Short Stories

The Gerrard Street Mystery

by John Charles Dent Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
John Charles Dent, the author of the following remarkable stories, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, in 1841. His parents emigrated …

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated audiences for generations.…

A House-Boat on the Styx

by John Kendrick Bangs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up until the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time of …

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by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, su…

Little Wizard Stories of Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by Maddie 4.4
The "Little Wizard Stories of Oz" are six short stories written by L. Frank Baum in 1913. By all accounts, Baum intended to finish…

Indian Why Stories

by Frank Bird Linderman Read by Sacha Chander 4.5
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing …

The Garden Party

by Katherine Mansfield Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 4.4
The Garden Party is a captivating collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, one of New Zealand's most esteemed literary figures. T…

The Trees of Pride

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Maria Therese 3.9
Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as…

Stories I Told Myself

by Patrick E. McLean Read by Patrick E. McLean 4.5
Funny, moving and always exquisitely well-produced, this collection of short stories and essays from the award-winning Seanachai podcast is …

The Prussian Officer

by D. H. Lawrence Read by Cate Barratt 4.2
The collection of short stories - of which The Prussian Officer is one - was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly ar…

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

by Various and Edmondo De Amicis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Tales of Terror and Mystery

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery a…

Korean Folk Tales

by Im Bang Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
"To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which …

Fresh Kills

by Basil Sands Read by Basil Sands 4.6
Fresh Kills is a podcast collection of original short stories by the authors of the popular literary blog The Kill Zone. Reminiscent of the …

The Jolly Corner

by Henry James Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 3.9
"The Jolly Corner," published in 1908, is considered by many to be a ghost story ranking second only to "The Turn of the Scre…

Tales from the Archives

by Philippa Ballantine Read by Philippa Ballantine 4.6
From the author who started it all and New Zealand's original podcast authoress, Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine return to Podiobooks.com with…

The Gods of Pegāna

by Lord Dunsany Read by Jason Mills 4.2
"The Gods of Pegāna" is the first book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, published on a commission basis in 1905... The …

A Tangled Tale

by Lewis Carroll Read by Availle 4.2
Lewis Carroll is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at …

The Book of Wonder

by Lord Dunsany Read by Greg Elmensdorp 4.2
In The Book of Wonder, Lord Dunsany invites listeners to escape the mundane and embark on a journey through realms of imagination and enchan…

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