Short Stories audiobooks

Gun Games

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“[Kellerman] does for the American cop what P. D. James has done for the British mystery, lifting it beyond its genre.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch“No one working in the crime genre is better.”
—Baltimore SunIn Gun Games, the sensational Faye Kellerman once again showcases Peter Decker of the LAPD and Rina Lazarus, arguably the most popular husband... Read more

The Uninnocent

By: Bradford Morrow

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston, Joe Barrett & Rachael Warren

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Bradford Morrow's stories have garnered him awards such as the O. Henry and Pushcart prizes and have given him a devoted following. Now gathered here for the first time is a collection of his finest gothic tales. A young man whose childhood hobby of collecting sea shells and birds' nests takes a sinister turn when he becomes obsessed with... Read more

6 Nouvelles de Tchekov

By: Tchekhov

Narrated by: Juliette Lancrenon

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Angoisse, Chez la maréchale de noblesse, Le malheur, Les rêves, L'uniforme du capitaine et Vieillesse sont autant de nouvelles qui reconstituent l'atmosphère, les mœurs et les rêves d'une époque, celle de Tchekhov, celle de la Russie éternelle des grands auteurs et créateurs russes. A écouter séparément, elles sont des fables, parfois hilarantes... Read more

Mr. Mulliner Speaking

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In the bar-parlor of the Angler's Rest, a bucolic English pub, Mr. Mulliner tells his amazing tales, holding the assembled company of pints of stout and whiskeys and splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Here you can discover what happened to the man who gave up smoking, share a frisson when the butler delivers something squishy on a silver... Read more

Death at the Excelsior

By: P.G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Inside a quiet boarding house on the waterfront, a man stares up to the ceiling with sightless eyes. The tight lipped landlady proclaims that it is murder. Can an upscale detective agency penetrate to the bottom of the mystery? Read more

Where Love Is, God Is

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin is an old cobbler with a good trade, but has had a hard life. His soul is now embittered against God. When he hears a mysterious voice calling him in the middle of the night, his soul seems to lighten and awake to answer the call. Read more

The Artist of Disappearance

By: Anita Desai

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Anita Desai ruminates on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life's expectations and its realities in three perfectly etched novellas. Set in India in the not-too-distant past, the dramas illuminate the ways in which Indian culture can nourish or suffocate. All... Read more

Drummers Drumming (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Final story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season It’s Christmas Eve, but the criminals never stop working, so neither do the police. The raid is on … but things don’t go entirely to plan… Read more

Twelve Days of Winter Omnibus edition (short stories)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season – from the No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBride On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Twelve days, twelve stories. Meet Fat Billy Partridge, possibly the... Read more

Pipers Piping (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Eleventh story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season What could be more festive than a trip to see Santa at the local shopping centre? Depends on who’s gunning for Santa… Read more

The Queer Feet

By: G.K. Chesterton

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A man has died. But there's really no mystery in that. His heart failed, that's all. But when Father Brown goes into a room to write down the man's final confession, he is distracted by the strange way in which someone is walking outside his door. From the gait of the queer feet, he deduces all. Read more

Lords A Leaping (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Tenth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Lord Peter Forsyth-Leven, MSP, is about to discover that having it all just means you’ve got more to lose… Read more

Ladies Dancing (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Ninth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Kayleigh’s a professional. But lap-dancing has rules. And when someone breaks the rules… Read more

Maids A Milking (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Eighth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Brian’s about to discover that life as a drug dealer can have hidden benefits. But he might come to wish he’d never taken advantage of them… Read more

Bloodcurdling Ghost Stories

By: Henry James, Jerome K. Jerome & Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of ghost stories which make your blood run cold. * "An Account Of Some Disturbances In Aungier Street" - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
* "The Spectre Of Tappington" - Richard Harris Barham
* "The Man Of Science" - Jerome K. Jerome
* "The Romance Of Certain Old Clothes" - Henry James
* "The Spectre Bride" - William Harrison... Read more

Swans A Swimming (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Seventh story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season James Kirkhill thinks he has the best job in the world: coaching the girls’ swimming team. But he’s about to get into some very deep water… Read more

A Disgraceful Affair

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrated by: Michael Page & Kirby Heyborne

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's most revered works and offer keys to understanding the themes in his longer works. Contained in this volume are the short stories ""White Nights,"" ""A Disgraceful Affair,"" and ""The Dream of the Ridiculous Man,""... Read more

Geese A Laying (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Sixth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season The maternity ward: the last place you’d associate with criminal activity. Which makes it as good a place as any to carry it out… Read more

Gold Rings (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season There is never a good time to look upon the face of a dead loved one. But Mr Unwin has dedicated his life to helping the bereaved. While helping himself at the same time… Read more

Calling Birds (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Fourth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Working in a call centre normally offers few career opportunities. But it looks as if Tracy’s about to get her big break. Read more

French Hens (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Third story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Being a top-flight chef can be stressful. Thankfully a professional kitchen throws up some unique opportunities for body disposal… Read more

Turtle Doves (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Second story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season When a double suicide arrives at the city morgue, Sandra thinks it’s a Christmas like any other. But she’s about to get a very nasty shock – make that two very nasty... Read more

A Partridge in a Pear Tree (short story)

By: Stuart MacBride

Narrated by: Ian Hanmore

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

First story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Billy Partridge wasn’t really cut out to be a cat burglar, but it was ‘do the job, or come up with thirteen grand by Thursday, or have both legs shattered’. ‘Do the... Read more

New Stories From the South 2005

By: Shannon Ravenel

Narrated by: Caroline Clay, Michael Emerson, Linda Stevens, ...

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, O. Henry Award and Edgar Awards, the 19 writers in this 2005 edition are not just considered some of the best Southern writers, but among the best American writers period. With works by such writers as Dennis Lehane, Moira Crone, Robert Olen Butler, Cary Holladay, Tom Franklin, and Rebecca Soppe, this... Read more