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Title: A Promise as Good as Gold

Author: Michael Lee Tucker

Narrator: Michael Lee Tucker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-09

Publisher: Roberson Audio Publication

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Short fiction is full of small pleasures. See if you agree as you listen to this short story by Michael Lee Tucker.

©2008 Roberson Audio; (P)2008 Roberson Audio

Members Reviews:

Brilliant

This is a brilliant analogy of today's empty politics. The ranting and ravings of some many egotistical politicians is reflected in this wonderful Twilight Zone like piece. For those of you who like that type of fiction you will love it.

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Title: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: Bob Sherman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

During the American Civil War, rebel soldier Peyton Farquhar stands with a noose around his neck, about to be hanged. His mind is in turmoil; he must escape. If only he can free his hands....a chilling tale of terror.

©2008 Produced by The Story Circle for BBC Audiobooks Ltd; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

I loved this movie the first time I saw it

I loved this movie the first time I saw it. I watched it with my children, but a few short years later, my youngest son and a grandson died in a car wreck. Now, I have other grandchildren, but I still long to see those who aren't with us.

Losing a child or a grandchild will always be with you. Yes, I picked up the pieces, but the counselor I went to told me you never get over it. You just learn to live with it..

WELL WRITTEN SHORT STORY...BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED. It was like visiting an old friend.

First let me say that this review contains spoilers. This is a pity. The only reason I placed these spoilers in this review is that the product description here already lets the cat out of the bag as to the ending. This is a pity.

Anyway....

I first read this story years and years ago. It was one of the many short stories we had to read in a special advanced English course I took in high school. Like most kids of that age I felt I was being force fed a bunch of stuff I had absolutely no interest in and must admit that I fought it. Over the years I have forgotten most to many of the numerous stories we read during that year, which is sort of sad when you think about it, but I have to tell you that this offering from Ambrose Bierce was not one of those that I consciously or unconsciously shuffled either to the back of my mind or out of it completely. No, no - far, far from it! This one has stuck with me throughout the years and I was delighted when I found it as a free Kindle download.

A Confederate man; a planter in northern Alabama during the Civil War has been captured by Union Solders. He has been sentenced to death and the story begins on a railroad bridge as the man stands on a railroad bridge with a rope noose about his neck about to be hanged. The board he is standing upon is tilted and he begins to fall.

This entire short story takes place in the doomed mans mind as he falls to the end of the rope. The reader at this point does not realize this and we watch in sickening slow motion as the rope breaks, the planter hits the water, is shot at, makes a daring escape, struggles through the woods and finally finds himself going up the steps of his home to the loving arms of his wife...snap..white searing light!

As the story progresses in becomes more and more surreal and the reader starts getting hints that not all is as it seems. When you consider when this work was written and published; around 1891, this is a rather remarkable ploy. You know something strange is going to happen but it is not until the final line; the final word that your suspicions are confirmed. Now I have never been hung. I probably should have been on a few occasions, but so far I have been fortunate. I am not at all sure that that much would go through a persons mind during the last three for four seconds of his or her life but that is rather moot. Whether this would actually happen is beside the point. The great thing about this story is that the author had the ability to make it quite real.

This story deserves to be read closely.

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Title: The Verdict Of Us All

Author: H.R.F. Keating

Narrator: Ric Jerrom, Sheila Mitchell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-19-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Edited by Peter Lovesey. Foreword by Dick Francis. Stories include: Lionel Davidson's Tuesday's Child; Len Deighton's Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle; Reginal Hill's Uncle Harry; P.D. James' Hearing Ghote; H.R.F Keating's Arkady Nikolaivich and many others.

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Title: Quick Reads: Red Boxing Gloves, plus three more

Author: David Metzenthen, Damian Broderick, James Moloney, Rowena Cory Lindquist

Narrator: Steven Whittaker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-08

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Jack and the Aliens by Damien Broderick - Jack, an interstellar cadet, is stranded on an alien planet with Chipster his computerised spacesuit. Will the rescue craft arrive in time to save him?

Intergalactic Heroes by James Moloney - "This is my last warning," said Radnor..."You have thirty seconds to decide the future of your species." Can Joe save the Earth?

Clever Sandwiches by Rowena Cory Lindquist - Yuck. "Listen to me, Mouse. You didn't see us. Got it?" Will the clever sandwiches stop Derek's never-ending teasing?

Editorial Reviews:

Versatile Aussie actor Alan King dishes out four diverse and delectable short tales. These stories cover an eclectic mix of genres, but all offer action-packed adventure, sure to capture the ears of eight- to twelve-year-olds. In "The Lighthouse Secret", two schoolmates discover some unusual experiments taking place at Camerons Cove. Following, "The Giant Scrub Python" trails two boys on their mission to end an illegal animal trading operation. Next up is "Uncorked", Archimede Fusillos humorous account of bullying and friendship. The proceedings close with "Jack and the Skyhook" - a sci-fi send up of "Jack and the Beanstalk" - featuring a space cadet who trades his cow for a few beans. King is rangy, animated, and emotive as he serves up snappy dialogue exchanges and quick-clipped action sequences.

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Title: The Remarkable Rocket

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Frank Pettingell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-08

Publisher: Saland Publishing

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Oscar Wildes classic short story read by Frank Pettingell.

©2008 Saland Publishing; (P)2008 Saland Publishing

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Title: Sandhill County Lines

Author: Clay Reynolds

Narrator: Clay Reynolds

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Comprising nine contemporary tales set across the great state of Texas and beyond, Sandhill County Lines is a triumph of imagination from author Clay Reynolds. Filled with the musings of regular folk and heaping helpings of grit, this collection brims with the raw angst of life off the beaten track. In the smoky darkness of the local watering hole, two preppy college boys come in for a drink and end up changing three old buddies forever. After being savagely beaten by his wife's lover, a husband crosses the border into Mexico for a night of wild action that soon escalates out of hand. The aged proprietor of the local furniture emporium doesn't have friends, doesn't watch TV, doesn't smoke, drink, or go out, and has never attended a parade, festival, concert, play, or any other public ceremony - but he does have his cherished recollections.

Members Reviews:

McMurtryville . . .

Clay Reynolds' characters in these stories inhabit a world just down the road from Larry McMurtry's West Texas town in "The Last Picture Show." Here we find many of the same people with their trials and tribulations, sometimes treated farcically, sometimes not. A Friday afternoon fist fight in a bar is told as a good-ole-boy yarn in "A Better Class of People," and in a similar vein, four friends take off in a pickup to raise hell south of the border in "Mexico." Southern Baptists get a drubbing as a death-bed attempt to save a sinner backfires in "The Baptism."

There's a decided shift to the macabre in "The Prodigal," as a free-spirited young woman is punished by her Bible-thumping father by being held prisoner in her parents' basement. A dead homeless man discovered in the town dump brings out the law and a coroner on a bitter, cold night in "Dogstar." An upwardly mobile woman tries to get her comeuppance with a former lover, leading to results she doesn't anticipate in "Bush League." A young college teacher gets a family of next-door neighbors from hell when she buys an old Victorian house in "Nickleby." A rancher's widow has a life-changing encounter with a young Spanish-speaking couple on a lonely road during a blizzard in "A Train to Catch." And in "Etta's Pond," an old man refuses to surrender his farm as a highway is built through the middle of it.

As a writer, Reynolds is more than a little similar to McMurtry in his estimation of small-town and rural West Texans. He even has some of McMurtry's meandering narrative style, lingering sometimes excessively on the minutiae of situations and exchanges between characters that do not advance the story. Most of the stories, in fact, would benefit from judicious pruning. But taken together, they offer a widely various view of human behavior as played out in an American landscape far from the nearest Starbucks. Sandhill County is worth a visit.

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Title: A Pair of Hands

Author: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

Narrator: Cindy Hardin Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-08

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

In this "gentle ghost story", the ghost makes itself known in a most unusual way.

© and (P)1985 Jimcin Recordings

Editorial Reviews:

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's classic ghost story defies its genre. Miss Le Peyt soon discovers a supernatural cohabitant at her newly rented seaside cottage. Hardly a terrifying ordeal, it turns out Le Peyt's ghost has a knack for housework and an upstanding Victorian conscience, protecting the cottage from would-be dwellers that fail to meet her moral standards. Performer Cindy Hardin Killavey captures the quiet intimacy of Le Peyt's fireside tale. Reminiscing on her favorite ghost, the elderly matriarch is lost in a memory, impervious to the dismissive chuckles of her patronizing nieces. Killavey lends Le Peyt a voice that is stoic but steadfast, brimming with the wistful wisdom of a life well lived.

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Title: The Washington Dossier Stories

Author: Warren Adler

Narrator: Michael Adler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-20-07

Publisher: Stonehouse Press

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Diplomacy, ethics, and passion clash in these chronicles of the social scene in the nation's capital. Originally published in Dossier magazine, these stories are a priceless series from Warren Adler about the rarely revealed, behind-the-scenes peccadilloes of official Washington. Revelations of life in the nation's capital, these stories make you privy to Washington's socially elite circles. Warren Adler provides an intimate look into the sexual mores of official Washington and the erotic stimulation of power, capturing how the rich and mighty live in Washington, D.C.

©2007 Warren Adler; (P)2007 Stonehouse Press

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Title: Inside Stories

Author: Mike Yachnik

Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-07

Publisher: Big Happy Family, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

"Cello Fingers": A young man, depressed by the world as he finds it, is about to cash in his chips. Bach and a beautiful woman define his exit strategy.

"Poor Louise": A man has just lost his wife. But not his Lakers tickets.

"Capanelli's": A couple, happily cruising through life, is about to meet a man for drinks. Nobody is looking forward to it.

"Sammy's Dad": A girl and her father have been going to the bookstore for years. Together, but not really.

"Just for Me": A man must get to the theatre by eight o'clock. Tonight's performance is just for him.

"Five Pounds": Lissa and Brent need each other. Lucky for everyone else.

"Brancusi": Maritza is the girl of his dreams. What he wouldn't do for her.

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Title: Lazy Jack

Author: Traditional

Narrator: Cindy Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-07

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Storyteller Cindy Killavey has entertained audiences from Hawaii to New England to Ireland with both traditional and modern stories. In this traditional tale, Jack may be lazy but he has some amazing adventures on his way to fame and fortune.

© and (P)2002 Jimcin Recordings

Editorial Reviews:

Cindy Killavey, an extremely animated and excitable storyteller whose range extends from hectoring schoolmarms to insouciant children, performs the traditional tale of "Lazy Jack" with her trademark high energy. "Lazy Jack" is the story of a kid named Jack, his attempts to make a living with farm and butcher work, and his preternatural ability to comically squander his earnings. "Lazy Jack" is a short folk tale most likely passed down from the English tradition, and is here updated to an American setting. While enjoyable to children, adults may get a kick out of the contemporary resonances of Jacks financial predicament.

Members Reviews:

Very well done

Great story and very well told. Entire classroom of kids loved it!