【英文短篇小说】'The Magic Shop'

The Magic Shop written by H. G. Wells narrated by Michael Scott produced by ThoughtAudio.com I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderfu

【英文短篇小说】I Know What You Need（2）

As the days passed it occurred to her that she had never met anyone, male or female, that seemed to understand her moods and needs so completely or so wordlessly. Their tastes coincided. While Tony had enjoyed violent movies of the Godfather type, Ed

【英文短篇小说】SANCTUARY（2）

Im coming now, said Bunch, to the most important thing of all. The reason why Ive really come here today. You see, the Eccleses made a great fuss about having his coat. We took it off when the doctor was seeing him. It was an old, shabby sort of coat

【英文短篇小说】The Best Girlfriend You Never Had

A perfect day in the city always starts like this: My friend Leo picks me up and we go to a breakfast place called Rick and Anns where they make red flannel hash out of beets and bacon, and then we cross the Bay Bridge to the gardens of the Palace of

【英文短篇小说】Grace Notes（1）

I GABRIELLA SESTIERI OF PITIGLIANO. Anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts should contact the office of Malcolm Ranier. I WAS READING the Herald-Star at breakfast when the notice jumped out at me from the personal section. I put my coffee down with

【英文短篇小说】Grace Notes（3）

VI Damn it, Warshawski, what were you doing here anyway? Sergeant John McGonnigal and I were talking in the back room of Mr. Fortieris shop while evidence technicians ravaged the front. I was as surprised to see him as he was me: Id worked with him,

【英文短篇小说】Grace Notes（4）

When I reached the inner office my anger mounted to murderous levels: my mothers olivewood box lay in pieces in the garbage. I pulled it out. They had pried it apart, and torn out the velvet lining. One shred of pale green lay on the floor. I scrabbl

【英文短篇小说】The Fly（1）

The Fly. By George Langelann. I. TELEPHONES AND telephone bells have always made me uneasy. Years ago, when they were mostly wall fixtures, I disliked them, but nowadays, when they are planted in every nook and corner, they are a downright intrusion.

【英文短篇小说】The Enormous Radio

JIM AND IRENE WESTCOTT were the kind of people who seem to strike that satisfactory average of income, endeavor, and respectability that is reached by the statistical reports in college alumni bulletins. They were the parents of two young children, t

【英文短篇小说】The Fly（3）

I had to wait a while to pull myself together, and then I knocked slowly three times. I heard Andre shuffling behind the door, then his hand fumbling with the lock, and the door opened. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that he was standing behind t

【英文短篇小说】I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon（1）

AFTER TAKEOFF the ship routinely monitored the condition of the sixty people sleeping in its cryonic tanks. One malfunction showed, that of person nine. His EEG revealed brain activity. Shit, the ship said to itself. Complex homeostatic devices locke

【英文短篇小说】TOO MANY COINCIDENCES（1）

TOO MANY COINCIDENCES WHENEVER RUTH looked back on the past three years - and she often did - she came to the conclusion that Max must have planned everything right down to the last detail - yes, even before theyd met. They first bumped into each oth

【英文短篇小说】THE SHADOW ON THE GLASS（1）

LISTEN to this, said Lady Cynthia Drage. She read aloud from the journal she held in her hand. Mr. and Mrs. Unkerton are entertaining a party at Greenways House this week. Amongst the guests are Lady Cynthia Drage, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scott, Major P

【英文短篇小说】OLD INDIAN TRICK

Its hard to argue with an old Indian or his tricks. I was driving Lonnie Little Bird up to Billings for an evening diabetes checkup at Deaconess Hospital when we pulled into the Blue Cow Caf, on the Crow Reservation just off I-90, for some supper. Th

【英文短篇小说】Sredni Vashtar

Conradin was ten years old, and the doctor had pronounced his professional opinion that the boy would not live another five years. The doctor was silky and effete, and counted for little, but his opinion was endorsed by Mrs. de Ropp, who counted for

【英文短篇小说】Gabriel-Ernest

There is a wild beast in your woods, said the artist Cunningham, as he was being driven to the station. It was the only remark he had made during the drive, but as Van Cheele had talked incessantly his companion's silence had not been noticeable. A s

【英文短篇小说】Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog

41. The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog There was a big rabbit, said Dandelion. There was a small rabbit. There was El-ahrairah; and he had the frost in his fine new whiskers. The earth up and down the runs of the warren was so hard that yo

【英文短篇小说】Watership Down

These are stories about the legendary hero of rabbits, El-ahrairah, and his trusty companion, Rabscuttle as told by Dandelion to his friends Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, Pipkin, and others. Important Lapine (rabbit) words: owsla = guards; fighters, silflay

【英文短篇小说】The King's Lettuce

15. The Story of the Kings Lettuce Don Alfonso: Eccovi il medico, signore belle. Ferrando and Guglielmo: Despina in maschera, che triste pelle! Lorenzo da Ponte Cost fan Tutte They say that there was a time when El-ahrairah and his followers lost all

【英文短篇小说】The Star

The Star by H.G. Wells (1897) - as read by Alex Wilson It was on the first day of the new year that the announcement was made, almost simultaneously from three observatories, that the motion of the planet Neptune, the outermost of all the planets tha