Uncertain Endings, Otto Penzler
Uncertain Endings, Otto Penzler
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Uncertain Endings
Literature’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories

Author: Otto Penzler

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/27/2021


Synopsis

Otto Penzler presents a collection of nineteen unsolved mystery stories by a number of noted authors, including Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, and Mark Twain, where the ending is left up to the listener to determine.

Here are the most intriguing riddle mysteries in literary history, including tales from Bradbury, Dahl, Huxley, O. Henry, and Twain. Tantalizing, as ingenious as they are devious, the classic stories in this continually arresting collection come with an irresistible challenge: At their end they leave it to you, the listener, to determine how they end. For ultimately it's the listener who authors the fate of the brave youth as he contemplates which of the two doors in the king's arena he will choose in Frank Stockton's famous and unforgettable "The Lady, or the Tiger?" And which of the two brothers in three-time Edgar-winner Stanley Ellin's "Unreasonable Doubt" shoots a bullet square in the middle of their rich uncle's forehead? And just what not-so-sweet secret is the prim Miss Spence hiding behind her smile in Aldous Huxley's deliciously enigmatic tale? You decide.

About Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founded The Mysterious Press in 1975, now an imprint at Grove/Atlantic, and publishes classic crime fiction through MysteriousPress.com. Penzler has won two Edgar Awards, MWA's Ellery Queen Award, and the Raven Award. He has been given Lifetime Achievement awards by Noircon and the Strand Magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucie on March 04, 2021

This was a great read! I have absolutely fallen in love with anthologies this year! Otto Penzler is a brilliant editor. He owns a gorgeous bookshop in Soho dedicated to mysteries and all that’s ghoulish. I was looking to read a collection of novellas dedicated to gruesome and ghoulish themes for the......more

Goodreads review by Tzu-Mainn on October 15, 2015

I picked this book up on a whim while bored at the library, needing something to pass the time. 'Uncertain Endings' definitely does that; as a whole the stories in this collection move quickly to the plot and end before the reader can grow too bored. There's nothing especially memorable about most o......more

Goodreads review by Jack on March 14, 2018

Good Anthology Yet another interesting collection of stories from Mr. Penzler. As a fan of older literature, I couldn't help but enjoy the read.......more

Goodreads review by Alfred on August 04, 2021

Otto Penzler has put together a great collection of mystery short stories. He warns in the intro that these are frustrating tales. In other words, if you want a nice, tidy resolution to your mysteries you won't get it here. Nevertheless, these are great tales from a variety of authors. Many are well......more

Goodreads review by Kivrin on February 18, 2025

Interesting collection of stories from many different decades. Take note of the title! These stories do NOT have true resolutions. Like The Lady & The Tiger...you're left hanging at the end of almost all of these.......more