Anthologies & Short Stories

A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors....

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

Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle....

Fine-art aficionado. Master of disguise. Jewelry expert. Historian. Gentleman. Burglar. Arsene Lupin is all of these and more....

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor....

An audiobook in Tamil. Pudhumaipithan is one of the most influential writers of Tamil fiction. His writings brought him an image of a maverick....

This is a collection of stories written by the world famous writer Rabindranath Tagore. This collection includes stories such as Goongi, Prem ka Mulya and Nayi Roshini....

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive at a cultural divide....

The stories on this recording include pieces from the 1950s and 1960s to "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke" which was completed just before he died....

Meri Priya Kahaniyaan contains the favourite stories by the fierce and celebrated poet Amrita Pritam, selected by her. Amrita Pritam, the first female Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading voice of 20th-century Indian literature, was awarded Jnanpith in 1982....

Some of the world's finest short fiction has originated in and continues to flow from the cities, villages, rivers, forests and plains of Bengal....

John Moffat stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in seven more BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations....

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....

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years.... 

About Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney’s all-time classic Time and Again. The protagonists of these 12 stories are well-meaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives....

This is a collection of some of the best stories selected by the Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore....

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone....

This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....

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....

Diverse and moving, these six outstanding stories are meditations on grief and loss, love, communication and loneliness.  Each one will take the reader on a brief yet unforgettable journey into private worlds and unexpected corners of the human heart....

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature....

H. G. Wells wrote dozens of novels and short stories and is often called the 'father of science fiction'. Here we collect together the works of H. G. Wells as broadcast on BBC Radio....

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....

When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again....

Beginning with a novella by Spider-Man's co-creator Stan Lee and veteran Marvel writer Peter David retelling the wall-crawler's origin, this exciting anthology has original stories featuring one of the world's most enduring heroes....

Edgar Allan Poe fue un gran escritor romántico y precursor de simbolismos, decadentistas y estilistas, fue, al tiempo que un gran poeta, un verdadero iniciador. Aún hoy géneros literarios tan consagrados como la narrativa fantástica y de ciencia ficción, la narrativa policial o la novela de aventuras llevan su impronta inconfundible. Fascinado por la muerte y por todas las formas del terror, dio lo mejor de su talento en sus cuentos de misterio, manifestando además un vibrante interés por lo ridículo y absurdo.

Als 1905 Ludwig Thoma seine "Lausbubengeschichten" veröffentlichte - wir wissen heute, dass vieles selbst erlebt ist - waren sie auf Anhieb so erfolgreich, dass der bayerische Schriftsteller schließlich einen zweiten Band unter dem Titel "Tante Frieda" nachschob. Meine Mutter sagte: "Ach Gott ja, übermorgen kommt die Schwägerin." Und da machte sie einen großen Seufzer, als wenn der Bindinger da wäre und von meinem Talent redet.

குட்டிக் கதைகள் என்பது நட்பு, தலைமைத்துவம், குழுப்பணி, இரக்கம், அன்பு மற்றும் உணர்ச்சி நுண்ணறிவு ஆகியவற்றை வலியுறுத்தும் கதைகளின் தொகுப்பாகும்.

Wit and Wisdom is a collection of stories that emphasizes friendship, leadership, teamwork, compassion, love and emotional intelligence.

La fiesta en el jardín es el cuento que abre esta colección de historias cortas de Katherine Mansfield. En ella, la autora reflexiona sobre la mezquindad y la acritud que se esconde bajo la capa superficial de buenas intenciones de la clase media occidental, a través de una serie de incidentes que revelan un lado oscuro en la aparente fachada amable de sus congéneres.

Heinrich von Kleist (1777 - 1811) war wie kein zweiter Schriftsteller seiner Zeit auf vielen Gebieten der Literatur unterwegs; er war Novellist, Verfasser von Kurzgeschichten, Dramatiker, Komödiant und Theoretiker. Das vorliegende Hörbuch befasst sich mit Kleists Prosa. Mit dabei sind: "Das Erdbeben in Chili", "Michael Kohlhaas", "Die Marquise von O", "Das Bettelweib von Locarno", "Über das Marionettentheater", "Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden".

Spannende und abwechslungsreiche Krimis aus der Welt der Kräuter! Manfred Baumann stellt in sechs Episoden verschiedene Kräuter ins Zentrum seiner Kriminalerzählungen. Wermuth, Teufelskralle, Petersilie, Oregano, Liebstöckel und Blutkraut haben eines gemeinsam: Sie spielen die tragende Rolle bei der Aufklärung verschiedenster Mordfälle, die es für Hobbydetektiv und Kräuterkundler Pater Gwendal zu lösen gilt. Kriminalistische Spannung gepaart mit Humor und Scharfsinnigkeit.

Best-selling author Susie Bright’s first work of fiction and her first collection of short stories. Bright reveals the outlier reaches of family, tribe, last rites—as well as the elegiac care and feeding of the fast-disappearing.  

A. G. detesta la gente per svariate ragioni. In questa raccolta di racconti si imbatte in alcune situazioni che portano la sua antipatia all'esasperazione, dal viaggio in autobus all'imbarazzo in ascensore, dall'incontro di un adorabile bambino un po' vivace all'attesa di qualcuno non troppo puntuale. Situazioni a cui, per sopravvivere, è bene affidarsi ciecamente alla propria misantropia. Non tutti riescono però a farlo con il cinismo di A.G., che ha il coraggio di comportarsi come tutti vorrebbero ma non possono fare.

Expect fast-paced action, aliens, and more aliens, planet hopping, a mysterious quest, and a bossy spaceship who likes to meddle. Includes all four books in the Space Gypsy Chronicles. 

This anthology is the latest collection of time-travel romance sci-fi short stories from prominent, award-winning sci-fi authors including Nina Allan, Carrie Vaughn and Seanan McGuire. Follow time travellers of all genders as they go backward and forward in time, sometimes to save the one they love, other times as a sacrifice and others simply because it's their job. 

Zbiór opowieści o niestandardowych świętych, których losy zostały związane z dziwnym Osiedlem, gdzie kontakt ze zmarłymi jest możliwy w przestrzeni wirtualnej, a czas da się nie tylko zatrzymać, ale także zawrócić. Osiedlowi święci żyją nie tylko w sąsiedztwie kościoła, lecz także sklepu monopolowego i ławki w parku, a koleje losów postaci opowiadane są z dużą dozą absurdalnego humoru.

Twenty-one years after the publication of his landmark debut collection Yellow, Don Lee returns to the short story form for his sixth book, The Partition. The Partition is an updated exploration of Asian American identity, this time with characters who are presumptive model minorities in the arts, academia, and media. Spanning decades, these nine novelistic stories traverse an array of cities, from Tokyo to Boston, Honolulu to El Paso, touching upon transient encounters in local bars, restaurants, and hotels.   

Created as an homage to the 1980 classic horror anthology, Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley, this collection contains 12 original novelettes showcasing today’s top horror talent. Dark Stars features all-new stories from award-winning authors and up-and-coming voices like Stephen Graham Jones, Priya Sharma, Usman T. Malik, Caroline Kepnes, and Alma Katsu, with seasoned author John F.D. Taff at the helm. An afterword from original Dark Forces contributor Ramsey Campbell is a poignant finale to this bone-chilling collection.

From Anne McCaffrey comes a collection of captivating short stories that focuses on everything from spaceship adventure and shifting time-storms to ghosts and romance. The title story, set in the world of the Dragonriders of Pern series, tells of Aramina, a teenage girl who hears dragons and is relentlessly pursued for her ability. Aramina's mother fears losing her daughter completely to the life of a dragonrider, but McCaffrey has another fate in mind for her young heroine.