Single Author Collections
Short Science Fiction Collection 008
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Alan Edward Nourse and Alan E. Nourse
This volume of the LibriVox Science-Fiction Collection is devoted to Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992). Nourse became a science fiction writer to …
Selected Short Stories
Read by Greg W.
Stephen Crane
At the time of his death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, how…
The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus
Read by Phil Chenevert
Joel Chandler Harris
26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904…
The Water Ghost and Others
Read by David Wales
John Kendrick Bangs
Eight ghost stories by a master story teller and humorist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (Summary by David Wales)
The Flowers of Evil
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Charles Baudelaire
This is a collection of French poems by Charles Baudelaire, originally titled "Les Fleurs du mal." It was popular in the symbolist…
Peasant Tales of Russia
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko
Collection of Russian peasant tales:"The Deserted Mine" - The key to saving the trapped miners is held by a man who hasn't spoken …
Lad: A Dog
Read by Greg Giordano
Albert Payson Terhune
Lad: A Dog is a 1919 American novel written by Albert Payson Terhune and published by E. P. Dutton. Composed of twelve short stories first p…
Four Science Fiction Stories by G.L.Vandenburg
Read by Phil Chenevert
G. L. Vandenburg
G.L.Vandenburg wrote quirky and funny Science Fiction stories for Amazing Science Fiction Stories, and similar magazines in the 1950's. The…
The Stolen White Elephant
Read by Kristen McQuillin
Mark Twain
In this Mark Twain short story an Indian elephant, en route from India to Britain as a gift to Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local po…
Chronicles of Avonlea (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
In this first collection of stories following the characters from the "Anne of Green Gables" series, we see 12 vignettes into the …
One Basket
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edna Ferber
This sparkling collection of 7 short stories by Ferber includes some that are considered her all time best like The Woman Who Tried To be Go…
Sevastopol
Read by David Wales
Leo Tolstoy
Sevastopol Sketches (Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, Sevastopolskiye rasskazy) are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and publish…
Five Tales
Read by David Wales
John Galsworthy
This 1918 book consists of five short stories or novelettes by Galsworthy. They are The First and Last (1914), A Stoic, The Apple Tree (1916…
The Ballad of the White Horse (Version 2)
Read by Gayle Cato
G. K. Chesterton
The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G K Chesterton about the idealized exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911…
Among the Night People
Read by Jude Somers
Clara Dillingham Pierson
No need to be afraid of the dark - here is a wonderful collection of stories about the creatures and personalities who live at night and sle…
What Men Live By and Other Tales (Version 2)
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Leo Tolstoy
This is a collection of 4 stories by Leo Tolstoy, all dealing with the question asked in the title of the first story: What Does Man Live By…
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories
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Lord Dunsany
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories is the third book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of …
Tales of Unrest
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Joseph Conrad
Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Poli…
The Power of Words
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L. E. L.
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note & other new Stories
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Collection contains:-The £1,000,000 Bank-Note-Mental Telegraphy-A Cure for the Blues-The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant-About al…