Short Stories

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition

by Edgar Allan Poe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
This, the third of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 6 of his short stories as well as Poe's only complete novel, The Narrative of …

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…

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…

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 …

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by Bellona Times 4.3
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's sharp and witty short story, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, we meet Bernice, a young woman whose beauty is overshadowed by …

The Book of Stories for the Storyteller

by Fanny Coe and Fanny E. Coe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This group project is a collection of 43 fairy tales (both old and new), folk lore, myths and real life stories by a variety of authors, bro…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Ruth Golding 4.7
A collection of twelve short stories featuring Conan Doyle's legendary detective, originally published as single stories in Strand Magazine …

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 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…

Miscellaneous Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Come and hear some of the wonderful, magical, fantastic and macabre works of the inestimable Edgar Allan Poe. This collection contains the w…

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 …

Flappers and Philosophers

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by mb 3.9
Flappers and Philosophers marks F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut collection of short stories, capturing the spirit of the Roaring Twenties. This …

The Decameron

by Giovanni Boccaccio Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The Decameron is a rich tapestry of 100 novellas woven by the Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, crafted during the mid-14th century. Set ag…

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 King in Yellow

by Robert W. Chambers Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
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…

Montezuma's Castle

by Charles B. Cory Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is a collection of weird tales inspired from the natural history expeditions of the author, an independently wealthy bird collector, Ol…

Travel

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
This is the seventh collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in le…

Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Reynard T. Fox 4.1
The Just So Stories for Little Children, first published in 1902, were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are a collection of f…

Short Story Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Discover a rich tapestry of storytelling in this diverse collection of short fiction, featuring works from renowned authors such as Leo Tols…

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition

by Edgar Allan Poe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.8
Explore the haunting and imaginative world of Edgar Allan Poe in this fourth volume of the Raven Edition, featuring 22 of his most intriguin…

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