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    Twenty-Minute Stories: Over Fifty Classic Short Stories
    Twenty-Minute Stories: Over Fifty Classic Short Stories
    Twenty-Minute Stories: Over Fifty Classic Short Stories
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    Twenty-Minute Stories: Over Fifty Classic Short Stories

    Published by Red Door Consulting

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Over 50 great classic short stories, each around 20 minutes in length - perfect for short journeys, bedtime listening and those moments in between....

    'The Khitmatgar' by B. M. Croker
    'The Mummy of Thompson Pratt' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
    'The Ghost at the Blue Dragon' by William J. Wintle
    'A Tropical Horror' by William Hope Hodgson
    'Miracles' by Barry Pain
    'The Dust That Was Barren' by P. C. Wren
    'His Unconquerable Enemy' by W. C. Morrow
    'A Tiger’s Skin' by W. W. Jacobs
    'Double Demon' by W. F. Harvey
    'Number Ninety' by B. M. Croker
    'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow
    'Pigs Is Pigs' by Ellis Parker Butler
    'A Considerable Murder' by Barry Pain
    'The Bet' by Anton Chekhov
    'The Bed by the Window' by E. F. Benson
    'The Christmas Tree and the Wedding' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    'The Dream Snake' by Robert E. Howard
    'The Fire' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
    'The Former Passengers' by B. M. Croker
    'The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number' by Gertrude Atherton

    Plus over 30 more gripping 20-minute tales....
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateFeb 20, 2016
    ISBN9781509401437
    Twenty-Minute Stories: Over Fifty Classic Short Stories

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