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Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors. The readings are recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The Selected Shorts radio series is a co-production of Symphony Space and WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is heard on public radio stations nationwide.

This is a story from the Murders in the Rue Morgue (The Dupin Stories) collection. Auguste Dupin, investigator extraordinaire, was the remarkable creation of Edgar Allan Poe. Written in the 1840s, Poe presented the acutely observant, shrewd but idiosyncratic character who, with his chronicler, provided the inspiration for the more famous Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The following books are included...The Deadly Streets and No Doors, No Windows.

A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its founders; and much more.

Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play and come away without fully understanding it? Or wished you had known the basis of the plot before seeing a play by Shakespeare? Are you studying Shakespeare? Would you like to increase your knowledge of the plays without reading the originals? Then these are the recordings for you!

Pamela is a newly retired teacher with time on her hands. She’s finding it hard to muster enthusiasm for what’s ahead: exhausting postdivorce dating rituals and an uneasy relationship with her emotionally stunted, live-at-home son. But for Pamela, there’s a surprise in store that could challenge the status quo and, against all expectations, make life interesting again.

During the winter solstice, on the shortest day and longest night of the year, the ancient burial chamber at Newgrange is empowered. Its mystifying source is a haunting tale told by locals. Professor O’Kelly believes an archaeologist’s job is to make known only what can be proved. He is undeterred by ghost stories, idle speculation, and caution. Much to the chagrin of the living souls in County Meath. As well as those entombed in the sacred darkness of Newgrange itself. They’re determined to protect the secret of the light, guarded for more than 5,000 years.

With the South Seas as a background for such stories as "The Pacific", "Mackintosh", "The Fall of Edward Barnard", "Red", "Rain", and "The Pool", we experience scenes of passionate love, tragedy, and violence - all described in Maugham's beautiful prose.

From the author of such classics as Breakfast of Champions and Cat's Cradle comes this collection of unabridged short fiction originally published in some of America's most popular magazines of the 1950s and 60s. Vonnegut himself selected his best early works for this collection, and he reads the preface and afterword to boot!

This scorching collection from award-winning author Thom Jones features his best new short fiction alongside a selection of outstanding stories from three previous books. Jones's stories are full of high-octane, prose-drunk entertainment. His characters are grifters and drifters, rogues and ne'er-do-wells, would-be do-gooders whose human frailties usually get the better of them. Some are lovable, others are not, but each has an indelible and irresistible voice. They include Vietnam soldiers, amateur boxers, and veterans of the psych ward, and more.

This selection of hilarious short stories takes the habitually clueless Bertie Wooster to New York. Thankfully, his faithful butler, Jeeves, is along to straighten out the wickets when they get a bit sticky, don't you know. Selections include "Leave It To Jeeves", "Extricating Young Gussie", "Jeeves Takes Charge", "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg", "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest", "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril", and "The Aunt and the Sluggard".

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】『堕落論』『白痴』『二流の人』などの代表作で知られ、昭和期に活動した小説家・評論家の随筆。私の想念は電光の如く流れ走っているのに、私の書く文字はたどたどしく遅い。もしも私の筆力が走るが如き速力を持てば、想念をそのまま文章として表わせるのだ。けれども私達の用いる文字は、余りにも非速力的だ。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】主人公の辰一は、染め物屋の徳蔵の自転車を愛用していた。徳蔵は辰一を弟のように可愛がり、自転車に乗せて遊んでくれた仲だった。しかし徳蔵に召集令が下り、戦地で戦死する。辰一は徳蔵の形見として自転車屋に並ぶ徳蔵の古い自転車を購入しようと貯金するが、他の客に売られてしまう。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】漱石が東京高等工業学校で行った講演で、自身の経験を交えながら文学と工業の対比について語った記録。漱石は文学の道にこそ進んだが、当初は建築家を志望していた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】十二の時、叔父さんが私の綴り方（作文）を「青い鳥」に投書したら一等に当選。次に「春日町」という綴り方を投書すると雑誌に掲載された。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ジャーナリズムが近代印刷術と交通機関の発達により生まれた現象である。新聞記事が現代社会に及ぼす影響はいくつかあるが、短所の一つとして「事実の類型化」が挙げられる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】下野富田村の菊世は、峯の寺に住む阿闍利を深く尊敬し、定期的に供物を届けていた。阿闍利は清廉な暮らしを送り、村人たちに安らぎを与える存在である。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】農学校に通う主人公は、日々の実習や家業を通じて農業の知識を学んでいる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

季節が寒くなり始め、義雄の母親は綿入れの仕事に精を出していた。ある晩、母親はなかなか針に糸を通せなかったので、義雄に糸を通してほしいと頼んだ。義雄は母親が老いたことを感じて悲しくなるが、母親は「もうおばあさんなんですよ」と答える。それを聞くと義雄はますます悲しくなり、目の端に涙を浮かべた。ふと庭に目をやると、赤い実が目に入った。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

はるか北の島では、冬が近づくと人々は南へ向けて旅立つ準備を始める。その別れの晩、小屋に集まった男女は食卓を囲み、歌い、にぎやかに踊る。窓の外では、孤独な一匹の狐がその様子をじっと眺めていた。「人間は、ああして楽しそうに暮らしているのに……」――狐は、彼らのように踊ってみたいという、ふとした願いを抱く。