Short Stories
International Short Stories
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Variousandwilliam Patten and Various And William Patten
The second volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on 'English' short stories, although it includes writers from other parts of th…
The Ghost Ship
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Richard Middleton
Richard Middleton is one of the many authors who, despite great merit, have been almost entirely forgotten today. This English author was an…
The Crocodile
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ivan Matveich, the most ordinary person you might hope to meet, is swallowed alive by a crocodile at a sideshow. Finding life inside the be…
Astounding Stories
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Ray Cummings
Issue six of this seminal science-fiction magazine concludes the Ray Cummings story "Brigands of the Moon", and continues Murray L…
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories
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Owen Wister
This is the fifth published book of Owen Wister, author of the archetypical Western novel, The Virginian. Published in 1900, it comprises ei…
Whirligigs
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
O. Henry
A collection of short stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer
Sunshine Factory
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Pansy
Seven very short sweet stories by Pansy that you will not soon forget! They are stories children will love, and everyone can enjoy. They wil…
Short Stories
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1853 In addition to …
The Goody-Naughty Book
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Sarah Cory Rippey
The Goody-Naughty Book was originally published as two books back to back. Opening the book from one end, the reader experiences "The G…
All Sorts of People
Read by Lane Friesen
Lane Friesen
'All Sorts of People - Ordered Complexity' is a collection of seven linked books: Book One presents personality differences - we may describ…
Short Story Collection
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 039: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long co…
The Amateur
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Richard Harding Davis
On the steamer on his way to London, Austin Ford meets a young woman, who is going to London to find her missing husband. Being a specialist…
The Hungry Stones
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Rabindranath Tagore
This is a collection of short stories written by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The stories contained in this volume were translate…
Nature
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Various
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…
Short Story Collection
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 050: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
The Spirit of Christmas
Read by Jan MacGillivray
Henry van Dyke
A short Christmas book by American author, educator, and clergyman Henry Van Dyke, including a short story, two essays, and two prayers for …
Grandma Knight's Tales
Read by Deborah Knight
Various
Grandma Knight's Tales* includes stories that provide entertainment and, hopefully, some moral learning to small listeners. A special dedica…
The Peterkin Papers
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Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common sense. Th…
Buff: A Collie and Other Dog-Stories
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Albert Payson Terhune
Buff: A Collie and Other Dog-Stories is one of many popular books written by Albert Payson Terhune that have delighted dog lovers for decade…