Short Stories

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…

Told after Supper

by Jerome K. Jerome Read by Ruth Golding 4.6
It is Christmas Eve, and the narrator, his uncle and sundry other local characters are sitting round the fire drinking copious quantities of…

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 …

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens Read by Kyle M. 4.9
The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. B…

The Point of Honor

by Joseph Conrad Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor i…

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…

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…

The Dancing Girls

by Edna Ferber Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
The Dancing Girls is just one of the 4 excellent short stories in this recording. All written by the master, Edna Ferber for magazines betwe…

Selected Short Stories

by Stephen Crane Read by Greg W. 4.8
Selected Short Stories showcases the profound talent of Stephen Crane, an influential figure in American literature whose work continues to …

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…

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 Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

by Maurice Leblanc Read by Cate Barratt 4.7
Step into the world of Arsène Lupin, a master thief with a flair for the dramatic and a heart of gold. In this collection of short st…

The Lady With the Dog

by Anton Chekhov Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Anton Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. …

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…

Tales of Men and Ghosts

by Edith Wharton Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.6
Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and …

Heart of the West

by O. Henry Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Heart of the West is a captivating collection of short stories that showcases the wit and charm of O. Henry, one of America's most beloved s…

The Captain of the Polestar

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.4
The Captain of the Polestar is a captivating collection of early short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, showcasing his diverse storytellin…

Selected Short Stories

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.7
Ranging in tone from humor to sentimentality, these stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald are set against a backdrop of jazz, flappers, and the cha…

Plain Tales from the Hills

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Mike Harris 4.6
Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, set against the backdrop of British India during the height …

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…

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