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Brilliant Brief Stories Short Story Gems Worth Reading
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items From haunting to hilarious, these short stories and audiobooks deliver a big impact in small doses. Dive into flash fiction, quick audiobooks, gripping anthologies, and short fiction collections that prove great stories don't need to be long to leave...
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🎧Short Story Audiobooks
📕Short Story Anthologies & Collections
⚡️Flash Fiction
Standalone Short Fiction
🎧Short Story Audiobooks
Quick listens that pack a punch—perfect for short story fans on the go.
I love listening to Stephen Fry read this celebration in storytelling !
Stories for All Ages
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In between books, I will look to Selected Shorts for a change of pace - it is a fantastic collection of short stories.
Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Classic short stories - I am a huge fan of short stories and Selected Shorts always has a great collection.
Selected Shorts: American Classics
It's springtime whic means baseball season has started! I can't wait to check out this series of Selected Shorts!
Selected Shorts: Baseball!
This mystery collection is on my TBR List - it features all 20 classic short mysteries brilliantly narrated by Juliet Stevenson.
Miss Marple: Complete Short Stories Collection
This is on my TBR List - The Angel of Rome by Jess Walter is a heartfelt, witty collection of short stories exploring love, loss, and unexpected connections, narrated by a stellar full cast.
The Angel of Rome
Another one for my TBR List - You Think That's Bad by Jim Shepard is a darkly intelligent and emotionally charged collection of stories about extraordinary lives, narrated with nuance by George Guidall.
You Think That's Bad: Stories
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love this series - I fin it's a captivating audio experience featuring celebrated actors reading iconic short stories from literary greats, recorded live at Symphony Space.
Selected Shorts
On my TBR List - This collection offers a delightful journey into the world of Miss Marple, showcasing Agatha Christie's mastery in crafting compelling short-form mysteries.
The Bloodstained Pavement Agatha Christie Miss Marple Short Story Audiobook
📕Short Story Anthologies & Collections
Curated collections and anthologies filled with unforgettable short reads.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A fantastic collection of one of my all-time favorite authors!
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An amazing collection with notes and comments from the writers!
The Art of the Short Story
On my TBR List - I love Kurt Vonnegut and am working on reading my way through his collection.
Welcome to the Monkey House: Stories
Do you need more time for yourself? Do you want to get your mind off things? Do you long for more happiness and contentment? Then this is the book for you!
The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A great Capote collection
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Vintage International)
⚡️Flash Fiction
Lightning-fast stories with big twists and emotional impact.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ originally published in the June 26, 1978 issue of The New Yorker
“Girl,” by Jamaica Kincaid
There is always time to read a story - particularly a piece of flash fiction.
Flash Fiction Magazine – Daily Flash Fiction Stories
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I found this to be so powerful. A lifetime of love, control, and regret told through one father’s strange backyard rituals.
Sticks by George Saunders
Brutally concise story of a couple’s unraveling—each sentence cuts deeper.
Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver - Mr. Campbell Rocks
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" is proof that a masterpiece doesn’t need pages upon pages to leave a lasting impression. I
"The Story of an Hour" - Kate Chopin
A metafictional look at storytelling itself—funny, sharp, and unsettling.
"Happy Endings" Margaret Atwood
Brief, raw, and heartbreakingly Hemingway.
A Very Short Story - Hemingway
A twisted office tour that becomes a surreal window into human nature.
Orientation - by Daniel Orozco - CDN
Poetic prose that blurs memoir, fiction, and horror in a single chilling image.
The Colonel
A quiet, dim apartment with a low table set for two—half-eaten food, a bottle of sake, and mismatched dishes. A woman sits alone, surrounded by ghostlike traces of past visitors. A calendar shows January 1st. The mood is strange, melancholic, slightl...
“Happy New Year,” by Hiromi Kawakami
Standalone Short Fiction
Standalone gems—short but powerful reads that stay with you.
Not exactly flash, but short and masterful—time slows in the mind of a dying man.
Bullet in the Brain
A haunting list of lovers during a pandemic—strangely tender and apocalyptic.
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