Short Stories

The first three fun, fast-paced Roy Ballard mysteries, now in a single box set. This audiobook includes: Gone the Next, Get Busy Dying, and If I Had a Nickel.

Royce Melborn, a cynical ex-assassin, and Hadrian Blackwater, an idealistic ex-mercenary, are a pair of rogues-for-hire known as Riyria (its elvish for two). This duo makes a living taking nefarious jobs for conspiring nobles. Doing so usually involves stealing something, but when a young heiress asks them to steal her . . . well, that is a first for the pair.

In the Haunts of Goblin Men is a standalone installment in A Horde of Dead Poets collection featuring seven authors and their stories inspired by famous literary poems. If you find yourself steering toward a dark, mysterious, isolated location, or family curses haunt you and unreliable narrators keep you in suspense, you won’t want to miss a single volume in this gripping collection.

This follow-up to the national best-seller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume of original stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.

After 25 years serving as the human Monitor of the Interstellar Ark, Hermes, Orion is scheduled to be placed back into hibernation with the other crewmembers. Knowing he'll die there and be replaced before the ship's voyage is over, he decides that he won’t — can’t — accept that fate. Whatever it takes, Orion will escape Hermes and see what's beyond, even if it means defying the regulations of his only friend — the ship-wide artificial intelligence known as Dan.

A seventeen-year-old boy, bullied and heartbroken, hangs himself. And although he felt terribly alone, his suicide changes everyone around him. His parents are devastated.

Veronica Ruiz is on the run for the first time in her life—though certainly not the last. After being falsely accused of stealing money from her college sorority, she packs up and heads to her cousin Ramón's apartment, planning to change her name and rebuild start over away from backstabbing girls and university drama (and far, far away from her arrest warrant in Maryland). At the local bank on the first morning of her new life, it occurs to Vero that she'd be a better bank teller than most of the current employees.

What does it truly mean to be kind in a world that often rewards selfishness? Step into the timeless, tender, and quietly powerful world of The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde—a collection of classic stories that resonate with all ages. Each tale offers its own unforgettable lesson: "The Happy Prince" shows the beauty of selfless sacrifice, "The Nightingale and the Rose" explores love and heartbreak, "The Selfish Giant" celebrates compassion and redemption, "The Devoted Friend" exposes false kindness, and "The Remarkable Rocket" delivers a sharp, ironic look at vanity and pride.

After everything she’s suffered—and everyone she’s lost—Mia Ledger wants nothing more than peace. She spends her days teaching riding lessons and raising horses on her quiet Montana ranch. But when she steps in to stop a kidnapping that echoes her own haunted past, she paints a target on her back. The crime syndicate behind the attack sends enforcers to settle the score. When Mia returns home to find her barn burning and her horses slaughtered, she fights back with the fury of someone who’s got nothing left to lose.

Join Gareth and Gwen in their first adventures together. Murder, intrigue, and romance in medieval Wales! This audiobook includes three books: The Good Knight, The Uninvited Guest, and The Fourth Horseman.

Welcome to Newford: to the music clubs, the waterfront, and the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Gemmins live in abandoned cars and skells traverse the tunnels below, while mermaids swim in the gray harbor waters and fill the cold night with their song. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street gathering the fey and the wild and the poor and the lost.

Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year—continuing the O. Henry Prize's century-long tradition of literary excellence. "Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." —The Atlantic Monthly. Now...

Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here. This anthology draws out and distils science's love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories.

Step into the whimsical, charming, and timeless world of Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, a delightful collection of short stories where nature comes alive with humor, wonder, and gentle wisdom.

In this collection of short stories, Kenji Miyazawa presents his ideas, ethics, and aesthetics through a narrative that is almost poetic, suitable for readers of all ages.

الكتاب يضم مجموعة من القصص القصيرة التي تصور تطور الحياة المصرية الحديثة من جوانبها المختلفة: السياسية، الثقافية، والاقتصادية. يبرز الكتاب تجربة الحياة المصرية في فترة زمنية محددة، من خلال القصص التي تحاكي الواقع وتعبر عن لسان حال المجتمع. يُظهر هيكل في هذا الكتاب قدرته على النقد الاجتماعي ورسم صورة للمجتمع المصري خلال مرحلة مهمة من تاريخه.

عبارة عن مجموعة من الحكايات التي تسافر بالقارئ إلى الماضي وتستحضر أبطاله وحكاياتهم. يهدف الكتاب إلى استكشاف ما يبقى من ماضينا، سواء كان ذلك من خلال الحكاية الشخصية أو التاريخ الاجتماعي، وكيف يمكن للحكايات أن تساعدنا في فهم هويتنا والحاضر. يمزج الكتاب بين المتعة والفرح، والحقيقة والخيال، والفرح والمأساة، ليعيد تشكيل قصة لا تنسى.

قام الصبي؛ ليقترب من الظلام، ويرحب به عن كثب، استغرب الظلام، وسأل: "أنت أول طفل يرحب بي، ألست خائفًا مني؟!"

This short story collection delves into the origins of our civilization. How we came to be and where we will end up if we are not careful. One story is about a small alien sent to Earth to help a primitive couple become more civilized and what kind of chaos ensues. The other involves a NASA astronaut discovering the truth about our origins and what harm it cause once he delves further into the truth. Enter if you dare....

When young jazz singer Katherine “KC” Livingston steps onto the stage of the Blue Note, her voice awakens more than applause—it stirs the spirit of Aunt Shirley, a woman whose blues once filled the same streets and whose secrets were buried beneath them. What begins as a melody becomes a haunting. A song called “Mama’s Hand” weaves through generations, binding the living and the dead—KC, her best friend Marian, and Miles Sinclair, the troubled son of a notorious madam whose sins still echo through time.