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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, a town synonymous with the earlier Salem Witch Trials. It was instrumental in Hawthorne’s later use of American Gothic and dark romanticism in his writing. Hawthorne’s short stories were first published in magazines but in 1837 were collected and published as ‘Twice-Told Tales’. A steady literary career still did not come his way and so he worked in a good position at Salem’s port and married the love of his life Sophia Peabody. Finally, in 1850 came spectacular literary and commercial success with ‘The Scarlet Letter.’

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Top 10 Short Stories - Christmas today.

Christmas in the small town of Timberton, Montana, is always filled with holiday traditions, exquisite cuisine, and heartfelt camaraderie. Betty’s annual cookie exchange will delight many a sweet tooth, and Mist’s elegant Christmas Eve dinner will enchant even the most discerning of palates. And there are a few surprises in store each year to bring a touch of wonder to the season.

I never imagined I’d get stuck in a blizzard and run off the road by a deer. Even more unexpected was that my ex-boyfriend would be the one to rescue me from the ditch. We didn’t exactly end on good terms ten years ago, and now we’re snowed in at a bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere, with no internet or cell service, sharing the only vacant room.

The small Montana town of Timberton has always provided a joyful Christmas retreat for visitors as well as those who live in the area. When guests check into the hotel for the holidays, they’re often unaware that resident chef and artist, Mist, has a way of working magic in people's lives.

Markiewitz Audioworks is proud to present "A Cratchit Christmas," a full cast audio dramatization based upon the 1843 story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. In this original script, an international cast of voice actors, a Victorian soundscape and sound effects, and a beautiful Christmassy score, serve to bring you a rendition of this tale you've never heard before!

Gabriella is thrilled to be celebrating her first Christmas in Atlanta after moving from the Midwest. She's been struggling to adapt to her new home, but Christmas has always been a bit magical for her and like always it brings her joy and peace. An embarrassing mix up lands her a date with the hottest CFO in the city, and she's certain this Christmas will be the most magical yet.

William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married.

Nineteen-year-old Baran Arslan gets a shocking Christmas present from his father. When Turkish businessman Marat Arslan discovers his son is gay, he flies him from Istanbul to New York City for the holiday - and abandons him. Cut off from access to his family and any funds Baran must figure out how to survive. Fortunately, he speaks English and soon meets a young man who directs him to Rainbow Haven, a homeless shelter for gay young men.

When Ripley fabricates a boyfriend to put off her family's overzealous matchmaking efforts, she never thought it would go so far. But when she gets pulled over for speeding, the police officer gets caught up in her fake boyfriend scheme. Cash has good reasons for swearing off the holidays and relationships. But his plans to spend Christmas alone are thwarted when he's mistaken for an event planner he secretly admired from afar. The time spent with Ripley and her family starts to thaw his frozen heart.

You’d think I could get through one holiday season without some magical catastrophe looming over my head. But no, instead of cozying up with hot cocoa and pretending I don’t see the glitter explosion my kids call “decorating,” I get a phone call. Turns out, some relic is threatening to drain every ounce of Christmas magic from the world. Just your average holiday crisis, right?

Dear listeners: With this audiobook, I can finally share with the world the untold story of how the formerly secret Worldwide Reindeer Rescue Organization saved the life of the most famous reindeer of them all, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

In A Modern Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is not just a miser—he’s a ruthless tycoon, colder than the winter chill of modern London. But on Christmas Eve, the spectral visit of his father unleashes a torrent of long-buried secrets that threaten to either redeem or unravel him. At the heart of this journey stands Jesu, a homeless young man whose fate is intertwined with Scrooge’s own. Haunted by choices and visions of what might have been, Scrooge is thrust into a race against time to mend his broken legacy, torn between love and despair.

Ein Café in Kalifornien, ein alter VW-Bus und jede Menge (Liebes-)Abenteuer! Yvonne muss nicht lange überlegen, als ihre Tante Heidi sie bittet, in ihrem Café in Kalifornien auszuhelfen. Einen passenderen Zeitpunkt hätte es nicht geben können, da in ihrem Leben gerade so einiges schiefläuft. Was könnte es da Besseres geben, als in das sonnige Kalifornien aufzubrechen? Nach einem holprigen Auftakt verliebt sich Yvonne schnell in das schillernde Küstenstädtchen Santa Cruz und meistert mit Heidi zusammen so manche Hürde rund um das Café.

When the Scott family gathers on the beautiful Marco Island to celebrate their mother’s 65th birthday, six sisters feign happiness in the face of their mother’s “predictions” and their father’s poor health. But each sister is followed by their own problems, causing a tangled mess of drama thinly veiled behind fake smiles.

Ever since Thanksgiving, when an engagement ring in a velvet box—and no gift tag—was left behind, Poppy and her pals have been left with an unsolved mystery. But at least this mystery isn't the kind that involves murder. That all changes when the body of a fish supplier is discovered in the kitchen of her ex's restaurant—and he's frozen, not fresh. For once, it's not Poppy who tripped over the corpse, yet she can't escape being drawn in since the victim has a note taped to him reading Get Poppy. Figures—an engagement ring isn't labeled, but the dead guy is addressed to her.