Welcome to Sniplits! We have a terrific collection of literary and genre short audio stories to fit your busy, on-the-go life. Our Christmas story collection even includes a couple free classic tales. Download our audio short stories just like you download music for your:

• Mobile phone (any that can play MP3 music)
• iPod, Zune, or other MP3 player
• e-Readers that can play MP3 audiobooks
• Computers

Every week Sniplits offers a free audio short, and this week we have the tender story of a boy and his grandfather and the magical realm of Altenmoor, written by Mort Castle and read by Malcolm Rothman.

Altenmoor, Where the Dogs Dance By Mort Castle When he needs to know the truth of things, or just if the dogs are dancing,... (More) Time: 11:38 / $0.89  Sample   Add to Cart  (3)

Mort Castle published his first novel in 1967 and since then has had over 500 publications. “I’m not prolific,” Mort insists, “just old.” His work has received many honors, including a Bram Stoker nomination for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction from the Horror Writers Association for Dreaming Robot Monster from Mighty Unclean.

Mort has seven novels to his credit, including The Strangers, optioned for the screen by Whitewater Films, two short story collections, including Moon on the Water, from which some of his Sniplits stories were selected, and two chapbooks. He edited the definitive genre fiction “how to” books, Writing Horror: The Horror Writers of America Handbook, and its successor, On Writing Horror, both from Writer’s Digest Books, and wrote a chapter for the Bram Stoker Award winning Handbook of Horror, edited by Michael Knost. He also wrote a chapter for the Handbook of Novel Writing from Writer’s Digest Books.

Mort has been nominated six times for the Bram Stoker Award and four times for the Pushcart Prize, and he was named one of “21 Leaders in the Arts for the 21st Century in Chicago’s Southland” by the Chicago Sun-Times/Hollinger Newspaper Group. He teaches in the Fiction Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago. He and his wife of 36 years, Jane, live in Crete, Illinois.

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These are exciting days for storylovers—with so many new authors publishing stories. But, how do know which author to try next? Sniplits is here to help you find great new authors! We read stories by more than a thousand authors each time we open submissions, then carefully select the stories we think our listeners/readers will love.

Sniplits now has three ebook anthologies published—two mystery and crime ebooks with 11 short stories each, and one ebook with 12 love stories. You can see a list of the stories in each downloadable ebook on our new ebooks page. They can be purchased through Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo and other online retailers. We are also beginning to publish enhanced audio short stories—watch for more news on this effort soon!

Is there anything more wonderful than having someone tell you a story in a voice that just carries you away? We carefully select just the right narrator to tell each Sniplits story and professionally produce them for the very best listening experience.