Short Stories

Five Beloved Stories

by O. Henry Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
O. Henry wrote over 600 short stories. Naturally I have my personal top 20 stories that just seem to stand out because of their form, writin…

His Last Bow

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, the great detective continues doing what he does best: averting political scandals, tracking…

The Matador of the Five Towns

by Arnold Bennett Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.9
The Matador of the Five Towns is a collection of twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, offering a vivid portrayal of life in the ficti…

Can Such Things Be?

by Ambrose Bierce Read by Roger Melin 4.3
24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling…

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

by Variousandalexander Jessup and Various And Alexander Jessup Read by David Wales 4.5
The Best American Humorous Short Stories is a delightful collection that brings together eighteen short stories from a diverse array of auth…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

The Misplaced Battleship

by Harry Harrison Read by Phil Chenevert 4.3
"It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship ... but interstellar space is on a different scale o…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

The Man with Two Left Feet

by P. G. Wodehouse Read by Michael Yard 4.6
The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on …

A Garland for Girls

by Louisa May Alcott Read by Lorelle Anderson 4.7
A Garland for Girls is a collection of enchanting short stories by Louisa May Alcott, crafted during a time of personal reflection and solit…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…

American Indian Fairy Tales

by William Trowbridge Larned Read by Chip 4.7
With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…

Shoes and Stockings

by Louisa May Alcott Read by Carolyn Frances 4.5
Shoes and Stockings is a captivating collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott, exploring the intricate dance between societal expect…

Short Humor Collection

by P. G. Wodehouse Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Step into the whimsical world of P. G. Wodehouse with this delightful collection of short humorous stories. Known for his sharp wit and clev…

The Cloak

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Read by Bob Neufeld 4.7
"The Cloak" is a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had …

Round the Sofa

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by NoelBadrian 4.6
Round the Sofa (1859), is a book of stories by the lady that Charles Dickens called his “dear Scheherazade” due to her skill as a story tell…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…

Present at a Hanging

by Ambrose Bierce Read by Peter Yearsley 4.5
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often …

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