Short Stories

Los Angeles, 1985. Journalist Hallie Pitney is fighting to keep her head above water selling minor stories to gossip magazines. She still dreams of her byline on something better—something that could finally launch her career. Then a whisper reaches her: a legendary movie star may be hiding a devastating secret. For Hallie, this could be the story that changes everything. But a dark choice lurks behind Hollywood’s shuttered gates: the story of a lifetime—or everything she stands for.

For Lily, falling in love with her childhood friend Walker was the easiest thing to do back in high school. His sudden rejection was unforgettably crushing. Seven years later, their families have conspired to bring them back together at a cabin in the Rockies when a sudden snowstorm traps them overnight with no power. Thanks to a cozy fire, a prowling bear, and a little forced time in an open-air gondola, they confront their unresolved feelings—and a past more complicated than Lily knows.

A collection of some of William Trevor’s most acclaimed works, as heard on BBC Radio William Trevor was an Irish literary legend. In a 40-year career, he published a multiplicity of novels, plays, and short stories, and received numerous awards and honours. He was often compared to Chekhov for...

A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Barbara Erskine is a born storyteller. The tales in 'Encounters' illustrate her extraordinary talent for capturing the spirit of a place and drawing us into the...

A collection of original radio dramas by the much-loved Irish literary legend One of Ireland’s greatest contemporary authors, William Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times, and was shortlisted four times for the Man Booker Prize. He received an honorary CBE in 1977 for his services to...

One town. One nightmare per night. Welcome to Haunted Hollow, where each night a new nightmare unfolds. Clowns that haunt your nightmares, mirrors that bring terror to those who gaze too long, babysitters unaware that an escaped maniac stalks the night. An assortment of chilling short stories await—bite-sized horrors told in a gripping, "true story" style that will make you question the quiet towns around you. Consume one per night... or devour them all at once. Ready for your next night in Haunted Hollow?

I’ve always wanted to be stalked. Turns out, I already am. Signing that contract was supposed to give me control, masked strangers, the illusion of danger, and a fantasy I could walk away from. Except the men who answered weren’t strangers at all. They chased me through cemeteries, cornered me in libraries, and left notes on my pillow while I slept. I thought it was a game I controlled. Then the masks came off. They intercepted my contract. Hacked the website and manipulated everything to make me theirs. One of them has been watching me for months before I ever signed anything.

Der amerikanische Prosa-Künstler Washington Irving hat mit seinen Erzählungen einen prägenden Einfluss auf die amerikanische Literatur ausgeübt. Das liegt an seiner sehr angenehmen Sprachgestaltung und dem Realitätsbezug des gewählten Gegenstands. Allerdings ummantelt er seine Geschichten ebenso gerne mit einem Grotesk-Phantastischen Gewand, so dass man zum einen nie weiß was als nächstes kommt und zum anderen immer das Gefühl vermittelt bekommt hautnah dabei zu sein, wobei einem die beschriebenen Szenen sofort vor dem geistigen Auge vorüberzuziehen scheinen.

In The Love That Purifies, Bertie Wooster once again finds himself in the gravest peril: a country-house visit. What follows is a duel of nerves, morals, golden curls, and cinematic infatuations, as the forces of virtue and villainy wage a silent war over five pounds and eternal glory. With the inimitable presence of Jeeves—cool, omniscient, and shrimp-fishing when least convenient—Wodehouse delivers a masterclass in civilized absurdity. Sparkling dialogue, perfectly misfiring schemes, and the eternal optimism of the Wooster spirit make this short story a tonic for troubled times.

In Ligeia, Edgar Allan Poe delivers one of his most haunting and psychologically charged tales—a story where love, intellect, and sheer will seem to defy the boundaries of death itself. The narrator recalls his mysterious and brilliant wife, Ligeia—a woman of extraordinary beauty, vast intellect, and an almost supernatural intensity of spirit. Her presence is unforgettable, her voice hypnotic, and her eyes—dark, luminous, and unknowable—become an obsession that lingers long after her passing. But death does not bring peace.

Welcome to Haunted Hollow, where each night a new nightmare unfolds. An obsessed fan traveling back in time to kill John Cleese, tattered VHS tapes scrawled with warnings not to watch, cabbies haunted by their creepiest passengers. An assortment of chilling short stories await—bite-sized horrors told in a gripping, "true story" style that will make you question the quiet towns around you.

Descend into one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most gripping sea tales, where terror, survival, and the overwhelming power of nature collide in a haunting classic of suspense and imagination.

The citizenry of America struggles for survival in a dangerous, twisted future. In this critically acclaimed collection of stores, noir legend Walter Mosley takes his unique vision of American society into the future. As the nation descends into chaos, its citizens wonder, is the world ending...

One town. Four volumes. Endless nightmares. The complete Haunted Hollow collection—creepy small-town horror at its most chilling. Old houses unsettled by strange noises, nursing homes where old people terrify those who care for them, quests for Sasquatch that take horrifying turns. An assortment of chilling short stories await—bite-sized horrors told in a gripping, "true story" style that will make you question the quiet towns around you. Consume one per night... or devour them all at once. Ready for your next night in Haunted Hollow?

Drei unterschiedliche Formen des Sterbens werden hier zu einer stillen Meditation über Natur, Menschlichkeit und Vergänglichkeit. In klaren, oft parabelhaften Bildern erzählt Tolstoi von Gerechtigkeit, Demut, Liebe und dem Sinn menschlicher Existenz. Mit der Novelle Die Kreutzersonate zeigt sich Tolstoi als radikaler Kritiker von Leidenschaft, Besitzdenken und gesellschaftlicher Moral.

The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells is a compelling and philosophical short story about a mountaineer named Nunez who stumbles into a secluded valley cut off from the rest of the world, where every inhabitant has been blind for generations. Expecting to rule easily in a land without sight, he quickly discovers that the society has adapted so completely to blindness that his ability to see is considered strange, even delusional.

Il quintetto di racconti che compone L'undicesima ora ci offre una caleidoscopica quanto affascinante esplorazione della vita, della morte e di ciò che viene messo a fuoco quando ci si trova alle prese con l'atto finale della nostra vicenda umana. Nel sud narra di una coppia di anziani litigiosi, Junior e Senior, e della loro personalissima tragedia privata che si consuma nel bel mezzo di un momento di calamità nazionale.

Maupassants Geschichten sind Momentaufnahmen des 19. Jahrhunderts – angesiedelt zwischen Paris und der Normandie, zwischen Salon und Schenke, zwischen Krieg, Liebe, Geld und Einsamkeit. In frühen realistischen Erzählungen wie Fettklößchen oder Vater Milon verarbeitet er seine Erfahrungen aus dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg und entlarvt Patriotismus, Moral und gesellschaftliche Heuchelei mit bitterer Ironie. In späteren Erzählungen wie Der Horla verdichtet sich Maupassants zunehmende psychische Zerrissenheit zu unheimlichen, fast visionären Texten.

Thought-provoking philosophical fiction. Psychological literary fiction. Dark, dialogue-driven stories about guilt, grief, trauma, identity, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive. There's a voice in your head that won't let you hide. In this collection, that voice has a face. Across twenty existential, emotionally layered stories, ordinary people at their breaking points find themselves seated across from a figure who calls himself the Devil. Sometimes he's calm. Sometimes cruel. Sometimes unsettlingly compassionate. Always precise.

Bandits & Rebels is an anthology of some of Jules Verne’s earliest work, including the first appearance of a submarine in his fiction. As well as his interest in science, it illustrates his geographical and historical range, with San Carlos, a story about smugglers in Spain; a story about the siege of Rome in 1848; and Martin Paz, about an indigenous uprising in Peru in the 1830s. The audiobook includes a detailed introduction by Sorbonne professor and Verne expert Daniel Compére.

Mind the moon when you leave the theater! Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers returns, and Vol. 8 definitely goes Splatterbump in the night! It’s a monstrous mosh of fallen angels, prepubescent prescience, tempestuous incest, intergalactic blues, a Gulliverian massacre, cynophile racists, murderous rodents, a prehistoric Devil Head, the return of Bram Stoker’s forgotten hero, and so much more...

In The Man With Two Left Feet, P. G. Wodehouse invites you into a world where earnest intentions, impeccable logic, and a dash of romantic optimism collide in the most gloriously impractical ways. Here, intelligence may not save you, dignity is perpetually under threat, and even the simplest ambition can spiral into a masterpiece of comic misadventure. Wodehouse's genius lies not in what happens, but in how exquisitely it goes wrong. Expect charming absurdity, gentle satire, and that uniquely buoyant humour in which catastrophe never quite loses its elegance.

James Joyce’s Araby, one of the most celebrated stories from Dubliners, captures a fleeting moment of youth — when imagination, longing, and the promise of romance collide with the reality of the world. Set along the dim winter streets of North Richmond Street, the story follows a boy whose thoughts become consumed by Mangan’s sister, a girl who unknowingly becomes the center of his dreams. When she speaks to him of the mysterious bazaar called Araby, the boy seizes upon the chance to visit it, hoping to bring her a gift and prove the depth of his devotion.

What if the greatest scientific breakthroughs were not miracles… but curses? In this haunting 2-in-1 audiobook, two of H.G. Wells’ most visionary works unfold—stories that question not what science can do, but what it should never do. In "The Invisible Man", a gifted scientist discovers how to erase himself from sight. Invisible, untouchable, freed from consequence, he begins to shed more than his physical form. As isolation deepens, something colder emerges—a quiet unraveling of conscience.

“Manuscript Found in a Bottle” by Edgar Allan Poe is a haunting tale of maritime terror, mystery, and the unknown. First published in 1833, this classic short story follows a doomed narrator who survives a violent storm only to find himself aboard a ghostly ship crewed by silent, ancient...