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Short Story Collection Vol. 008

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Short Story Collection Vol. 008

Short Story Collection Vol. 008

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Twenty stories. Twenty voices. One collection that spans a century of fiction and reminds us why the short story endures. This anthology pulls works from the public domain, meaning you'll encounter voices from different eras, each with their own sensibility and craft. Some tales will catch you off guard with their humor. Others will settle into your chest like a stone you didn't know you were carrying. The narrators vary too, each bringing their own rhythm to the prose. That's the magic of an anthology: the eclecticism is the point. You open the book not knowing quite what you'll find, and that's the pleasure. It's like being invited into a stranger's library and having them read you their favorites. For anyone who believes that stories are the way we make sense of being alive.

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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety...

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