THE SIEGE OF BERLIN - By Alphonse Daudet
We were walking up the Avenue des Champs-Élysées with Dr. V, trying to read the story of the siege of You see those four closed windows abo...
THE ADVENTURES OF THE SOUL - By Anatole France
As I understand criticism it is, like philosophy and history, a kind of novel for the use of discreet and curious minds. And every novel,...
Bullet Proof Boots
I was hanging in the air watching old Mr Turner saddle his horse when my internal alarm chimed. He had slept the night out on the high plai...
Two Minutes
Time. 10:19 p.m. South Florida. The traffic light rests at red for an eternity, mocking me with its condescending gaze. I quickly turned ...
Girl with Spider - By Tom Lisowski
You’re about to do something criminal, aren’t you? Ken said. Liz wasn’t, as far as she was aware, but was She couldn’t remember how long th...
The Cunning Fox and the Clever Stork
Once upon a time, there lived a very cunning and mischievous fox. He used to speak to other animals sweetly and gain their trust, before ...
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they s...
The Lion and the Mouse
Once when a lion, the king of the jungle, was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down on him. This "Pardon, O King!" c...
Frank and Elvis By R.G.Barringer
A cool night air descended. Now that he had left the valley, it smelled and felt good. It dried Mike’s sweat. He lit another cigarette, gav...
Axe Murder Hollow
retold by S.E. Schlosser Susan and Ned were driving through a wooded empty section of highway. Lightning flashed, thunder roared...
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
I A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were beh...
To Build a Fire by Jack London
Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth- ba...
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