Something New for Writers and Readers

Do you like audio books? Do you like short stories? Hello, have I got something for you!

Head on over to Sniplits. Subtitled Audio Shorts 2 Go, Sniplits offers audio short stories in a variety of genres and lengths. As described on the website’s About page:

Unlike audiobooks that can take hours to finish, these stories take just a snip of time. They are the perfect pack-and-go entertainment for just about any pause in your day. A 10-minute story might be just what you need for a coffee break, while a two-minute story might make that wait in line at the bank’s drive through a little easier to take. How about a 20-minute story for your lunch break, or a 40-minute story to get you through your dental appointment.

After joining Sniplits (which is easy, quick, and free), you can search for stories by author, length, or genre. The stories are inexpensive, costing 48 cents for pieces less than five minutes long and 88 cents for anything over five minutes, including stories over an hour long. Once you purchase a story, you can save it in your library or download it to any device capable of playing digital music. Compatibility shouldn’t be an issue because the stories are all published DRM-free. Even better, each story can be downloaded to 10 different devices—and they don’t all have to be yours. So if you really love a certain story (for example, something you wrote yourself), you can share it with friends.

The website is new—in fact, it’s still in a beta version―but a fair number of stories are already available. They’re divided into the following genres:

• Literary, mainstream
• Adventure, travel, sports
• Humor
• Horror, spinetinglers
• Period pieces, historical fiction
• Mystery, crime, PI
• Romance
• Speculative, sci fi, fantasy, myth
• Suspense, thriller
• Western
• Tweens2teens

If you’re a writer, Sniplits is an interesting new market well worth considering. If you hate your voice, don’t fear—stories are submitted in written form and Sniplits hires professionals to read them.

Sniplits is currently looking for “beach reads” of between 100 and 8,000 words. For the details and submission guidelines, see the website’s Authors Room page.