Short Stories

Uncle Joe's Stories

Read by Allyson Hester


Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson



This is an entertaining collection of varying stories recounted as only a master storyteller could deliver them. (Summary by Allyson Hester)

BLAST

Read by Phil Benson


Various



BLAST, edited by Wyndham Lewis and subtitled 'Review of the Great British Vortex', was the magazine of the short-lived Vorticist movement in…

Man and Maid

Read by Peter Yearsley


E. Nesbit



A collection of the author's short stories for adults, with some supernatural ones. - Summary by Peter Yearsley

Love Stories

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Various



Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, offered by LibriVox volunteers, covering all kinds of experiences involving romance or oth…

The Vertical City

Read by Lisa Reichert


Fannie Hurst



As the city above soars gloriously skyward, the denizens of the city writhe in its dirty underbelly.The Vertical City is a collection of six…

Wilderness

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Various



This is the 32nd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

The Square Egg and Other Sketches


Kurt Kluge



Saki – Hector Hugh Munro ( 1870-1916) Language: EnglishEight amusing short pieces by Hector Hugh Munro (pen name Saki) who died in the …

The Black Cat

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Various



The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Dogs

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Various



This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Unvarnished Tales

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William Mackay



This book is a short selection of varied fictional tales. They must have been what the author wished for them to be and certainly perfect fo…

Children of the Tenements

Read by Judi Mason


Jacob A. Riis



This is a collection of vignettes about poverty in New York City in the early 1900s. Jacob Riis was a police reporter and a sociologist. He …

The Black Cat

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Various



The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Ghosts I Have Seen

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Violet Tweedale



In 1919, just after the devastation of WWI, Tweedale published these 34 fact-based testimonials, just a sampling of her psychic experiences …

A Wasted Day

Read by Crln Yldz Ksr


Richard Harding Davis



This is a delightful little story about the most successful banker on Wall Street, who finds his philanthropic side when one of his former e…

Local Color Collection

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Various



In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)

It's a Small World

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Various



This is the 26th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes…

The Lost Valley

Read by Jarrod Wetzel-Brown


Algernon Blackwood



A set of twin brothers have spent every waking moment of their lives together and are terrified of separating. However, when both men set th…

The Little Angel

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Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev



This is a volume of short works by Leonid Andreyev. - Summary by Carolin

The Black Cat

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Various



The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Captures

Read by Lee Smalley


John Galsworthy



Brief plot lines of these 16 stories by Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy: 01, 02, 03 "A Feud" The breaking of an engagem…

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