Short Stories audiobooks

The Pit and the Pendulum

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: George Pearson

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The times of the Spanish Inquisition. A prisoner awaits the verdict of the cruel judges. His hopes for freedom - much like burning candles - rapidly diminish.
He is sentenced to death and confined in a chamber that resembles a tomb. The vision of impending death terrifies him, causing him to lose consciousness several times. The image of the... Read more

A Bedtime Story and a Lullaby: How the Camel Got His Hump & Merry-Go-Round

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Matt Stewart, Holly Kyrre & Earth Kunchai

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Settle down for the day to on of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories “How the Camel Got His Hump”, where we meet a camel that refuses to do anything he is told to do. After that, snuggle up in bed for the soothing instrumental lullaby "Merry-Go-Round" by Earth Kunchai. Read more

50 Bedtime Adventure Stories for Young Kids Book 1

By: People with Books

Narrated by: Jenny Jones

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Introducing 50 Bedtime Adventure Stories for Young Kids - Book 1 of 2. This delightful collection of bedtime tales is the first installment of an unforgettable journey that will captivate young readers and make bedtime an extraordinary adventure.In this inaugural volume of bedtime stories for young kids, young adventurers will set sail on a... Read more

The Thing in the Moonlight

By: H.P. Lovecraft & J. Chapman Miske

Narrated by: J. Chapman Miske & Josh Greenwood

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Lovecraft's story regarding a tram conductor whose head transforms into tentacles, recorded in a letter dated November 25, 1927, to Donald Wandrei.
The story is currently considered inauthentic, as it is partially not authored by Lovecraft. The content of two letters, one containing 'The Very Old Folk' and the other with this 'work,' Wandrei sold... Read more

Майк Йогансен. Найкращі твори

By: Майк Йогансен

Narrated by: Євген Кулик

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Майк Йогансен — український поет, прозаїк доби «Розстріляного відродження». Також перекладач, критик, лінгвіст, сценарист. Один із засновників літературного об'єднання ВАПЛІТЕ. На початку творчого шляху молодому поетові властивий мотив мрійних «островів хмар», що його Олександр Білецький назвав «запізнілим романтизмом». Та бурхлива доба швидко... Read more

Franz Kafka: In der Strafkolonie

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur wenige seiner Werke hielt Franz Kafka für gut genug, um der Nachwelt erhalten zu bleiben. "In der Strafkolonie" gehört dazu. Ein Forschungsreisender erhält Einblick in das Bestrafungssystem einer Strafkolonie. Eine brutale Maschine wird geschildert, die die Delinquenten zuerst foltert und dann tötet. Ein echter Kafka eben... Read more

Interdimensional Window SHOPping

By: Tao Wong

Narrated by: Naomi Barton

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes what you're buying isn't what they're expecting to sell   Earth as a new Dungeon World means opportunities and dangers galore. One of the enduring aspects of the System is the Shop, an interdimensional series of stores that compete for the opportunity to service clients and make a profit doing so.   New clients on a new Dungeon World... Read more

Think Book

By: gregory momney

Narrated by: gregory momney

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Greg's read-hear ,think book addresses anxiety , sleep disorders, depression, bitterness, and moving on from one's past! Read more

The Charleston Witch

By: Michael van der Voort

Narrated by: Robin Reads

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes, when you hear that a place has been “abandoned,” it is important to ask, “abandoned by whom?” Of course, “abandoned” is already a very loaded word to use. It suggests a place that isn't just empty, desolate or lonely, but a place that for some reason has deliberately been made that way. A place intentionally cut off, knowingly and... Read more

Too Long Awake

By: Michael van der Voort

Narrated by: Robin Reads

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

It took me less than ten minutes to see that something was wrong. Honestly, I think if it hadn't been for all the tears and the emotion of the occasion I probably would have figured it out quicker. It had always been like that with me and Donny. We used to joke about it sometimes. I‘d ask if he was okay and he’d say he was ‘fine,’ to which I’d... Read more

It's A Whole Spiel

By: Katherine Locke & Laura Silverman

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes a special introduction by Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory and author of the #1 bestseller Girling Up!



Get ready to fall in love, experience heartbreak, and discover the true meaning of identity in this poignant collection of short stories about Jewish teens, including entries by David Levithan, Nova Ren Suma, and more!



A Jewish... Read more

Blue Screens of Death

By: Tao Wong

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Morning in Whitehorse, and everything is the normal. All too normal. A girlfriend who loves him, an evening at the farmer’s market in Shipyard’s Park. Idyllic, relaxing, peaceful. What more could a man want?   John Lee isn’t sure, but stray thoughts intrude, and memories of a different time, a different place, a different world keep intruding.... Read more

Gun Boss of Tumbleweed

By: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrated by: Luke Baybak & R.F. Daley

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Mart Kincaid may be the fastest gun in the state, but his life is not his own. It belongs to Gar Malone, a rancher driven by his thirst for power and more land. Now Gar wants the Singing Canyon spread, and blackmails Kincaid into running its owners off. But that means driving away Sally Drake, and that's the last thing Kincaid wants to do. It's... Read more

The Baron of Coyote River

By: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrated by: Martin Kove & Bruce Boxleitner

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Lance Gordon's running out of time. He's killed the man who murdered his father, and now he has a price on his head. Lance wants to live in peace, but he'll have to go through hell to get there. He heads for the one place no lawman will go — into the territory ruled by the feared king of the cattle rustlers. Taking on the Baron is his last... Read more

All Frontiers Are Jealous

By: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrated by: R.F. Daley & Rick Pasqualone

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A charming rogue, American engineer Dan Courtney is learning fast that it takes more than a little charm to lay the groundwork for a railroad — particularly in Africa. Diamond smugglers. A fearsome native tribe. A beautiful young woman... and a man determined to kill her. Read more

Killer's Law

By: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrated by: R.F. Daley & Brooke Bloom

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Sheriff Kyle of Deadeye, Nevada, is headed east to the nation's capital. Kyle's about to discover that the law can be even wilder in the big city than in the Wild West. It's a fact that hits home when he's accused... of murder. Welcome to Washington D.C., where corruption and intrigue are all in a day's work. Kyle's got no alibi, no memory, and... Read more

Devil's Manhunt

By: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrated by: R.F. Daley & Jim Meskimen

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Tim Beckdolt, rangy and self-reliant, is as American as the frontier itself. He has spent eight hard months digging $175,000 in gold out of Arizona's Desperation Peak — but two strangers have taken his gold, and now they want to take his life. In a place where the only law is the law of survival, Beckdolt will have to live by his wits... or die... Read more

Death Waits at Sundown

By: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrated by: Fred Tatasciore & R.F. Daley

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Lynn Taylor and his kid brother Frank have landed on the wrong side of a corrupt lawman. Frank's been framed for murder, and it's up to Lynn to make sure his brother doesn't end up guest of dishonor at a hanging party. Lynn's got a plan, but it means going outlaw himself, and if he's caught, it'll be his neck on the line. Catch the snap of a... Read more

Franz Kafka: Ein Landarzt

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur wenige seiner Werke hielt Franz Kafka für so gelungen, dass sie der Nachwelt erhalten bleiben sollten. "Der Landarzt" gehört dazu. Der Arzt wird nachts zu einem Schwerkranken gerufen - so beginnt eine typisch kafkaeske Erzählung voller rätselhafter Ereignisse und Aussagen. So etwas konnte wirklich nur einer schreiben: Franz Kafka. Read more

Franz Kafka: Die Verwandlung

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur wenige seiner Werke hielt Franz Kafka für gu genug, um der Nachwelt erhalten zu bleiben. "Die Verwandlung" gehört dazu. Gregor Samsa findet sich eines Morgens in ein großes Ungeziefer verwandelt. Er nimmt diese Metamorphose scheinbar stoisch hin - doch wie soll und wird es weitergehen? Kafkas wohl berühmtestes Werk. Read more

Ingersoll on WALT WHITMAN (Unabridged)

By: Robert G. Ingersoll

Narrated by: Carol Roach, Deborah Benson & Donna Howell

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In this captivating work, renowned orator and freethinker Robert G. Ingersoll delves into the enigmatic world of Walt Whitman, the celebrated American poet. Ingersoll's incisive analysis and eloquent prose illuminate Whitman's groundbreaking literary style, his radical ideas, and his profound influence on American thought. Through a series of... Read more

Franz Kafka: Der Heizer

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur wenige seiner Werke hielt Franz Kafka für gu genug, um der Nachwelt erhalten zu bleiben. "Der Heizer", eine Erzählung, die gleichzeitig das erste Kapitel des Romanfragmentes "Amerika" ist, gehört dazu. Ein junger Mann, Karl Roßmann, wird nach einem Skandal nach Amerika zu seinem reichen Onkel geschickt. Was wird das Leben dort für ihn bereit... Read more

La Machine à désintégrer

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Cyril Deguillen

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Quand la science dépasse l'entendement, quel sera le prix à payer ? Le professeur Challenger est un scientifique célèbre, mais colérique. Sollicité par son ami journaliste Malone pour enquêter sur une invention inouïe – une machine à désintégrer – il se voit confier la lourde responsabilité de juger du danger potentiel que cette découverte... Read more

A Bedtime Story and a Lullaby: The Elderbush & When a Star Falls (In Your Bed)

By: Hans Christian Andersen & Andrew David Moore Jo...

Narrated by: Nicki White, Erik Blior & Bella Butterfly

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you like jumping in muddy puddles? The little boy in this tale clearly does, so turn down the lights and immerse yourself in the well loved tale of “The Elderbush” by Hans Christian Andersen, then settle down to the soothing lullaby "When a Star Falls (In Your Bed)" sung by Bella Butterfly. Read more