Selected Shorts

A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and PEN Award winners. Author - Amy Tan. Narrator - Freda Foh Shen. Published Date -...

A lot can happen on the way from one place to another, especially when an overnight flight makes for an unexpected romantic encounter between strangers seated together; a trucker finds life beyond the ranch where he grew up; and a bored Midwestern...

A compilation, featuring more than three hours of some of the greatest short stories of all time, brought to life by distinguished stage and screen actors. Author - Roger Angell. Narrator - Roger Angell. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

The award winning series of classic and contemporary fiction returns with a collection of darkly funny short stories by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, A.M. Homes, Nathan Englander, Kim, Addonizio, and George Saunders. Readers...

Selected Shorts has toured The Mount, the stately and elegant home of the great American writer Edith Wharton, for the last several summers, presenting Broadway and Hollywood actors reading stories by Wharton and others. Selected Shorts now presents a...

From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts. Duration - 3h 39m. Author - Jonathan Lethem. Narrator - Robert...

Romance is in the air, tempting the imagination. Stirring tales of love, longing and desire. A great gift for your loved ones. Author - Rick Bass. Narrator - Ted Marcoux. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families... many depicted from a kid's-eye-view... are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the...

A collection that anyone who's taken that walk down the aisle can relate to! Moving stories about married couples' powerful and complicated loves. Author - Sherman Alexie. Narrator - Keir Dullea. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich’s hilarious tale...

Selected Short's most popular volume! Over three hours of stories to tickle your funny bone. Author - Nicholson Baker. Narrator - Thomas Gibson. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

New American Stories presents diverse stories of contemporary American life and dreams lost and found, by four of the best young, contemporary writers Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Aleksandar Hemon, as performed by...

The cast of characters in this compilation is a menagerie of animals... cats, dogs, birds, even a dragon... and their owners. These stories look at the myriad of experiences, and adventures, that pet ownership can bring. Join a medieval scholar who...

Poe! is a deliciously gripping sampling of the mad imagination of 19th century gothic master of horror and suspense, murder and mayhem, Edgar Allan Poe. The creepy, breathtaking, and soulful classic tales include: “The Masque of the Red Death,” the...

A boon for book lovers, this compilation features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word. Author - Walter R. Brooks. Narrator - Tony Roberts. Published Date - Wednesday, 18...

In this compilation characters make choices that define their lives and suffer consequences often dire or disquieting. Abraham prepares to slay Isaac; siblings fall in love with the same man; a Thai man hides his secret guilt from his best friend on...

A collection of poignant, romantic and funny tales performed by Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt. This collection includes a bonus track of an exclusive interview with William Hurt. Hurt's readings are thoughtful, tender, romantic, and...

This 2007 Audie Award finalist features more than three hours of some of the greatest shorts stories of all time. Author - James Thurber. Narrator - Isaiah Sheffer. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

This compilation features a wonderful selection of travel stories from public radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors and recorded live at Peter Norton...

What happens to people's lives during times of battle and strife? From the American Revolution to the ongoing war in Iraq, the subject of this collection is how people cope with the dramatic shifts that come with war. Before Independence, a slave...

A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix.Stories in this set include: Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring...

Strong female protagonists grace this collection celebrating women in all their incarnations, young and old: mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, lovers, widows ... and a 70-year-old nun. Author - Teolinda Gersão. Narrator - Kathleen Chalfant....