Short Stories

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

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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)

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

Cuentos Rusos

Read by KendalRigans


José Carlos Bruna Santiesteban



El presente libro cuenta con 17 breves cuentos rusos tradicionales cada uno de los cuales nos trae una lección de vida similar a las …

The Legends of the Jews, Volume 2

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (Version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published j…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…

Werewolf -- Five Pieces

Read by David Wales


Saki



Five stories and essays about werewolves. - Summary by david wales

Contos de Lima Barreto

Read by Vicente Costa Filho


Lima Barreto



Lima Barreto começou a sua colaboração na imprensa desde estudante, em 1902, no A Quinzena Alegre, depois no Tagarela, …

Contos, volume 1

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Artur de Azevedo



Artur de Azevedo foi um dos principais autores de teatro no Brasil do século XIX. Dando continuidade à obra de Martins Pena, c…

Cuentos de la selva para los niños

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Horacio Quiroga



Horacio Quiroga ha sido uno de los cuentistas más célebres del Río de la Plata. Sus Cuentos de la Selva exploran con hu…

Histoires extraordinaires

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Edgar Allan Poe



Ce recueil de 1884 rassemble 14 nouvelles extraordinaires de la plume du maître du fantastique américain, Edgar Allan Poe (1809…

Police Operation

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


H. Beam Piper



H. Beam Piper (1904–1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his e…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >