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ポアロは巨額の財産をもつ老婦人から命の危険を訴える手紙を受け取った。が、それは一介の付き添い婦に財産を残すという問題のある遺言状を残して彼女が死んだ二カ月後のことだった。

「情熱大陸」出演で話題！
現代ショートショートの旗手、最新作。

月曜日は気分が沈む……
注文した料理がなかなかこない……
スマホの充電がすぐなくなる……

｢そんな依頼はおれにまかせ

謎の怪奇事件に巻き込まれる学生たち。変わり者の心理士が真相に迫る「臨床心理学×ホラーミステリー」――僕、怪異譚は好きだけど、臨床の現場に出ているときはすべてを信じないよ。

Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally appearing in serial form, these famous stories are here presented in the order in which they were first published beginning in 1887. Included in this definitive, award-winning collection are four novels and 56 short stories, a total of 60 titles. The 56 short stories are aggregated into five named collections, just as they were originally published in book form.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

明治期の日本で「小泉八雲」の名で作家活動をしたラフカディオ・ハーンが、浦島伝説を紹介しながら綴る旅行記。旅館「浦島屋」の妖精のような女主人に人力車を手配してもらった私は、車中で浦島伝説に思いを巡らせる。日本の人々は浦島明神なる神社まで建立している。彼らが同情するのは、乙姫様ではなく、浦島の方なのである。

From L.A. to rural Ireland, from war-torn Beirut to a windswept Scottish coastline, from the bright lights of the theatre to the dimness of the therapist’s office - these six outstanding and impactful stories seek to explore grief and trauma, new beginnings and hope. The shortlisted stories have all been chosen for 2021's Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award - the world's richest and most prestigious prize for a single short story. Dubbed the 'equivalent of the Man Booker for the short story' by the Sydney Morning Herald, the winner receives £30,000.

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all. In Men Without Women, Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic, marked by the same wry humor and pathos that have defined his entire body of work.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】小泉八雲（ラフカディオ・ハーン）夫人である著者が綴った、八雲に関する記録。八雲が日本へ渡ったのは明治23年のことである。

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction. Included in this collection are all four full-length Holmes novels and more than forty short masterpieces - from the inaugural adventure A Study in Scarlet to timeless favorites like “The Speckled Band” and more. At the center of each stands the iconic figure of Holmes - brilliant, eccentric, and capable of amazing feats of deductive reasoning.

この人を好きになってよかった――140字で綴られる、出会いと別れ、そして再会。（以下、本文『別れの挨拶』引用）「またね」それが彼とお決まりの挨拶だった。また次の機会にね、そんな意味を込めて。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

外来語の氾濫に関する懸念を語った評論。九鬼は、「カレンダー」と「こよみ」、「郵便函」と「ポスト」など、日本語が外来語に置き換えられている現実を指摘する。外来語反対派の主張として、①日常語の多くが外来語であるため排斥は不要、②特殊な語感が日本語では表現できない、③言語の自然淘汰が行われるという三点を挙げる。

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

日本近代登山の先駆者として知られる小島烏水による、明治時代の冬季富士登山の記録。冬の到来を告げる富士山の雪景色に心を打たれ、登山を決意した小島は、御殿場を起点に、案内人の勝又琴次郎とともに夜明け前の暗闇の中を出発する。夜が明けるにつれ、赤蜻蛉のような雲や、紅葉に彩られた山麓の風景が見えてくる。

With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. A man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald's in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard.

Kevin J. Kennedy’s newest release weaves a chilling tapestry of fear, blending the grotesque, the supernatural, and the utterly bizarre. This gripping horror anthology brings together nineteen stories, each more terrifying than the last, as it delves into the darkest corners of human experience and the unexplainable horrors that lurk just out of sight. From high-tech terror to ancient folklore, these tales are bound to haunt readers long after they’ve turned the last page. The Horror Collection Morte Edition taps into primal fears with each story, expertly blending dread with the unknown.

Nordisk jul er en samling af nordiske julefortællinger. Nogle af Nordens største fortællere beretter her om alt, der vedrører julen. Der er opbyggelige fortællinger om medmenneskelighed, mirakler og tro, mørkere og hjerteskærende fortællinger, der minder os om vigtigheden af medmenneskelighed i julen, fortællinger, hvor gamle fjendskaber sættes til side, så der opstår en mulighed for forsoning og forståelse julenat, fortællinger om julens forventninger, skuffelser og glæder, om julegilder, juleforberedelser og ikke mindst julegaver. Glædelig jul!

Brought to you by Penguin. An original short story about Jack Reacher, available as a separate audiobook (also included in the complete Reacher story collection No Middle Name). Early in his military career, Jack Reacher is ordered undercover in Washington, to discover which one of four women...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】大垣藩の郡玄一郎は藩主からの使命で彦根への道中、伊吹山で山賊に遭遇する。

The 24 stories that make up Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman generously express the incomparable Haruki Murakami’s mastery of the form. Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things for which we might wish. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit Murakami’s ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising, and entertaining.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ある秋の夜、王石谷(おうせきこく)は軍※(「りっしんべん＋軍」)南田(うんなんでん)と茶を飲みながら、黄大癡(こうたいち)の「秋山図」について語り始める。元宰(げんさい)先生から秋山図の存在を聞いた煙客(えんかく)翁は、潤州(じゅんしゅう)の張(ちょう)氏の家を訪れ、その神秘的な絵を目にする。