Short Stories

Four Max Carrados Detective Stories

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Ernest Bramah



Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifet…

Short Science Fiction Collection 010

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Various



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

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)

Read by Phil Chenevert


Washington Irving



Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…

Ghost Story Collection 006

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Various



A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…

New Arabian Nights

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Robert Louis Stevenson



New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories which include Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest fiction as well as those considered his …

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

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Pádraic Colum



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 Gift of the Magi

Read by Betsie Bush


O. Henry



The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their on…

Short Science Fiction Collection 003

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Various



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

Round the Sofa

Read by NoelBadrian


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell



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…

Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works

Read by NoelBadrian


Jane Austen



This book draws together some of Jane Austen's earliest literary efforts. It includes "Love & Freindship" and "Lesley Ca…

The Ruby and the Caldron

Read by Crln Yldz Ksr


Anna Katharine Green



A valuable ruby is lost during a disturbance in the snow before a ball at The Evergreens. A detective is called for right away to recover it…

Castles in the Air

Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)


Baroness Emma Orczy



Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (Septe…

Short Science Fiction Collection 050

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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…

Monday or Tuesday

Read by LizMourant


Virginia Woolf



Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist li…

The King in Yellow (part 2)

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Robert W. Chambers



Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Shortly after returning to America, he became popular a…

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder

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William Hope Hodgson



Thomas Carnacki was a detective of the supernatural, created for a series of short stories by William Hope Hodgson. Hodsgon, also a noted ph…

Wessex Tales

Read by Tadhg


Thomas Hardy



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…

The Legends of the Jews, Volume 2

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Louis Ginzberg



Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

The Best British Short Stories of 1922

Read by David Wales


Various and Walter de la Mare



Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. (Summary by David Wales) Note: A shortened section 21 was replaced on…

Crucial Instances

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Edith Wharton



This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, "Copy: A Dialogue," is w…

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