Short Stories

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal....

A living picture of the entire life of the Indian farmer - his aspiration and despair, his sincerity and religious piety, his helplessness and innocence....

From the creator of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love - the best and worst thing in the universe....

कहानियां मनोरंजक और आनंदप्रद दोनों हो सकती हैं।....

Dive into the compelling world of Saadat Hasan Manto, celebrated for his incisive and daring stories that lay bare the complexities of human nature and society.

Discover the timeless charm of Munshi Premchand's storytelling with "Mansarovar 1," a captivating collection of short stories that delve into the heart of Indian life.

Ayesha Shetty lost her brother seven years ago, the same time she lost everything else important to her: her dreams, her fierce independence, and the man she loved....

Algoze Ki Dhun Par is a collection of 10 stories written by Divya Vijay. The stories revolve around strong female characters who remain resilient in the face of adversity. Despite their struggles, they live by their own rules....

Night Train at Deoli is a collection of stories, most of which are set in the valleys of Uttarakhand, a place where the author himself grew up....

For some fifty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned again and again to his celebrated themes: dreams, duels, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gauchos, knife fighters, tigers, and the elusive nature of identity itself....

"White Nights" is the third major Dostoyevsky short story everyone should read or listen to, along with "A Faint Heart" and "The Christmas Tree and Wedding"....

Malgudi Ki Kahaniyan (Hindi) is a set of stories that are based in the fictional town of Malgudi. The town of Malgudi is a South Indian village created by the author and offers a valuable peek into the quality of rural life during the pre-independence era....

Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot....

"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world....

ದಿನ ನಿತ್ಯ ಕಾಡುವ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು ನೈತಿಕ-ಅನೈತಿಕದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ, ತಪ್ಪು-ಸರಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ, ಸ್ವಭಾವಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆದೆ. ಓದುಗರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೇರದಂತೆ....

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond....

Guy de Maupassant is widely regarded as the father of the modern short story. As his 13 volumes of short stories attest, he was a prolific writer of this form....

Florence Scovel Shinn was a gifted teacher who shaped the fields of spiritual growth and New Thought. Her practical, straightforward style empowered...

Stories can be both entertaining and educative. They can also be insightful and illuminating, especially when they have travelled down the generations, through the centuries, taking on and eliding new meanings with each retelling....

Izumi Suzuki had ideas about doing things differently, ideas that paid little attention to the laws of physics, or the laws of the land. In this new collection, her skewed imagination distorts and enhances some of the classic concepts of science fiction and fantasy....

அப்பா பிள்ளை வாழ்வின் ஓட்டத்தில் தந்தை மகனாகவும், மகன் தந்தையாகவும் மாறும் சூழல் ஏற்படுகிறது....

The flawed characters of each of these stories are fully revealed in apocalyptic moments of conflict and violence....

रस्किन बाॅन्ड ने एक बार कहा था कि वे भूत-प्रेत में विश्वास नहीं करते लेकिन उनको हर समय, हर जगह भूत नज़र आते -जं....

Rusty ki zindagi ki kahaniyon ki kadi mein yeh teesri kitaab hai. Rusty apne abhibhaavak ka ghar chodh chukka hai aur Kapoor parivaar ke saath rehne aata hai. Wahan vah unke bete ko padhaata hai aur use acchi dosti ho jaati hai....

From strange sightings to urban legends, from haunted buildings to not-so-friendly ghosts, colleges in India have their fair share of spine-tingling tales, be it Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, St. Bede's College in Shimla or Delhi University....

A collection of 24 short stories from the prolific British writer Edgar Wallace, exploring the adventures of the astute and phlegmatic Police Constable Lee of the Metropolitan Police, as he performs his duties among the varied and colourful criminal characters inhabiting the Notting Dale Division.

Join Audrey Harrington as she confronts her family's DARK LEGACY at the cursed Eldergrove Estate, where every shadow whispers secrets and the garden hungers for more than just life. Feel your heart race as you unravel the chilling mysteries lurking among twisted vines and grotesque figures. This is not just a tale - it's a visceral experience that will LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS, questioning every rustle in the night!

When a young orphan decides to ignore the kind teachings of the people who took him in, he finds that he hurts those who care about him most. Will he ever mend his ways - and when will it be too late?

"ما كدتُ أدلف القسم ومعي الحرس حتى أحسست بانقباضٍ مفاجيء، لم تكن تلك أول مرة أدخله ولكنّها كانت المرة الأولى التي أرى القسم فيها في الليل..."

The Ugly Woman unfolds around Bruce, who awakens in darkness, grappling with disorientation and fear. He recalls attending a cocktail party where he encountered a captivating blonde named Wendy Thomas. Their initial flirtation quickly spirals into a night filled with allure and temptation, leading Bruce to an intoxicating entanglement in which perhaps he underestimated the consequences of his desires.

Mar de historias es una antología de algunos de los mejores relatos que Cristina Pacheco publicó durante más de treinta años en La Jornada. Dramática, conmovedora y no exenta de sentido del humor. La vida es un alud de anécdotas y lo cotidiano, el escenario de lo insólito.

جلس يوسف إدريس رائد القصة القصيرة ذات مرة بجوار الروضة الشريفة، تغير كل شيء فيه فجأة، تلذذ بطريقة غير مسبوقة بهذا الجو الروحانى البديع، طاب له المقام، تأثر كثيرا بلحظات القرب من صاحب الدعوة الأول، تساقط على عقله وابل من الأسئلة؛ فكتب عن ذلك:

Catherine Lim's free-wheeling imagination cheerfully dispenses with all constraints to tell stories of that other world. Written with an exaggerated sense of earnestness and caution, the eighteen tales in this collection elicit in the listener the very goosebumps of terror she had herself experienced as a child listening to such tales.

"قاع المدينة" نوفيلا عبقرية يغوص بها يوسف إدريس في مراتب الهرم الاجتماعي من أعلى قمته حيث منزل القاضي الشاب "الأستاذ عبدالله" إلى أدنى درجات الفقر في بيت الخادمة "شهرت" حيث تبدأ القصة بفقدان القاضي لساعته والتي ليس لها أي قيمة لكنَّ فكرة اختفاءها أو سرقتها كانت مثيرة للجدل لرجلٍ في مركزه وبعد تفكير عميق خلُص إلى أنَّ السارقة هي خادمته فداهمها هو وأحد أصدقائه في بيتها الذي لا يرقى إلى مسمى بيت لتنهار وتعترف بالسرقة..

تعتبر "أرخص ليالي" أولى مجموعات يوسف إدريس القصصية حيث صدرت عام 1954 واحتفت بحياة القرية المصرية وهموم الأشخاص فيها وارتباطهم بالأرض والمكان عن طريق عرض شخصية رئيسية واحدة وهو عبد الكريم وهي شخصية مدوّرة متطورة ومتغيّرة .. شخصية متناقضة ... هذا الرجل البسيط الفقير الذي لم يجد مكانًا يسهر فيه ظلّ يردد عباراته وشتائمه على الأطفال ومن أنجب الأطفال حتى وصل إلى زوجته فنسي كلَ ذلك..

قصةٌ قصيرة يلفها الصمت ولكنَّها أحدثت صدىً لا يمكن احتماله فقد تطرَّقت إلى أحد الأمور المسكوت عنها في واحدٍ من المجتمعات الفقيرة والتي تسكنها أمٌ أرملة وبناتها الثلاث في غرفةٍ ضيقة تكاد لا تتسع لأنفاسهنّ.

يُقال لو أنَّ يوسف إدريس لم يكتب سوى قصة "لغة الآي آي" لكفته أديبًا عظيمًا متربعًا على عرش القصّة القصيرة للأبد.

In dieser Kurzgeschichte geht um einen missverstandenen Arbeitnehmer, der, auf Grund von Sparmaßnahmen seines Unternehmens, gekündigt wird und einen kleinen persönlichen Rachfeldzug beginnt.

عوالم هذه قصص "هكذا تكلم الذئب" تشكل جميعا رقصة واحدة، يتجمع فيها الموتى مع الأحياء، فمن قال إن الموت هو المهرب للإنسان، لا مهرب، فالدائرة مغلقة، والإنسان البائس مركزها!!

Zero Period is a window between two worlds—one where school kids, buried under the mountain of textbooks like “nerd-Krishna,” endure the dreams of their Yashoda-Vasudev parents, and the other where they roam carefree as “macho-makhanchor” in their Vrindavan.