Short Stories

Astounding Stories 02, February 1930

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Hugh B. Cave



This is the second issue of the classic science fiction Astounding Magazine. It contains the finale of The Beetle Horde by Victor Rousseau, …

Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others

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John Kendrick Bangs



New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Hum…

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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Washington Irving



Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book fa…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 026

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Various



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

The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from poli…

The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt



Published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a collection of narratives that addresses the impact of Jim …

Across The Years

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Eleanor H. Porter



These 18 wonderful short stories by Eleanor H. Porter, the author of Pollyanna, deal with those marvelous and maddeningly frustrating creatu…

Mudfog and Other Sketches

Read by Bob Neufeld


Charles Dickens



The Mudfog Papers was written by Victorian era novelist Charles Dickens and published from 1837–38 in the monthly literary serial Bentley's …

Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio (selections from Volume 1)

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Songling Pu



"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supe…

Sketches New and Old

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1882. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the or…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2007

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Various



LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a…

Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels

Read by Phil Chenevert


Stephen Leacock



8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody…

The Early History of the Airplane

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Orville Wright



The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They…

Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and Other Stories

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Anthony Trollope



A collection of five stories by Anthony Trollope: Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices; The Lady of Launay;Christmas at Thompson Hall; The Te…

The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains

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Nathaniel Hawthorne



A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The G…

Astounding Stories 04, April 1930

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Ray Cummings



The fourth issue of Astounding Stories continues Ray Cummings serial "Brigands of the Moon", along with pulp sci-fi stories by Cap…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 025

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Various



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

The Sunny Side

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A. A. Milne



The Sunny Side is a collection of short stories and essays by A. A. Milne. Though Milne is best known for his classic children's books, espe…

The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales

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John Charles Dent



John Charles Dent, the author of the following remarkable stories, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, in 1841. His parents emigrated …

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