Selected Shorts: Tales of Betrayal

Selected Shorts: Pets!

• ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Gail Godwin, Ana Menendez, Robertson Davies, and others
• Narrated By Jane Curtin, Jacqueline Kim, Charles Keating

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 discovers that not all mythical creatures are extinct, stalk the night with the Cat of Frankenstein, kick that caffeine habit with a class of kindergartners, dance along with a divorcée and her dog, and more!

Selected Shorts: Readers & Writers

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 12 mins)
• By Evelyn Waugh, Molly Giles, Ray Bradbury, and others
• Narrated By Tony Roberts, John Shea, Isaiah Sheffer, and others

A boon for booklovers, this audio set features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word.

Tony Roberts reads a hilarious Walter R. Brooks story about how Ed - a talking horse - became a voracious reader of adventure tales and mysteries. In a story by Italo Calvino, read by John Shea, a man tries to make the most of his beach holiday by reading and making love at the same time.

Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 15 mins)
• By Andrew Lam, Ray Bradbury, Haruki Murakami, and others
• Narrated By James Naughton, Stephen Colbert, John Lithgow, and others

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.

Selected Shorts: Are We There Yet?

• ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 7 mins)
• By Stuart Dybek, Martha Gellhorn, Edward P. Jones, and others
• Narrated By Keith Szarabajka, Joanna Gleason, Sonia Manzano, and others

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 housewife tries to escape Kansas City.

Selected Shorts: Wondrous Women

• ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 5 mins)
• By Teolinda Gersao, Kim Edwards, Allan Gurganus, and others
• Narrated By Kathleen Chalfant, Holly Hunter, Marian Seldes, and others

Strong female protagonists grace this collection of passionate stories dedicated to mothers, daughters, wives, and lovers. A woman splurges on an irresistible coat that becomes her; a feisty teenager who has grown up as her activist mother¿s poster-child realizes the strength of her own convictions; and a young peasant woman saved from drowning is suddenly drawn to her rescuer and hopeful about her life.