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Eve’s Diary (version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in…

Short Science Fiction Collection 053

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Various


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 Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Arnold Bennett


Twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, mainly set in the 'Five Towns', Bennett's name for the pottery manufacturing towns of the Englis…

The Water Ghost and Others

Read by David Wales


John Kendrick Bangs


Eight ghost stories by a master story teller and humorist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (Summary by David Wales)

Rain

Read by Bellona Times


W. Somerset Maugham


One of Maugham's most famous short stories, Rain unfolds in a soggy tropical paradise marred by self-righteous hypocrites trying to force th…

Short Science Fiction Collection 027

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Various


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Selected Short Stories

Read by Greg W.


Stephen Crane


At the time of his death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, how…

The Garden Party

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Katherine Mansfield


A collection of short stories on a variety of subjects, by one of New Zealand's premiere female writers.

Short Science Fiction Collection 052

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Various


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 Cruel Painter

Read by Ned Troxel


George MacDonald


This is the story of a daring college student's quest to win the icy heart of a beautiful girl. Unfortunately, the girl is the daughter of a…

Short Humor Collection 001

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P. G. Wodehouse


This is a collection of short humorous works first published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Short Story Collection Vol. 005

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Various


LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 005: a collection of 20 works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

In the Nursery of My Bookhouse

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Walter de la Mare and Variousandolive Beaupre Miller


Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the "My Bookh…

Astounding Stories 01, January 1930

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Ray Cummings


In January of 1930 a new magazine with a flashy color cover appeared on newsstands, Astounding Stories of Super-Science. Filled with stories…

Three Short Works

Read by David Barnes


Gustave Flaubert


Here is a collection of strikingly different pieces by Flaubert: a prose poem in the voices of Death, Satan and Nero; the trials and apotheo…

International Short Stories Volume 3: French Stories

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Variousandfrancis J. Reynolds


The third book of a three volume anthology of international short stories, we now turn to French stories. Authors include Honoré de B…

Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem


Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about…

The Stolen White Elephant

Read by Kristen McQuillin


Mark Twain


In this Mark Twain short story an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local po…

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Read by Bellona Times


F. Scott Fitzgerald


Pretty but socially clueless Bernice lets her know-it-all cousin push her around, but eventually, something's gotta give! (Introduction by B…

Buttered Side Down

Read by Xe Sands


Edna Ferber


"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after."Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, a…

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