Selected Shorts
http://www.symphonyspace.org/shorts
is a public radio program which airs actors reading stories mainly by contemporary writers. Here is a link to their podcast, where you can download audio versions of stories for free.
The radio program that originated the National Story Project, which resulted in the book True Tales of American Life. On the right of the page, you'll see archives. Here, you will find recorded versions of many stories that were not included in the book.
www.granta.com
a magazine published in Britain, offers a good overview of what's happening in contemporary fiction, includes extracts of stories, chapters of novels, some audio (interviews and authors reading from their books).
Storyteller, a Canadian magazine that features short stories (lengthy excerpts but no full texts)
Wednesday 11 July 2007
Stories Online
Bibliomania, a fairly extensive offering of Classic Short Stories --full texts online. There are no contemporary works here, only ones which are in the public domain, i.e. no longer under copyright protection.
20 Classic American stories (most are famous--many are gothic or suspense stories, e.g. by Edgar Allen Poe)
more classic stories
Particularly good for improving your English, these stories include study questions and vocabulary help (click on a highlighted word to get a definition):
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