ex-employee with an automatic weapon -- and seconds later, thirteen people are dead and thirty-two more have been wounded. It is a heinous act of mass slaughter that haunts Homicide Detective Peter Decker.But, though eyewitnesses saw only the lone gunman -- who apparently took his... Read more

Children Songs and Stories 2

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Dorothy Green

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Smith Show Media presents Children Songs and Stories 2 read by Dorothy Green. These are classic songs and stories for kids. Read more

The Three Apples

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Three Apples" is a story contained in the One Thousand and One Nights collection (also known as the Arabian Nights). Scheherazade tells the history of a murder — making this the first mystery story put to paper. Read more

Stay Awake

By: Dan Chaon

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In these haunting, suspenseful stories, lost, fragile, searching characters wander between ordinary life and a psychological shadowland. They have experienced intense love or loss, grief or loneliness, displacement or disconnection - and find themselves in unexpected, dire, and sometimes unfathomable situations. A father's life is upended by his... Read more

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

By: Nathan Englander

Narrated by: Various

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

These eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander display a gifted young author grappling with the great questions of modern life, with a command of language and the imagination that place Englander at the very forefront of contemporary American fiction.
 
The title story, inspired by Raymond Carver’s... Read more

Desiree's Baby

By: Kate Chopin

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Désirée and Armand’s marriage was passionate and loving. But everything changes when their baby is born, who appears to be of mixed race. Set before the Civil War in Louisiana, and originally published on January 14, 1893, Kate Chopin shines a light on the antebellum culture, which rendered some of the most vulnerable absolutely powerless. Read more

The Wisdom of Father Brown

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown is perhaps the most lovable amateur detective ever created. This short, shabby priest with his cherubic, round face attracts situations that baffle everyone—except Father Brown and his rather naïve wisdom.The twelve enthralling stories in this book take Father Brown from London to Cornwall, from Italy to France,... Read more

Fallen in Love

By: Lauren Kate

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Unexpected. Unrequited. Forbidden. Eternal. Everyone has their own love story.

A USA Today bestseller
More than 3 million series copies in print!

And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories intersect over the course of a romantic Valentine’s Day in medieval England. Miles and Shelby find love where they least expect it. Roland learns a... Read more

Pineapple Grenade

By: Tim Dorsey

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“The undisputed king of the comic crime novel.”
—Providence Journal“I guarantee Dorsey will never win the Nobel Prize for Literature—he’s far too funny.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch“If you’ve never read Dorsey, you need to start…You won’t be disappointed.”
—Miami HeraldGloriously unrepentant Florida serial killer Serge Storms is back—and he’s finagled... Read more

Recalculating

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

After Maureen's husband dies, she imagines that the years of abuse are over, but while looking for the Halloween decorations in the attic, Maureen finds a gift-wrapped GPS with her name on the box: an early birthday present from her late husband. When the voice from the machine starts giving her sinister directions, she learns that sometimes the... Read more

The Short Stories Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A superb collection of stories that will enthral both young and old. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the world's great storytellers, exhibiting astounding versatility in his narration, as he ranges between science fiction (in "When the World Screamed"), mystery and adventure (in "The Lost Special"), horror (in "The Leather Funnel"), action and... Read more

Prayers for The Dead

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The brutal murder of Dr. Azor Sparks in an alley behind a restaurant is greeted with public outrage and a demand for swift, sure justice. But the investigation into the well-known surgeon’s death is raising too many questions and providing too few answers for homicide detective Lieutenant Peter Decker.Why, for example, would the family of a man... Read more

Justice

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The cruel and bizarre slaying of a beautiful teen leads Detective Decker into the dark heart of an exoticsubculture: the seamy, sometimes violent world of Southern California's rootless, affluent youth. But even the confession of a disturbed kid with cold ""killer eyes"" cannot soothe Decker's inner torment. For he knows in his gut this crime... Read more

Sanctuary

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disappeared from their sprawling Las Angeles manor, leaving the estate undisturbed and their valuables untouched. Investigating detective Decker is stumped--faced with a perplexing case riddled with dead ends. Then a second dealer is found murdered in Manhatten, catapulting Decker and his... Read more

Grievous Sin

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The birth of their baby girl has filled Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker, with joy mingled with sorrow, since complications have ensured that they can have no more children. But the situation is grim at the hospital, which has been devastated by severe budget cutbacks and staff shortages. And when a respected... Read more

False Prophet

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

LAPD Detective Peter Decker doesn’t know quite what to make of Lilah Brecht. The beautiful, eccentric spa owner and daughter of a faded Hollywood legend, Lilah was beaten, robbed, and raped in her own home—and claims to have psychic powers that enable her to see even more devastating events looming on the horizon. With his heart and mind on his... Read more

The Who's Afraid Stories

By: Pamela Douglas

Narrated by: Christian Rodska

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

All children love to be read a story and the author believes that reading to children at an early age encourages a love of books and a desire to be able to read themselves.

These are a collection of READ TO stories for younger children. They are all about different animals who are each afraid of the one thing most inconvenient to their lives.... Read more

The Short Stories Of Robert Louis Stevenson

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Six outstanding tales of suspense and adventure by the master storyteller. "Markheim" "The Bottle Imp" "The Body Snatcher" "The Suicide Club – Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts" "The Suicide Club – The Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk" "The Suicide Club – The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs" Read more