Short Stories

Collected Public Domain Works of Stanley G. Weinbaum

by Stanley G. Weinbaum Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) 4.7
Stanley G. Weinbaum is best known for his short story “A Martian Odyssey” which has been influencing Science Fiction since it was first publ…

Buttered Side Down

by Edna Ferber Read by Xe Sands 4.6
"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after."Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, a…

More William

by Richmal Crompton Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.7
The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to …

The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.5
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories showcases Mark Twain's profound exploration of human nature and morality through a collection of t…

Wessex Tales

by Thomas Hardy Read by Tadhg 4.7
Wessex Tales is a collection of six short stories written by Hardy in the 1880’s. If you’ve never read Hardy they’ll serve as a good introdu…

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…

The Children's Shakespeare

by E. Nesbit Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This children's book retells twelve of Shakespeare's most popular plays as stories for children. Each of the plays are rewritten as short st…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 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…

Sea Stories

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirat…

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…

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

by Anonymoustranslated Byjonathan Scott, Anonymoustranslated By Jonathan Scott and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then …

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4.2
And so, reader, farewell to Sherlock Holmes! These are positively the last stories. There is some disagreement as to their quality, and some…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated generations. This collecti…

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder

by William Hope Hodgson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Step into the eerie world of Thomas Carnacki, a detective who specializes in the supernatural. Created by William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki nav…

Lad: A Dog

by Albert Payson Terhune Read by Greg Giordano 4.8
Lad: A Dog is a 1919 American novel written by Albert Payson Terhune and published by E. P. Dutton. Composed of twelve short stories first p…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

The Man Who Would Be King

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Philippa 4.6
The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afgha…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection

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

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