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You can listen to this spirited story for free on your device with the Audible Stories Skill. Just say “Alexa, read me an adventure story,” or “Alexa, read me a story” to hear more free genres.
Emily does not like change—she spends each day working as a children’s librarian and every evening watching television with her cat, Miss Marple. She maintains her house exactly the way it was before her father died. But one day, a mysterious theft at the library pushes Emily out of her routine, forcing her to question if she really is better off all alone.
Aggie Blum Thompson worked as a newspaper reporter, covering cops, courts, and trials, with a healthy dose of the mundane mixed in before turning to thrillers. A native New Yorker, she now lives just over the Washington, DC, line in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband, two children, cat, and dog.
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An old man wakes inside his comatose, completely nonresponsive body. According to his insurance company, in order to return to his life and family, he must pass a test. As if coming out of a coma weren’t enough of a challenge, our patient must also pass the Turing test, i.e., prove he’s human to an AI resuscitation machine. This satirical but heartfelt tale reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut and Ted Chiang asks the question: Can a person articulate the deepest truths he knows to be real?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent short story
- By jon munroe on 08-26-23
By: Travis Sentell
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First Day
- By: Seth Fried
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story5 out of 5 stars 18
A well-meaning dad frets because his fifth-grade daughter dresses as Dracula for the first day of school in this funny short tale. Haunted by his own memories of childhood insecurity, he nervously awaits the call from school.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This upbeat short story is my son’s favorite bedtime story! lol
- By Plamena Ham on 04-24-24
By: Seth Fried
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Comedy Saves the World
- By: Travis Sentell
- Narrated by: Barrett Leddy
- Length: 7 mins
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 10
Meet the writers’ room of the kid’s show Rooty Root Vegetables, which struggles to find humor in carbon emissions and climate change. Then things get punny.
By: Travis Sentell
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The Sea Lion
- By: Annie Hartnett
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 6 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
A crotchety nightwatchman in a whaling museum contemplates Neptune the stuffed sea lion, originally owned by P.T. Barnum. In his admiration for the kingly animal, he studies ventriloquism to give Neptune a voice. When a field trip comes through the museum, he has an unexpectedly meaningful exchange with a precocious, like-minded child...and Neptune.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great short story!
- By pxydust18 on 06-25-23
By: Annie Hartnett
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My Grandfather's Ship
- By: Seth Fried
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
For fans of Charles Yu and Matt Haig, this short tale features a grandfather who claims not merely to have been abducted by aliens when he was a young man, but to have fallen in love in the process. His grandson (the story's narrator) is the only person who believes him. My Grandfather’s Ship is a quirky examination of how the passions (real or imagined) of our elders can inspire us.
By: Seth Fried
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Spring Clean
- By: Dina Gregory
- Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
- Length: 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 81
What is it like to be spring cleaned? Find out in this tragicomic tale about a self-absorbed Hair Spider, an anxious Fluff Ball and a friendly Dust Bunny. The perilous journey of these three friends is sure to suck you in.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Little bit of mindless fluff
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 09-30-23
By: Dina Gregory
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The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 70 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,929
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,630
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,623
Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally appearing in serial form, these famous stories are here presented in the order in which they were first published beginning in 1887. Included in this definitive, award-winning collection are four novels and 56 short stories, a total of 60 titles. The 56 short stories are aggregated into five named collections, just as they were originally published in book form.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More collections like this, please!
- By Myusollo on 07-22-14
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Hannay: His 5 Adventures
- By: John Buchan
- Narrated by: Graham Scott
- Length: 49 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
In The Thirty-Nine Steps, Hannay struggles to thwart an assassination plot designed to hasten war between Britain and Germany. Later he is plucked from the trenches first, in Greenmantle, to frustrate a plot to ferment an uprising in the Islamic world; and then, in Mr. Standfast, to undertake a vital secret mission against a German spy ring operating among pacifist elements in England. After the war, his adventures continue in The Three Hostages; and then in The Island of Sheep, when an old oath to protect the son of a friend from his days in Africa draws him into new danger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Values of a bygone era
- By Barbara on 03-16-24
By: John Buchan
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- 04-21-24
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- 09-02-22
Delightful!
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