Anthologies & Short Stories

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

Prepare to meet the wicked progeny of the master of modern horror....

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years.... 

This year's shortlist of six exceptional stories each take the listener on an intense and gripping journey into the human heart. With poise, precision, and a light-footed grace, they conjure dramatically different, starkly real worlds....

Angela Carter spins subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends in her literary masterpiece....

Diverse and moving, these six outstanding stories are meditations on grief and loss, love, communication and loneliness.  Each one will take the reader on a brief yet unforgettable journey into private worlds and unexpected corners of the human heart....

John Moffat stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in seven more BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations....

Geralt. The witcher whose mission is to protect ordinary people from the monsters created with magic. A mutant who has the task of killing unnatural beings....

A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six ‘perfect murder’ stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have genuinely been solved....

A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the number one best seller The Outsider....

Homeless Bodies and Other Stories is an original fiction podcast featuring audio-exclusive short stories from award-winning authors and Sunday Times best-sellers, inspired by objects & artefacts from Wellcome Collection’s permanent exhibition, 'Medicine Man', in London....

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

Commissioned by Audible and written especially for audio format this collection brings together six crime stories through the themes of discovery, destination and arrival....

Disorder and chaos ravage London when thousands are contaminated by the accidental discharge of an experimental bioweapon. The disease robs its hosts of rational thought, giving them a singular desire - find more living flesh to infect....

BBC radio productions of the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story and pioneer of detective fiction....

Only a fool would venture into the soul-stealing mists. That’s exactly where Odin is going. Along with blood-brother Loki, he hunts the frost giant who murdered his father....

In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope....

Daft Wee Stories is Limmy’s first book. It is a collection of stories. There are short stories. There are longer stories. There are stupid stories. There are thoughtful stories....

If you like dark and compelling crime thrillers, you’ll love the acclaimed DCI Yorke series. Three best-selling, high-octane serial killer thrillers in one box set! Includes: One Last Prayer for the Rays, The Repenting Serpent, and The Silence of Severance....

This Audiobook contains the following works: The Builder [Frank L. Packard], The Man Who Didn't Count [Frank L. Packard], Red Petals...

Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams as Watson in these 12 adventures from the unique, fully dramatised BBC canon of Conan Doyle's short stories and novels....

The Screwtape Letters, now in its 70th anniversary year, and having sold over half a million copies, is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil....

At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her....

Don't be frightened of the dark corners of your room. Don't be alarmed by a sudden inexplicable chill....

H. G. Wells wrote dozens of novels and short stories and is often called the 'father of science fiction'. Here we collect together the works of H. G. Wells as broadcast on BBC Radio....

This tome brings together all of Lovecraft's harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were when first released....

When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again....