Short Stories audiobooks

Stars Are Silver

By: Stefania Hartley

Narrated by: Stefania Hartley

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Is it too late for Melina to learn to drive? Is Don Pericle’s vow never to fall in love again still valid after fifty years? Will a falling piano squash Filomena or just shake up her heart? Why does the mother of the bride ask Don Pericle to cancel the wedding?Ten humorous and heart-warming short stories, glowing with Sicilian sunshine, fragrant... Read more

Flashing Lights

By: John D. Parker

Narrated by: John D. Parker

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Get your weird and fun fix with these super-short stories of the strange. From ghosts to galactic guests and everything in the gaps. Riddled with riddles, tons of twists and turns, plenty of pulp, and some truly tender moments. Read them all or pick and choose which ones to read by genre.Flashing Lights: Short and Weird is a collection of... Read more

Short stories (Early works 1837-1852)

By: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Narrated by: Phil Benson

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"Delve into the early works of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell with this audiobook collection of short stories. Before she became a celebrated novelist, Gaskell penned a series of captivating tales that showcase her budding talent as a storyteller. These early works, written between 1837 and 1852, offer a glimpse into the formative years of a... Read more

The Urge

By: Maryland Allen

Narrated by: Sergio de Rossi

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Maryland Allen, was a Portland, OR, author who died in 1927. The Urge, an O. Henry memorial award prize winning story for 1921, tells the tale of the the grimly ironic reasons for the success of the heroine who is the most famous comedienne of her day. Read more

Lunarejo

By: Gabriel Rodríguez Liceaga

Narrated by: Gabriel Rodríguez Liceaga, César Ramones & Juli...

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

El escritor mexicano Gabriel Rodríguez Liceaga nos "hace el cuento largo" en su antología sonora de diez fantásticos y directos cuentos que nos transportan tanto a una parte de la juventud del propio autor como a las emociones y la vida de sus fascinantes personajes: "Sombras huérfanas", "El arte de la amistad", "Cielo, no lluevas", "Lunarejo",... Read more

Una navidad inolvidable

By: Enid Blyton

Narrated by: Nuria López

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Veinticinco relatos de Enid Blyton que deleitarán a los lectores con las mejores aventuras de hoy, de ayer y de siempre. Se ha perdido un saco repleto de juguetes y se ha atascado el trineo... ¿Llegará Santa Claus a tiempo? Historias de duendes traviesos, árboles de Navidad, juguetes, renos y el mismísimo Papá Noel te harán disfrutar de una... Read more

La mula y el buey

By: Benito Pérez Galdós

Narrated by: Rafael Baena Zapatero

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"La mula y el buey" es un conmovedor cuento navideño de Benito Pérez Galdós en el que el autor juega con el contraste entre la felicidad de esas fechas, sobre todo para los más pequeños, y el dolor de una familia por la pérdida de su pequeña hija. Una historia triste pero impregnada de ilusión y esperanza cristianas que nos propone acercarnos a... Read more

The Unnamable

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Unnamable represents a conversation between Randolph Carter and Joel Manton (alter-ego of Maurice W. Moe) in an old cemetery in Arkham (modeled after the Charter Street Burying Ground in Salem). Manton expresses disapproval of Carter's creation of horror stories. He considers them immature and, furthermore, claims that there is no such thing... Read more

Ashes

By: H.P. Lovecraft, C.M. Eddy & Jr.

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The mad scientist invents a chemical substance that transforms living beings into white ashes.
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its original title) and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells a... Read more

The Lurking Fear

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An unnamed narrator conducts searches near the Thunder Mountain in the Catskill Mountains (the same ones as in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"), close to the ancestral mansion of the Martense family. The searches are for an unknown entity that wreaks havoc in the area. The truth will turn out to be much more intricate and much more terrifying than... Read more

Deaf, Dumb, and Blind

By: C.M. Eddy Jr. & H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The main character lost three basic senses and the ability to use their legs during the war. Subconsciously, they feel a malevolent presence in their home and document their experiences on a typewriter.
The last of the stories being edited for C.M. Eddy. Read more

The Loved Dead

By: C.M. Eddy Jr. & H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The tale of a necrophiliac whose preferences are not understood by the owners of successive funeral homes employing him.
The original title was 'Beloved Dead.' The story differs significantly from C. M. Eddy's previous two works that Lovecraft had improved. He had to intervene extensively in the narrative, perhaps even writing the entire text... Read more

The Ghost-Eater

By: H.P. Lovecraft & C.M. Eddy Jr.

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a typical horror story featuring classic elements like ghosts, a secluded house in a desolate area, and werewolves. Initially rejected by "Weird Tales," the story was eventually accepted after revisions. Lovecraft emulated Eddy's writing style in parts, making it challenging to distinguish their contributions. Read more

The Best of Katherine Mansfield

By: Katherine Mansfield

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Justine Eyre, Nan McNamara, ...

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“But we can’t possibly have a garden-party with a man dead just outside the front gate.”— “The Garden-Party” by Katherine MansfieldSkyboat Media presents The Best of Katherine Mansfield, an original compilation of stories from one of the defining writers of modernist fiction. Katherine Mansfield’s stories shine a light on the duality and the... Read more

The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac

By: Louise Kennedy

Narrated by: Brid Brennan

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Brilliant, dark stories of women’s lives by “a very major talent” (Joseph O’Connor, Irish Times)

In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed Trespasses, women’s lives are etched by poverty—material, emotional, sexual—but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards... Read more

Love Stories

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

Narrated by: Angie Hickman

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

There are so many kinds of love: romantic, filial, spiritual …The following stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart present all sorts of love:“Twenty-two”“Jane”“In the Pavilion”“God’s Fool”“The Miracle”“Are We Downhearted? No!”“The Game”Many of the stories take place in hospitals, and two involve trans-Atlantic steam travel. Many have a light heart at... Read more

The Bishop and Other Stories

By: Anton T. Chekhov & Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bishop and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. The book showcases Chekhov's mastery of the short story genre and his ability to capture the complexities of human nature and society in concise and poignant narratives. The stories in this collection often explore themes of human relationships,... Read more

Taboo: 6 erotických povídek na zakázána témata

By: Cecilie Rosdahl, Reiner Larsen Wiese, Sarah Sko...

Narrated by: Lenka Švejdová

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"Tenhle hotel má něco zvláštního, výjimečného, co je určené výhradně pro ty nejbohatší patrony. Jmenuje se to HERNA. Zaplatíš a můžeš sledovat páry při sexu. Další možnost je sex mezi hosty. Vzrušující a nové je to, že vás při tom sleduje pár očí otvorem ve zdi, který se hned po sexu zavře." Hrdinové a hrdinky této sbírky povídek vědí, jak... Read more

Relatos escalofriantes para Escuchar de Noche

By: Varios Narradores & Lovecraft

Narrated by: Miguel Kersk

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Colección de relatos de terror, suspenso y misterio
Este audiolibro de terror es un viaje a lo desconocido. Cada relato es una puerta que se entreabre hacia el misterio, una invitación a explorar los rincones más oscuros de la imaginación. Con narrativas envolventes, te sumergirás en un mundo donde lo inesperado y lo siniestro se entrelazan,... Read more

The White People

By: Arthur Machen

Narrated by: Arthur Lane

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The White People leads us into a mesmerizing world where sin and sainthood dance on a razor's edge. Ambrose, the enigmatic philosopher, challenges conventional wisdom, blurring the lines between good and evil, unveiling the enthralling beauty of sin and the austerity of sainthood. As young Cotgrave delves into a forbidden diary, he unravels the... Read more

The Rats in the Walls

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of Walter Delapore, a descendant of the Poers (the similarity to the name Poe is not accidental), a family that inhabited the Exham Priory estate. It is said that the building was constructed on very ancient foundations predating the Roman conquest of England. Delapore moves into the restored mansion, changing his name to de la Poer.... Read more

El viejo del Paseo de los Ingleses

By: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Narrated by: Rafael Baena Zapatero

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

"El viejo del paseo de los ingleses" es una emotiva novela breve de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez que cuenta, a su vez, muchas historias. Con la capacidad del autor para describir ambientes y caracteres, asistimos a una historia de amor, a la vida de la alta sociedad europea de principios del siglo XX, a la desaparición de la Rusia zarista con todos sus... Read more

Danny and Polly's Bedtime Stories

By: Zahra Jackson

Narrated by: Amy Kavanaugh

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Danny and Polly's Bedtime Stories is ideal for children ages 6-10.Hello, little dreamer! What’s the most spectacular dream you’ve ever had?Were you flying through the sky like a superhero, or maybe you could walk around anywhere you wanted because you had an invisibility cloak? Join Danny and Polly on their adventures to magical lands as their... Read more