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Enjoy a collection of short-short stories by famous and lesser-known writers, grouped by category to suit your mood. Find witty, introspective, moral, other-worldly, feel-good, dramatic, and political stories to read in five minutes or less.
May 9, 2024 · Improve your English reading skills with these classic and modern stories from various genres and cultures. Each story comes with a brief introduction, vocabulary tips and a link to read or listen online.
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- “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. While not exactly a philosophical or political tale like our first two examples, this twisty short story from Dahl does delve into some shady moral territory.
- “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. A perennial feature in many a high school syllabus, Shirley Jackson’s best-known short story clinically details an unusual ritual that takes place in a small town.
- “How to Become a Writer” by Lorrie Moore. Told in the second person point of view, this story from Moore’s debut anthology Self-Help takes an honest look at the inner life of a struggling artist.
- “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian. In the Social Media Age, no short story has gone viral the way this New Yorker contribution from Roupenian has. Arriving at the height of #MeToo, it begins with 20-year-old Margot embarking on the early stages of flirtation with an older man, Robert.
Enjoy a collection of 160 short stories from various authors, genres and periods. Browse the list of titles and click to read online or download the PDF file.
Read the best fiction short stories for free on Reedsy Prompts. Be it fantasy, romance, or historical fiction stories; our collection includes them all. Choose now from 31100+ short fiction stories and start reading online!
Jun 15, 2020 · The best short stories for every taste and mood. 15 June 2020. By Cath Pound, Features correspondent. Alamy. In Grand Union, Zadie Smith embraces the contemporary and the surreal (Credit: Alamy)...
