Fiction

Short Story Collection Vol. 027

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Various



LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 027: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

The Altar of the Dead

Read by Dorlene Kaplan


Henry James



A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, …

A Spinner in the Sun

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Myrtle Reed



Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and enterta…

The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore

Read by NoelBadrian


W. S. Gilbert



H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbe…

Grandma Janice's Poems and Stories

Read by Janice Green


Various



The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader’s grandchildren in mind. “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant Annie,…

J. Poindexter, Colored

Read by Grant Hurlock


Irvin S. Cobb



This comic novel relates the first-person adventures in New York City of Jefferson Poindexter, personal assistant to Cobb's famous Judge Pri…

Next Christmas in Girouette

Read by Michael Welch


Michael Welch



Next Christmas in Girouette is a full-length novel for people of all ages—nine to ninety-nine—who want to share a heart-warming literary adv…

If Winter Comes

Read by KirksVoice


A. S. M. Hutchinson



If Winter Comes, was in many aspects ahead of its time, dealing with an unhappy marriage, eventual divorce, and an unwed mother who commits …

Intercast Season One

Read by Edward G. Talbot


Edward G. Talbot



In this collection of short stories, Edward G. Talbot provides thrills, chills, laughs, and drama in abbreviated form. If you like bite-siz…

What Diantha Did

Read by Betsie Bush


Charlotte Perkins Gilman



Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate …

The Death of the Lion

Read by Jacquerie


Henry James



This short novel is a black comedy about fame, manipulation, pretension, and surviving it all. The narrator, a reprehensible and seedy journ…

The Red Room

Read by William Peck


August Strindberg



A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various s…

Other People's Heroes

Read by Blake M. Petit


Blake M. Petit



Josh Corwood has spent his life admiring the superheroes that protect Siegel City. He's wanted to join them, wanted to be like them... but e…

False Alarm

Read by Heather Stallings


Heather Stallings



False Alarm is a wry, fish-out-of-water story about Kate McCabe, a dedicated but somewhat neurotic woman trying to juggle her career at a sp…

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