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Great American Short Stories

Written by: Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, W. C. Morrow, H. P. Lovecraft, John Kendrick Bangs, William Hope Hodgson, Robert E. Howard
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers.

  • 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain
  • 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton
  • 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard
  • 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 'The Adventure of the German Student' by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson
  • 'The Ghost Club' by John Kendrick Bangs
  • 'The Black Dog' by Stephen Crane
  • 'Absolute Evil' by Julian Hawthorne
  • 'The Baumoff Explosive' by William Hope Hodgson
  • 'The Stranger' by Ambrose Bierce
  • 'The Ransom of Red Chief' by O. Henry
  • 'In the Forest of Villefore' by Robert E. Howard
  • 'The Mystery of the Steel Room' by Thomas W. Hanshew
  • 'A Child of the Rain' by Elia W. Peattie
  • 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry
  • 'Cool Air' by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 'The Revolt of Mother' by Mary Wilkins-Freeman
  • 'Kerfol' by Edith Wharton
  • 'Over the Border' by Morgan Robertson

Plus 20 more great classic American short stories.

Public Domain (P)2016 Red Door Audiobooks
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Worst narrator I have ever listened to.

Narrator's voice reminded me of Jennifer Jason Leigh in the Hudsucker Proxy. How many sentences can you end on an "upbeat"? She must hold the record. Absolute waste of my time.

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