Short Stories audiobooks

Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories

By: Tobias S. Buckell

Narrated by: William DeMeritt

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories is Tobias S. Buckell's seventh short fiction collection and is comprised of 15 stories, several of which are original to the collection or were previously only available through his Patreon.This collection ranges from galactic adventures to intimate explorations of humanity—sometimes in... Read more

Games and Rituals

By: Katherine Heiny

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Cassandra Campbell, Kimberly M....

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

AN OPRAH DAILY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The beloved author of Early Morning Riser brings us glittering stories of love—friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts—in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime.

"Parts of my heart are still scattered throughout these... Read more

Il bagnino: una raccolta di racconti erotici eccitanti

By: Alexandra Södergran, Vanessa Salt & Saga Stigsd...

Narrated by: Jacques Opo, Paola Luzzato, Diana Mola, Federic...

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"Mi preme contro il muro e mi strappa i vestiti, ringhiando e ansimandomi nell'orecchio. Mi strizza il seno finché non pulsa e i miei capezzoli s'inturgidiscono e li sfrega tra le dita. Lentamente e con attenzione, poi aumentando la velocità e la pressione, finché non lo supplico di prendermi. Prendermi e fare sesso, scopare, fare l'amore." -... Read more

Paper Ghosts

By: Tegan Anderson

Narrated by: Tegan Anderson

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A story from the Paper Forest...Once upon a time, the Forest burned to the ground, embers and ashes coating the world in an ocean of black. Rowan walks through the remains of a kingdom that used to belong to her. Read more

Slippage

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Luis Moreno & Cindy Kay

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

With this, his bestselling and most critically acclaimed collection ever, Ellison celebrates four decades of brilliant, outrageous writing. The award-winning novella Mefisto in Onyx is the centerpiece of an irreverent and wildly imaginative book that the San Diego Union-Tribune called "electrifying … Ellison is back, as unsettling as ever." Read more

مثل الأفلام الساذجة - Abridged

By: نورا ناجي

Narrated by: رهام حمدي زيدان

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

هل يساعد التعساء بعضهم البعض علىٰ النجاة في هذه الدنيا؟ أتكمن النجاة داخلنا منذ البداية ونحن لا نعي قيمة الإشارات طيلة أعمارنا؟! وكيف سنتصرف إذا قابلنا نسخة قديمة منا؟ وكيف يمكننا النجاة من صخب العالم ومن حالة اللاجدوى؟ وكيف يمكننا التمسك بأحلامنا رغم أنف العالم؟! من خلال اثنتين وعشرين قصة، تطرح الكاتبة «نورا ناجي» هذه الأسئلة وتحاول الإجابة... Read more

Anton Tschechow: Eine problematische Natur – und weitere klassische Geschichten

By: Anton Tschechow

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Tschechow war der Chronist der russischen Seele. Ironisch und doch liebevoll porträtiert er die Gesellschaft mit all ihren Fehlern und Eigenheiten – und die Hörenden ertappen sich häufig bei einem wissenden Nicken... Mit dabei: Eine problematische Natur, Eine Schutzlose, Einmal im Jahr, Grischa, In den Chambregarnies. Read more

Anton Tschechow: In der Sommerfrische – und weitere klassische Geschichten

By: Anton Tschechow

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Tschechow war der Chronist der russischen Seele. Ironisch und doch liebevoll porträtiert er die Gesellschaft mit all ihren Fehlern und Eigenheiten – und die Hörenden ertappen sich häufig bei einem wissenden Nicken... Mit dabei: In der Sommerfrische, Nur seine Frau!, Ohne Auslagen, Plappertasche, Tsss! Read more

El último sueño

By: Pedro Almodóvar

Narrated by: Pedro Almodóvar, Àlex Monner, Pedro Casablanc, ...

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

**Narrado por: PEDRO ALMODÓVAR, ÀLEX MONNER, PEDRO CASABLANC, ISRAEL ELEJALDE, BLANCA PORTILLO, CARLOS CUEVAS y CARMEN MACHI** Con música de ALBERTO IGLESIAS El libro más personal de Pedro Almodóvar: un autorretrato articulado en doce relatos que revelan su pasión secreta por la escritura «Este libro es lo más parecido a una autobiografía... Read more

Fábulas de crecimiento de la Encina Ancestral - Abridged

By: Luis Pablo Iciarra Díaz

Narrated by: Immaculada Villalonga Simarro

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En esta fábula, Kaliana una oruga peculiar, debe enfrentar su miedo a la oscuridad para convertirse en mariposa. Pues desde hace varias primaveras ha logrado evitar transformarse eludiendo su destino floral para quedarse en la vieja forma de oruga de siempre. ¿Logrará transcender su inmenso miedo para convertirse en aquello que está llamada a... Read more

The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie

By: Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Henry Herz & various authors

Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker, Emily Lawrence, Alex P...

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Luckily for humanity, scientist Marie Curie applied her brilliant mind and indomitable spirit to expanding the frontiers of science, but what if she had instead drifted toward the darkness?At the cusp of between child- and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in... Read more

The Disappeared

By: Andrew Porter

Narrated by: Lee Osorio

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter

“What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life.” —Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want

A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A... Read more

Evil Flowers

By: Gunnhild Øyehaug

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Present Tense Machine and Knots, a collection of playfully surreal stories about love, death, and metamorphosis.
In Evil Flowers, a precise but madcap collection of short stories, Gunnhild Øyehaug extracts the bizarre from the mundane and reveals the strange, startling brilliance of everyday life.
Across... Read more

Yira, La bruja temerosa - Abridged

By: Riquersy Aquiles Molina

Narrated by: Ricky Molina

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El cuento aborda temas como el miedo, el prejuicio y el perdón, y ofrece una moraleja sobre la importancia de no juzgar a los demás sin conocerlos. En tono cómico para el disfrute de los niños. Read more

Take me to Funtown

By: Ray Mohra

Narrated by: Knud Hammerschmidt

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Georg Morgenstern ist ein einsamer alter Mann, der praktisch ohne Kontakt zur Außenwelt in seiner kleinen Wohnung lebt. Am Küchenfenster denkt er über sein langes Leben nach, das von Abenteuern aber auch von Schicksalsschlägen geprägt wurde, die sich kein Mensch wünschen würde. Niemand ahnt etwas von seinem dunklen Geheimnis. Nicht einmal er... Read more

Anton Tschechow: Die Rache – und weitere klassische Geschichten

By: Anton Tschechow

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Anton Tschechow war der Chronist der russischen Seele. Ironisch und doch liebevoll porträtiert er die Gesellschaft mit all ihren Fehlern und Eigenheiten – und die Hörenden ertappen sich häufig bei einem wissenden Nicken... Mit dabei: Die Rache, Die Sirene, Die Verleumdung, Ein Chamäleon, Ein Ereignis. Read more

Schwanzeslust

By: Noelle Jordan

Narrated by: Simone Strohmeier

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Die 26ig jährige Isabella mit ihren langen hellbraunen Haaren, den grüne Augen und den sinnliche Lippen arbeitet neben ihrem Industriedesign-Studium an drei Tagen pro Woche in Venedig im Casinò de Venezia als Servicekraft. Für Privatleben, Männerbekanntschaften oder gar Sex fehlt ihr die Zeit. Ihr Leben verläuft in der immer gleichen Routine,... Read more

Computer Love: A Digital Anthology

By: Ricardo Pierre-Louis

Narrated by: Ja’Air Bush

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A god overlooks the world he created with restless dissatisfaction, and contemplates ending his misery.A young painter sees a dazzling woman from across the coffee shop and quickly falls in love, but her past brings him unspeakable shame.A gambling addict hides his debts to save his marriage, until a shady executive demands her money back or... Read more

Butter

By: Gayl Jones

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing, and Palmares

“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truth-telling, filled with... Read more

Un topo en la Antigua Roma

By: Martí Gironell & Coaner Codina

Narrated by: Martí Gironell

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Quique y Teo acaban de volver de Roma de vacaciones, y el topo Felipe los espera impaciente en el jardín. Gracias a su reloj mágico, esta vez podrán viajar hasta la Roma de la Antigüedad! Una vez allí, los tres visitarán los diferentes lugares de la ciudad y conocerán las construcciones más emblemáticas. Además, también aprenderán que, en la... Read more

Fear, Wear, Tear

By: Shawe Ruckus

Narrated by: Joshua Ward

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In this collection of eleven bittersweet and thought-provoking short stories from Shawe Ruckus, the lives of everyday people intertwine, connecting with unforeseen twists and unexpected surprises.Deftly exploring the inner workings of the human soul, this eclectic collection of modern-day dramatic stories spans genres from mystery and fantasy to... Read more

Unleashing your Super Powers

By: Glenn Carter

Narrated by: Glenn Carter

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

 "Unleashing Your Superpowers" are unique short stories that inspire children to believe in themselves and their abilities, while teaching values such as teamwork, kindness and perseverance. Read more

La Petite Mort

By: Jack Freestone

Narrated by: Jack Freestone

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Anita has a problem. Henry cannot or will not come. Find out how she overcomes this problem, and the mysteries of Henry's blue balls! Read more

Povesti pentru Vlad - Volumul 1: Povesti pentru copii in limba romana - Romanian Stories for Children

By: Geo Mihalache

Narrated by: Geo Mihalache

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Puf și gărgărița - un puișor curios se rătăcește departe de casăFirul de iarbă și ghiocelul - un fir de iarbă modest și un ghiocel arogantGhiocelul și Martha albina - ghiocelul învață valoarea prieteniei și modestieiPic motanul și Mica vrăbiuța - motanul Pic, poftind la vrăbiuțe și porumbei primește o lecțieMica vrăbiuța și Țic șoricelul de... Read more