The Stolen Bacillus and other stories

A collection of 15 humorous short stories by the original master of speculative fiction: H. G. Wells. This was the first collection of short stories published by the author, and contains a mixture of fantasy, science-fiction and humour! - Summary by Beth Thomas (4 hr 52 min)

Chapters

The Stolen Bacillus	16:25	Read by Pamela Nagami
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid	18:23	Read by Lauren Randall
In the Avu Observatory	18:33	Read by Bill Mosley
Triumphs of a Taxidermist	8:41	Read by James White
A Deal in Ostriches	13:16	Read by Eddie Kigozi
Through a Window	23:27	Read by Eddie Kigozi
The Temptation of Harringay	15:23	Read by Eddie Kigozi
The Flying Man	15:13	Read by Eric Leuschner
The Diamond Maker	21:13	Read by Eddie Kigozi
Aepyornis Island	25:46	Read by Lauren Randall
The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes	31:42	Read by DJRickyV
The Lord of the Dynamos	23:55	Read by Snowdrop58
The Hammerpond Park Burglary	14:58	Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
A Moth - Genus Novo	25:12	Read by Benjamin Davis
The Treasure in the Forest	20:52	Read by Saint Ananda

Reviews

Good stories & reading. A few bad recordings.

(4 stars)

Todd Mullen

I enjoyed these very much, but 3-5 were recorded such that every few seconds the recording did not pick up the reader's voice. I thought it it was background noise or me not paying attention enough, but listening very intently, the words just seem to skip part of the sentence every few moments. I had to skip those because I couldn't follow the story. Excellent group of stories & readers otherwise.

Gripping!

(5 stars)

Loloreads

A wonderful set of tales with some very unusual concepts. One in particular had me on the edge of my seat! But beware.. a few contain language or bias of the time that might be offensive to some.

An entertaining collection of stories