Short Stories (single Author)

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A Society, Virginia Woolf

A Society

by Virginia Woolf

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Known as one of the foremost modernist novelists of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf...

Unabridged: 36 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin
Published: 12/05/2013
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A Pair of Silk Stockings, Kate Chopin

A Pair of Silk Stockings

by Kate Chopin

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Kate Chopin is a widely considered a forerunner to the feminist authors of the twentieth ...

Unabridged: 11 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Arielle DeLisle
Published: 12/04/2013
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Adventure, Concerning Alice Hindman From Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson

Adventure, Concerning Alice Hindm...

by Sherwood Anderson

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Sherwood Andersons most enduring work, Winesburg, Ohio, is considered one of earliest wor...

Unabridged: 16 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Amy Rubinate
Published: 12/01/2013
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The Lottery Ticket, Anton Chekhov

The Lottery Ticket

by Anton Chekhov

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Considered one of the greatest short story writers of all time, Anton Chekhov heavily inf...

Unabridged: 14 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Published: 11/30/2013
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The Nice People, Henry Cuyler Bunner

The Nice People

by Henry Cuyler Bunner

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Henry Culyer Bunner is considered a comedic genius of the short story form. Known for cho...

Unabridged: 20 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Scott O'Neill
Published: 12/08/2013
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Three Quarters of the Way to Hell, T. C. Boyle

Three Quarters of the Way to Hell...

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in Playboy. Its...

Unabridged: 28 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Anacapa, T. C. Boyle

Anacapa

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from Wild Child was originally published in A Public Space. Reeling fro...

Unabridged: 41 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Thirteen Hundred Rats, T. C. Boyle

Thirteen Hundred Rats

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the New Yorke...

Unabridged: 31 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Ash Monday, T. C. Boyle

Ash Monday

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the New Yorke...

Unabridged: 40 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Admiral, T. C. Boyle

Admiral

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in Harpers and s...

Unabridged: 46 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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The Unlucky Mother of Aquiles Maldonado, T. C. Boyle

The Unlucky Mother of Aquiles Mal...

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in Playboy. Mar...

Unabridged: 41 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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The Lie, T. C. Boyle

The Lie

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the New Yorke...

Unabridged: 33 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Hands On, T. C. Boyle

Hands On

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the Kenyon Re...

Unabridged: 19 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Bulletproof, T. C. Boyle

Bulletproof

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in Best Life. S...

Unabridged: 46 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Sin Dolor, T. C. Boyle

Sin Dolor

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the New Yorke...

Unabridged: 44 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Question 62, T. C. Boyle

Question 62

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in Harpers. Mae...

Unabridged: 43 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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La Conchita, T. C. Boyle

La Conchita

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the New Yorke...

Unabridged: 29 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Balto, T. C. Boyle

Balto

by T. C. Boyle

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This short story from the collection Wild Child was originally published in the Paris Rev...

Unabridged: 45 min
Narrator: T. C. Boyle
Published: 11/15/2013
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Eveline From Dubliners, James Joyce

Eveline

by James Joyce

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Eveline is a short story from James Joyces classic Dubliners. Nineteen-year-old Eveline h...

Unabridged: 10 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: John Lee
Published: 11/29/2013
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Death and the Woman, Gertrude Atherton

Death and the Woman

by Gertrude Atherton

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Gertrude Atherton was a gothic novelist and short story writer. A protge of Ambrose Bierc...

Unabridged: 17 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti
Published: 12/16/2013
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The Prophets Paradise, Robert W. Chambers

The Prophets Paradise

by Robert W. Chambers

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Robert W. Chanbers The King in Yellow, a collection of short stories, is considered one o...

Unabridged: 8 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
Published: 12/17/2013
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Eves Diary, Mark Twain

Eves Diary

by Mark Twain

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Though known for his classic novels of adventure and coming of age, Mark Twain is equally...

Unabridged: 44 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Cris Dukehart
Published: 12/19/2013
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Two Illuminating Stories The Story of the Bad Little Boy & The Story of the Good Little Boy, Mark Twain

Two Illuminating Stories

by Mark Twain

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Though known for his classic novels of adventure and coming of age, Mark Twain is equally...

Unabridged: 23 min
Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Dick Hill
Published: 12/07/2013
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Deep Kiss, Tobias Wolff

Deep Kiss

by Tobias Wolff

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When Joe Reed was a teenager, he fell so deeply in love with Mary Claude Moore that his p...

Unabridged: 39 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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The Benefit of the Doubt, Tobias Wolff

The Benefit of the Doubt

by Tobias Wolff

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While on a crowded bus near the Vatican, a man named Mallon-visiting Italy on business-fe...

Unabridged: 40 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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Down to Bone, Tobias Wolff

Down to Bone

by Tobias Wolff

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A son sits at his mother's deathbed, hesitant to leave her side. He leafs through one of ...

Unabridged: 19 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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A Mature Student, Tobias Wolff

A Mature Student

by Tobias Wolff

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Theresa left the Marines after twenty-two years to start a new life. Her husband had move...

Unabridged: 25 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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Her Dog, Tobias Wolff

Her Dog

by Tobias Wolff

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John didn't want a dog. He wasn't ready, he said. Grace, on the other hand, did want a do...

Unabridged: 12 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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Awaiting Orders, Tobias Wolff

Awaiting Orders

by Tobias Wolff

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Sergeant Morse is a risk-taker, playing chicken with the potential exposure of his sexual...

Unabridged: 22 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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Firelight, Tobias Wolff

Firelight

by Tobias Wolff

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A mother and her son dream of a life beyond their means in this classic short story by To...

Unabridged: 28 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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The Night in Question, Tobias Wolff

The Night in Question

by Tobias Wolff

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A story of siblings and faith from short-story master Tobias Wolff Frances has always bee...

Unabridged: 21 min
Narrator: Anthony Heald
Published: 12/15/2013
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The Diamond Maker and The Door in the Wall, H. G. Wells

The Diamond Maker and The Door in...

by H. G. Wells

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These two short stories by H. G. Wells display his gift for creating thought provoking th...

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min
Narrator: David Thorn
Published: 02/20/2014
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Snowing in Greenwich Village, John Updike

Snowing in Greenwich Village

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 19 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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Twin Beds in Rome, John Updike

Twin Beds in Rome

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 19 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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Marching through Boston, John Updike

Marching through Boston

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 23 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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Waiting Up, John Updike

Waiting Up

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 10 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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Eros Rampant, John Updike

Eros Rampant

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 29 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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Plumbing, John Updike

Plumbing

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 15 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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The Red-Herring Theory, John Updike

The Red-Herring Theory

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 12 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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Separating, John Updike

Separating

by John Updike

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The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career,...

Unabridged: 28 min
Narrator: Peter Van Norden
Published: 07/01/2014
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Problems with People 10 Stories, David Guterson

Problems with People

by David Guterson

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The best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars returns to his Pacific Northwest sett...

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min
Narrator: Mark Zeisler
Published: 06/03/2014
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Screwjack, Hunter S. Thompson

Screwjack

by Hunter S. Thompson

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They will not be disappointed. His notorious Screwjack is as salacious, unsettling, and b...

Unabridged: 50 min
Narrator: Scott Sowers
Published: 11/30/2012
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The Fox, D.H. Lawrence

The Fox

by D.H. Lawrence

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Two women isolated on a lonely Cornish farm face an evil greater than all others: a fox h...

Unabridged: 2 hr 58 min
Narrator: Sheri Blair
Published: 09/28/2012
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Winter Light, James Lee Burke

Winter Light

by James Lee Burke

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In the isolated hills of Montana, an aging college professor clashes with trespassing hun...

Abridged: 39 min
Narrator: Ron McLarty
Published: 07/10/2007
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A Season of Regret, James Lee Burke

A Season of Regret

by James Lee Burke

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A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James ...

Abridged: 45 min
Narrator: Ron McLarty
Published: 07/10/2007
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Why Bugsy Siegel Was a Friend of Mine, James Lee Burke

Why Bugsy Siegel Was a Friend of ...

by James Lee Burke

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A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James ...

Abridged: 33 min
Narrator: Ron McLarty
Published: 07/10/2007
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Texas City, 1947, James Lee Burke

Texas City, 1947

by James Lee Burke

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A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James ...

Abridged: 54 min
Narrator: Ron McLarty
Published: 07/10/2007
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A Quiver Full of Arrows, Jeffrey Archer

A Quiver Full of Arrows

by Jeffrey Archer

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Featuring bonus interviews with the author. The bestselling author of Sons of Fortune onc...

Abridged: 3 hr 41 min
Narrator: Martin Jarvis
Published: 02/07/2006
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The Commemerative, Myla Goldberg

The Commemerative

by Myla Goldberg

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In this short story by bestselling author Myla Goldberg (originally published in Harper's...

Abridged: 42 min
Narrator: Oliver Wyman
Published: 04/25/2000
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100 Tinder Dates!, Martin Lundqvist

100 Tinder Dates!

by Martin Lundqvist

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A flash fiction story about the successful lawyer Geoffrey's 100th Tinder Date!

Unabridged: 4 min
Narrator: Martin Lundqvist
Published: 09/10/2019