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Download short stories

Sniplits downloadable audio short stories are perfectly-sized for your fast-paced life, with stories running from under 5 minutes to about 1 hour. Download short fiction for the next time you are:

• Commuting
• Working out
• Traveling
• Waiting in line
• Waiting, anywhere
• Taking a break
• Walking the dog

Each week you can download a free short story. This week's free story is a funny one, dedicated to everyone who takes the time to vote in their (U.S.) state and local primary:

Uncontested Candidate, by Robert Paul Blumenstein.

(The story price will change from $.98 to $0.00 during check-out.)

Sniplits' downloadable short fiction is narrated by professional actors and voice talent and professionally produced.

You can search through Sniplits stories by:

• Author
• Genre
• Story Title
• Listening Time (length)

	Pearls Before Swine By Caroline Dunford A novelist worries for his sanity and his life as the real world dissolves... (More) Time: 25:35 / $0.98  Sample   Add to Cart
	Man on the Run By Laird Long A cold-weather cabbie hell-bent for sunnier climes and brighter days picks... (More) Time: 28:32 / $0.98  Sample   Add to Cart  (2)
	It Had to be Done By Robert Friedman A humorous tale about domestic accidents, philosophy, and growing... (More) Time: 16:38 / $0.88  Sample   Add to Cart  (3)
	The Licensed Reverends of the No Name Church By J. Michael Shell Jess Clairbone paid fifty dollars to become a "Licensed... (More) Time: 52:52 / $1.28  Sample   Add to Cart
	Uncontested Candidate By Robert Paul Blumenstein In this funny story, Lonnie Poteate decides it's high time someone did... (More) Time: 21:24 / $0.98  Sample   Add to Cart  (1)

Sniplits publishes audio short stories as MP3 files so you can download stories for:

• iPhones, BlackBerries, Droids, and other smartphones
• iPods, Zunes, and other MP3 players
• Many e-readers, including versions of Kindle, Nook, and Sony e-readers
• Computers
• Anything else you can use to listen to MP3 files

Robert's short stories and humor pieces have appeared in Narrative, Rose & Thorn, The Kelsey Review, Cosmos Magazine, Bongo News, CAP News, US1, Wild Child Publishing, Sunpiper Press, The Swamp, Quantum Muse, Full Unit Hookup, The Dogwood Journal, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and elsewhere. He is at work on a linked collection of stories that includes all three of the stories published by Sniplits.

Go to Robert Friedman's Fan Club Page
See all stories by Robert Friedman

Boards of directors for Mystery Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association recently voted to add Sniplits to their approved publishers lists! For authors, this means that stories published on Sniplits will be eligible to include in an author's application for active membership in MWA and HWA, and that they will be eligible for consideration for the prestigious Edgar and Bram Stoker awards. For listeners, this means we will be able to bring you even more terrific authors and stories!

Download short stories by 90 new and known authors, from around the world. We're regularly adding new short stories and new authors - so be sure to check back often! Learn more about our authors and ask them questions at their Fan Clubs.

Most of today's new e-readers also offer the option of playing audio short stories and audiobooks. After all, aren't there times in your day when you'd just like someone to tell you a story?