Short Stories

Three Stories & Ten Poems

by Ernest Hemingway Read by KevinS 4.4
The author arranged for this collection of three short stories and ten poems to be printed in a small run of 300 copies in Dijon (France.) T…

What is Man?

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.6
"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involve…

The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.1
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is a sharp and satirical exploration of morality and hypocrisy, penned by the renowned Mark Twain. Set in …

The Greater Inclination

by Edith Wharton Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.4
This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriag…

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 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…

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…

Castles in the Air

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 4.3
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (Septe…

Dracula's Guest

by Bram Stoker Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Dracula's Guest is a collection of nine chilling tales that delve into the realms of the supernatural, crafted by the master of Gothic horro…

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 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…

The Mysterious Stranger

by Mark Twain Read by Ted Delorme 4.7
Here's a Mark Twain story that's very unlike those he became famous for, but when I read it back in Catholic high school, it left a deep imp…

Just William

by Richmal Crompton Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.6
Just William is the first book of hilarious short stories about 11-year-old William Brown -- eternally scruffy and frowning. William's famil…

Five Beloved Stories

by O. Henry Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
O. Henry wrote over 600 short stories. Naturally I have my personal top 20 stories that just seem to stand out because of their form, writin…

Short Science Fiction Collection

by H. G. Wells 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…

Danger! and Other Stories

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Danger! and Other Stories is a captivating collection of short tales by the renowned author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for his creat…

Science Fiction Stories

by Frank Herbert Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
As the title indicates, here are three SF stories by Frank Herbert, Missing LInk, originaly purlished in Astounding SF, 1959; Operation Hays…

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…

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…

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…

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