Short Stories

Three Stories & Ten Poems

by Ernest Hemingway Read by KevinS 4.4
The author arranged for this collection of three short stories and ten poems to be printed in a small run of 300 copies in Dijon (France.) T…

Hagar of the Pawn-Shop

by Fergus Hume Read by Grant Hurlock 4.4
Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly Lo…

Kayray's Storytime

by Various Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.8
A collection of my favorite short children's stories and rhymes. Each book can be found online at Gutenberg.org if you wish to look at the w…

The Jacket

by Jack London Read by Barry Eads 4.6
A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Priso…

Sevastopol

by Leo Tolstoy Read by David Wales 4.4
Sevastopol Sketches (Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, Sevastopolskiye rasskazy) are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and publish…

Twenty Two Goblins

by Daṇḍin and William James McGlothlin Read by KirksVoice 4.5
These 22 stories are told by the Goblin to the King Vikram. King Vikram faces many difficulties in bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each …

Aunt Jo's Scrapbag

by Louisa May Alcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Aunt Jo's Scrapbag is a delightful collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott, crafted to entertain and inspire readers of all ages. E…

Arizona Nights

by Stewart Edward White Read by A. E. Maroney 4.4
Arizona Nights invites listeners into the rugged landscapes of the American West through a captivating collection of tales. Each story is a …

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

by Pádraic Colum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Gol…

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.6
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published j…

Weird Tales

by E. T. A. Hoffmann Read by Expatriate 4.4
This recording includes both volumes of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Weird Tales, a collection of gothic novellas set in Germany, Italy, and some of …

The Dancing Girls

by Edna Ferber Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
The Dancing Girls is just one of the 4 excellent short stories in this recording. All written by the master, Edna Ferber for magazines betwe…

Twelve Stories and a Dream

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Thirteen short stories by HG Wells, the master of speculative fiction! Included in this collection is "Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland&quo…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…

The Collected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraft

by H. P. Lovecraft Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Delve into the eerie and unsettling world of H. P. Lovecraft, a master of horror whose works have shaped the genre for generations. This col…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

The Water Ghost and Others

by John Kendrick Bangs Read by David Wales 4.4
The Water Ghost and Others invites listeners into a world where the supernatural meets the absurd, as John Kendrick Bangs weaves together ei…

The Conjure Woman

by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Read by James K. White 4.5
Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in "P…

The Stars, My Brothers

by Edmond Hamilton Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) 4.1
Edmond Hamilton (1904 – 1977) had a career that began as a regular and frequent contributor to Weird Tales magazine. The first hardcover pub…

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