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Sharp Ends

Stories from the World of the First Law

by Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by Steven Pacey

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min
Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp endings from the world of the First Law.The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who ... Read more
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The John Carter Trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, and The Warlord of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by Finn J.D. John

Unabridged

19 hours 29 min
The original interplanetary swashbuckler:John Carter is a fighting man of Earth (or is he?) transported suddenly to the surface of a strange planet full of fierce green giants, savage white apes, and noble but warlike humans — including the one he loves. But can he save her from the doom that threatens to destroy the entire planet?In a little over 100 years, the Martian tales of Edgar Rice ... Read more
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Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

by Brandon Sanderson

Narrated by Kate Reading and 1 more

Unabridged

22 hours 31 min
An all-new Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," is the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first audiobook of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.The collection will include nine works in all. The first eight are:“The Hope of Elantris” (Elantris)“The Eleventh Metal” (Mistborn)“The Emperor's Soul” (Elantris)“Allomancer Jak and the ... Read more
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Sword of Destiny

by Andrzej Sapkowski

Narrated by Peter Kenny
series The Witcher #0.75
Unabridged

12 hours 48 min
Now a Netflix original series!Geralt the Witcher -- revered and hated -- holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this second collection of adventures in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games.Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a ... Read more
(23)

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Dark Bites

A Short Story Collection

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Narrated by Fred Berman
series Dark-Hunter Novels
Unabridged

20 hours 37 min
For years, fans have been clamoring for an all-in-one collection of #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon's novellas. At their enthusiastic behest, we have delivered this brand-new short story collection, Dark Bites, including stories previously exclusive to Sherrilyn's website, as well as an all-new, never-before seen Dark-Hunter story!Sherrilyn Kenyon takes readers from the Dark-Hunters to the ... Read more
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Into the Woods

by Kim Harrison

Narrated by Marguerite Gavin
series A Hollows Novella #10.1
Unabridged

20 hours 2 min
“I wouldn’t miss a Kim Harrison book for anything.”—Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels“Her work can read like a smoldering combination of Alice Waters and Ozzy Osbourne.”—New York Times Book ReviewA true queen of urban fantasy—the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular series featuring bounty hunter witch-turned-daywalking demon Rachel Morgan—the phenomenal ... Read more
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

by George R. R. Martin

Narrated by Harry Lloyd
series A Song of Ice and Fire
Unabridged

10 hours
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LOS ANGELES TIMES AND BUZZFEEDThese never-before-collected adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line ... Read more
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And I Do Not Forgive You

Stories and Other Revenges

by Amber Sparks

Narrated by Chelsea Stephens and 1 more

Unabridged

4 hours 1 min
Feminism fuels fantasy in this genre-busting collection by "master of the fantastic" (Roxane Gay) Amber Sparks. Exciting fans of such writers as Kelly Link, Karen Russell, and Carmen Maria Machado with prose that shimmers and stings, Amber Sparks holds a singular role in the canon of the weird. Now, she reaches new, uncanny heights with And I Do Not Forgive You. In "Mildly Happy, With Moments of ... Read more
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Full Throttle

Stories

by Joe Hill

Narrated by Zachary Quinto and 10 more

Unabridged

15 hours 45 min
2020 Audie Awards® WINNER - Short Stories/CollectionsThe number one New York Times best-selling author of The Fireman and Strange Weather returns with a dark and ingenious collection of 13 compelling short stories that showcase his ability to “push genre conventions to new extremes” (New York Times Book Review), performed by a stunning multi-cast featuring Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew ... Read more
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The Last Wish

Introducing the Witcher

by Andrzej Sapkowski

Narrated by Peter Kenny

Unabridged

10 hours 17 min
Now a Netflix original series!Geralt the Witcher -- revered and hated -- holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games.Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a ... Read more
(34)

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Uncommon Type

Some Stories

by Tom Hanks

Narrated by Tom Hanks

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min
A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds ... Read more
(22)

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The Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 4

by Stephen King and 17 more

Narrated by various narrators and 10 more

Unabridged

16 hours 55 min
The first three volumes of The Best Horror of the Year havebeen widely praised for their quality, variety, and comprehensiveness. EditorEllen Datlow has now explored the entirety of the diverse horror market,distilling it into the fourth anthology in the series and providing an overviewof the year in terror.Fear is the oldest human emotion, the most primal. We liketo think we’re civilized. We tell ... Read more
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Four Weddings and a Sixpence

An Anthology

by Julia Quinn and 3 more

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min
Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings…“Something Old”Julia Quinn’s prologue introduces her heroine Beatrice Heywood and the premise for Four Weddings and ... Read more
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Recall

The Red Ledger: 4, 5 & 6

by Meredith Wild

Narrated by Brian Pallino and 1 more
series The Red Ledger #04-06
Unabridged

9 hours 44 min
There's no turning back…The second I spared Isabel's life, everything changed. I used to deal in death wishes. Now the instinct to protect her charts the course. Because every time I turn away from her, something turns me back. She's uncovered a side of me that I can no longer ignore. Doesn't change the fact that she doesn't belong in my world.Isabel's learning to hold her own, but nothing can ... Read more
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The Death Factory

A Penn Cage Novella

by Greg Iles

Narrated by David Ledoux
series Penn Cage Novels #3.5
Unabridged

2 hours 59 min
Death is the end, and if a man doesn't speak before it silences him, then his deepest secrets go with him.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes an e-original novella featuring former prosecutor Penn Cage, a story of family secrets and justice denied, plus an excerpt from his new novel,Natchez Burning.When a heart attack sends Penn's father, Tom Cage, to the ER, Tom begs that ... Read more
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Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

by Brandon Sanderson

Narrated by Oliver Wyman

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a new novella collection, including a brand new, never-been-published story.Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It's his hallucinations who are mad.A genius of unrivaled aptitude, Stephen can learn any new skill, vocation, or art in a matter of hours. However, to contain all of this, his mind creates hallucinatory people—Stephen calls ... Read more
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Trigger Warning

Short Fictions and Disturbances

by Neil Gaiman

Narrated by Neil Gaiman

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min
Multiple award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things—which includes a never-before published American Gods story, “Black Dog,” written exclusively for this volume.In this new collection, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal ... Read more
(2)

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Partners

A Rogue Lawyer Short Story

by John Grisham

Narrated by Mark Deakins

Unabridged

1 hour 36 min
JOHN GRISHAM'S FIRST ORIGINAL E-SHORTIn this standalone prequel to his #1 bestseller ROGUE LAWYER, John Grisham tells the story of how Sebastian Rudd finally found someone he could trust to be his driver, bodyguard, law clerk, and partner.Sebastian Rudd, rogue lawyer, defends people other lawyers won't go near. It's controversial and dangerous work, which is why Sebastian needs his bodyguard ... Read more
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No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories

by Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez and 3 more

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min
From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in “spare,unpretentious…picturesque prose” (LibraryJournal)Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories inthis mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life inSouth America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories andillusions, and of lost ... Read more
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Trifles and Folly 2

A Deadly Curiosities Collection

by Gail Z. Martin

Narrated by Amanda Ronconi

Unabridged

20 hours 40 min
Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles and Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curios shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them and together with Teag, a hacker and weaver witch, and Sorren, a 600-year-old vampire, they get rid of cursed objects and keep Charleston and the world safe from supernatural threats. An extension of the Deadly Curiosities ... Read more
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Just After Sunset

Stories

by Stephen King

Narrated by Stephen King and 9 more

Unabridged

14 hours 50 min
2010 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/CollectionsWith stories that have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, and McSweeney’s, this classic collection displays the phenomenally broad readership of #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.*Just After Sunset—*call it dusk, call it twilight, it’s a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it ... Read more
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The Southern Woman

New and Selected Fiction

by Elizabeth Spencer

Narrated by Hillary Huber

Unabridged

20 hours 41 min
Since 1944, when she published her first story, Elizabeth Spencer has been acclaimed as a writer of short fiction in the great tradition of Welty, Chopin, and Mansfield. The Southern Woman: New and Selected Fiction, her first collection in almost fifteen years, restores to print the author’s most masterful stories and novellas including The Light in the Piazza—and publishes more than ten new ... Read more
$31.95 USD or FREE with audiobook trial
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Dead After Dark

by Sherrilyn Kenyon and 3 more

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min
"Shadow of the Moon" by Sherrilyn Kenyon: Angelia has fought her entire life to make herself strong. Now, with her patria under fire, she has to protect her people from Fury and his werewolf clan. Vowing to bring him to justice, Angelia sets out alone . . . until the hunter becomes the hunted, and the only way for her to survive is to trust the very wolf she's sworn to kill. "The Story of Son" by ... Read more
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes

by Stephen King

Narrated by Multiple readers

Unabridged

26 hours 57 min
Includes the story “It Grows on You”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, MaineThe classic short story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.A wrong turn on a lonely road lands a wayward couple in Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon, where there’s no escaping the free nightly concert….A novelty toy becomes an unexpected and terrifying instrument of self-defense….An ex-con ... Read more
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