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28 Letters by Alex Sultan   A gem can not be polished without friction, nor man perfe...

A Feast of Reason is a short story by William Dean Howells.   A Feast of Reason Flori...

A Happy Biurthday by Louisa May Alcott.   A certain fine old lady was seventy-three o...

A Mother by James Joyce.   A Mother MR HOLOHAN, assistant secretary of the Eire Abu S...

A Nest-Egg by James Whitcomb Riley   A Nest-Egg But a few miles from the city here, a...

A Pedestrian Tour is a short story by William Dean Howells.   A Pedestrian Tour Walki...

A Predicament by Edgar Allan Poe, 1842.   A Predicament IT was a quiet and still afte...

A Presentiment is a short story by William Dean Howells.   Over our coffee in the Tur...

A Rural Telephone by Harriet Prescott Spofford, 1909.   A Rural Telephone THE great c...

Aches and Pains   You tell me about your bad knee, your achy back, your sore shoulder...

Amber Code Hell by Scott Christenson Last week after getting off a flight in Hong Kong and...

An Awakening by Sherwood Anderson, An Awakening An Awakening Belle Carpenter had a dark sk...

An Encounter by James Joyce.   An Encounter IT WAS Joe Dillon who introduced the Wild...

An Experience is a short story by William Dean Howells.   An Experience For a long ti...

Art by Ralph Waldo Emerson is an essay –Essays, First Series [1841] Art Because the ...

At a Dime Museum is a short story by William Dean Howells.   At a Dime Museum “...

Have you wondered what you will find Beneath the water? Life beneath the water is breathta...

Benjamin Franklin by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Benjamin Franklin In the year 1716, or about tha...

Black Joe by Henry Lawson (1867-1922)     Black Joe   They called him Black...

Buried Treasures by Bram Stoker.   Buried Treasures Chapter I – The Old Wreck M...

Buying A Horse is a short story by William Dean Howells.   Buying A Horse If one has ...

Character by Ralph Waldo Emerson   The sun set; but set not his hope: Stars rose; his...

CHINUA ACHEBE (1930-2013) A summary of of the life of the renowned Nigerian author –...

Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1841. Circles The eye is the first circle; the...

Compensation by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1841. Compensation Ever since I was a boy...

Counterparts by James Joyce   Counterparts THE bell rang furiously and, when Miss Par...

David Swan by Nathaniel Hawthorne. David Swan We can be but partially acquainted even with...

Dirt Cheap is a story by Anne Marie Miles. Trigger Warning: Discussions of death in a way ...

Dislikes was written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1903. Dislikes I want it to be understood t...

Down on the Bayou Ty Flynn is the latest Hollywood action movie star. He is making money ...

Fire Worship by Nathaniel Hawthorne.   Fire Worship It is a great revolution in socia...

Free is a science fiction short story by Sherri Moorer.   Zelina walked in the middle...

Greater Love by Bram Stoker.   Greater Love We was just standin’ here at about ...

Hands by Sherwood Anderson, 1919.   HANDS, Concerning Wing Biddlebaum Hands UPON THE ...

Hearts and Hands was written by O. Henry (his real name is William Sydney Potter). It was ...

Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe.   Hop-Frog I NEVER knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke...

How It Happened by Arthur Conan Doyle   How It Happened   She was a writing medi...

How They Ran Away by Louisa May Alcott 1908. How They Ran Away   Two little boys sat ...

I Want to Know Why by Sherwood Anderson. I Want to Know Why We got up at four in the morni...

I’m A Fool by Sherwood Anderson, 1922.   I’m A Fool It was a hard jolt fo...

If I Let You by Aeries Walker   If I let you touch her, will you please be gentle? Ju...

Indian Fighters by William Dean Howells.   Indian Fighters   In the long war wit...

Jubilee Days by William Dean Howells.   Jubilee Days I believe I have no good reason ...

King Pest by Edgar Allan Poe. King Pest The gods do bear and will allow in kings The thing...

The summer I turned sixteen and got my license, Kyle Lewis was pulled dead from the lake. ...

Lights, Camera – is a short story about a girls last social media post before she ki...

Lois Goose Fair by D. H. Lawrence.   Lois Goose Fair I Through the gloom of evening, ...

Long Odds by Kenneth Grahame, 1895. Long Odds For every honest reader there exist some hal...

Loss of Breath by Edgar Allan Poe, 1850. Loss of Breath The most notorious ill-fortune mus...

Marama, a folktale. This story is told to encourage people to seek solutions to their chal...

Miss Mary Mack by Henry Carrington Bolton, 1888   Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack All dres...

Motherhood by Sherwood Anderson, 1919. Motherhood Below the hill there was a swamp in whic...

Mrs. Bullfrog by Nathaniel Hawthorne.     Mrs. Bullfrog It makes me melancholy t...

Music and Me A Personal Story About My Journey by Finayon   Finayon tells about his j...

My Old Man by Enerst Hemingway, 1923, 1925.   My Old Man   Introduction I heard ...

My Red Cap by Louisa May Alcott.   My Red Cap   “He who serves well need n...

Nkem is a love story set in Igbo land, Nigeria. Julius Topohozin expresses the Igbo cultur...

O. Henry is a pseudonym used by WIlliam Sydney Poter.     William Sydney Porter ...

Only Me   I got lost. So freaking lost. I just can´t find my way back. Maybe if I fo...

Oscar Wilde is known for his literary works, masterful comedies, wit, and jail sentence. R...

Our New House by Bram Stoker.   Our New House We spoke of it as our New House simply ...

Out of Season by Enerst Hemingway, 1923. Out of Season   On the four lira he had earn...

Passeur by Robert Chambers 1897. Passeur When he had finished his pipe he tapped the brier...

Proud Fathers is a story by Greg Madden Proud Fathers John Mason’s wife dropped her husb...

“Ray of Light” is one of the most interesting short stories on confessional fo...

Red Tent by Nick Yim   His outfit had him looking like an oval. A flat, dark egg jutt...

Scene by William Dean Howells   Scene On that loveliest autumn morning, the swollen t...

Seeds by Sherwood Anderson, 1918. Seeds He was a small man with a beard and was very nervo...

Senility by Sherwood Anderson   Senility He was an old man and he sat on the steps of...

Shadow by Edgar Allan Poe.   Shadow YE who read are still among the living; but I who...

Sir Isaac Newton by Nathaniel Hawthorne.   Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was born...

It is often said that if you cannot fly, run. If you cannot run, walk. If you cannot walk,...

Someone has died is a horror story where the narrator describes her own death. Caution: Th...

Table Talk by William Dean Howells   Table Talk   They were talking after dinner...

The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho The Aged Mother   Long, long ago there lived at the f...

The Amigo culled from The Daughter of the Storage by William Dean Howells The Amigo  ...

The Bath by Henry Lawson.   The Bath THE MORAL should be revived. Therefore, this is ...

The Battler by Enerst Hemingway, 1925.     The Battler   Nick stood up. He ...

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe.   The Black Cat FOR the most wild, yet most homely ...

The Boarders culled from The Daughter of the Storage by William Dean Howells The Boarders ...

The Bog Witch   Frogs croak at sundown in the bogs. That’s when she took visitors. ...

The Bookshop by Aldous Huxley, 1920.   The Bookshop IT seemed indeed an unlikely plac...

The Business Man by Edgar Allan Poe.   The Business Man Method is the soul of busines...

The Crystal Cup by Bram Stoker.   The Crystal Cup I. The Dream-Birth The blue waters ...

The Darling River by Henry Lawson (1867-1922) The Darling River The Darling River — ...

The Desalinator   “I hate the smell of salt. I feel like all I do is look at salt, ...

The Egg by Sherwood Anderson, 1919. The Egg My father was, I am sure, intended by nature t...

The Exciseman by Henry Lawson (1867-1922)   The Exciseman HARRY CHATSWOOD, mail contr...

The Father – a short story by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The man whose story is here t...

The Father by William Dean Howells The Father As soon as we heard the pleasant news—I su...

The Gatekeeper   Ivan, the gatekeeper, summoned the young lad, Leonid Portnoy. Having...

The Gloaming by Sean Finn We stood on the porch together, staring at the vast blue twiligh...

The god of Fire is based on Greek mythology. The story of Hephaestus – The god of fi...

The Last Leaf by O. Henry   The Last Leaf In a little district west of Washington Squ...

The laughing tree is a folktale. This African story originates from Nigeria and is told to...

The Lazy hunter is a folktale about the importance of hard work and consequences of lazine...

The Leopard And The Cunning Fox An adaptation of The Leopard   A leopard hunting in t...

The Loaded Dog by Henry Lawson (1867-1922)   The Loaded Dog DAVE REGAN, Jim Bently, a...

THE LOST HEIR     This story is about waiting patiently for what is yours to com...

The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; ...

The Mad Lady by Harriet Prescott Spofford, 1916.     The Mad Lady CERTAINLY ther...

The Magic Ring by Kenneth Grahame, 1902.   The Magic Ring   GROWN-UP people real...

The Mother-Bird culled from The Daughter of the Storage by William Dean Howells The Mother...

The Namesake   The 1990s He smirked. That was a piece of cake. He dodged another one....

The Open Window by Saki, published on 8th November, 1911   “My aunt will be dow...

The other Woman by Sherwood Anderson, 1920. The Other Woman “I am in love with my wi...

The Pendulum by Ray Bradbury, 1939. The Pendulum The pendulum Up and down, back and forth,...

The Piggy Girl by Louisa May Alcott.   The Piggy Girl   “I won’t be ...

The Princesses is a folktale told to teach about humility, the challenges of privilege, an...

The Record by Ray Bradbury The Record For twenty years—for twenty long, horror filled, w...

The Red Stockade by Bram Stoker.   The Red Stockade We was on the southern part of th...

The Renegades by William Dean Howells   The Renegades Simon Girty, who tried so hard ...

The Sisters written by James Joyce. The Sisters THERE was no hope for him this time: it wa...

The Squaw by Bram Stoker.   The Squaw Nurnberg at the time was not so much exploited ...

The Storm by Kate Chopin, 1898.   The Storm The leaves were so still that even Bibi t...

The Way of Peace by Bram Stoker.   The Way of Peace I knew both Michael Hennessey and...

The Wedding Knell by Nathaniel Howthorne, 1836.   The Wedding Knell There is a certai...

This Old Man by Anonymous Published in 1906 This old man, he played one He played knick-kn...

To the Mountains by Louise W.   The Train snakes across the blackened strip of highwa...

Tom’s Money by Harriet Prescott Spofford, 1907.     Tom’s Money &nbs...

Transmigration is a story by R. J. Gaines   Netikka gazed across the room at the cong...

Two Gallants written by James Joyce.   THE grey warm evening of August had descended ...

United Division was written in 1888 by Henry Lawson   United Division It cannot be de...

Vanka by Anton Chekhov, published on Christmas Day in 1886   Vanka Zhukov, a boy of n...

Wakefield: Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Wakefield Who absented himself for a l...

Watermark Craig Westmore     I began my walk across the Atlantic Ocean in the ci...

Ways Out by William Dean Howells.   Ways Out   In 1893 Jacob S. Coxey, a respect...

We Crown Thee king by Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian poet, painter, novelist, short story ...

Why Though? is a short story by Renuka Raghavan.   I’m surprised you stopped and ac...