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The Cats of Ulthar

In Short Story Collection Vol. 007

Read by Cow Nose the 50 Pound Cat


H. P. Lovecraft


LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 007: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Twelve Years in the Saddle

Read by Will the Ninja


W. John L. Sullivan


Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)

The Light Princess

Read by Fox in the Stars


George MacDonald


Plenty of princesses have been cursed by wicked witches, but the curse placed on this princess by her evil aunt is an unusual one: it remove…

On Our Selection

Read by Son of the Exiles


Steele Rudd


The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…

Dad's Trip to Brisbane (from Our New Selection)

Read by Son of the Exiles


Steele Rudd


Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…

Jim of the Hills - A Story in Rhyme

Read by Son of the Exiles


C. J. Dennis


Jim, an axe-man for a sawmill, who is a hard-knuckled, two-fisted fighting man when he has to be, but is shy around women, longs to find a w…

Bible (WEB) 32: Jonah

Read by Fox in the Stars


World English Bible


This short narrative book of the Old Testament contains one of the most famous Bible Stories, of “Jonah and the Whale.” The “great fish” how…

The Congo

Read by Fox in the Stars


Vachel Lindsay


The Congo is one of the best-known poems by American poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931). It was revolutionary in its use of sounds and rhythms …

Bill & Doreen's Courtship (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke")

Read by Son of the Exiles


C. J. Dennis


"The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke" is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The work was first published in …

A Calendar of Sonnets

Read by Fox in the Stars


Helen Hunt Jackson


Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet …

Digger Smith

Read by Son of the Exiles


C. J. Dennis


“Digger Smith” is a series of narrative poems about an Australian soldier coming home in the closing months of the Great War minus a leg and…

Bill & Doreen's Married Life

Read by Son of the Exiles


C. J. Dennis


"Bill & Doreen's Married Life (Selections from "Doreen")" is the sequel to "Bill & Doreen's Courtship"…

Bill & Doreen Get Hitched (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke")

Read by Son of the Exiles


C. J. Dennis


"Bill & Doreen Get Hitched" is the sequel to "Bill & Doreen's Courtship". "The Songs of a Sentimental Blok…

The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus

In The Yellow Fairy Book

Read by Cat Schirf


Andrew Lang


"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Althou…

CHAPTER V. The Duel

In The Naiad

Read by Cat Sadler


George Sand


The Naiad: A Ghost Story is a supernatural novella by George Sand, the pseudonym of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant, née Dupin. - Sum…

Chapter XXVII: A Piece of Good News

In Five Little Peppers and Their Friends

Read by Cat Sadler


Margaret Sidney


From the Preface: "There were so many interesting friends of the Five Little Peppers, whose lives were only the faintest of outlines in…

My Gentle Mistress.

In Poor Blossom

Read by Cat Sadler


Edith Carrington


Written by Edith Carrington, a well-known English animal rights activist, Poor Blossom is an autobiographical children’s story of a horse’s …

The Prioress's Tale

In The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

Read by Cat Sadler


Geoffrey Chaucer


Generally considered to be the first book written in English (rather than Latin, French or Italian), Chaucer's magnum opus is a collection o…