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Enjoy a collection of 160 short stories from various authors, genres and periods. Find classics like The Tell-Tale Heart, The Necklace, The Open Window and more.
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Short stories may be small, but they are mighty! With the weight of a novel stripped away, great short stories strike directly at the heart of their topics. Often maligned as the novel’s poor cousin, the short story medium has produced some of the most beloved works of fiction. From the eerily-accurate predictions of Ray Bradbury to the spine-chill...
Here at Reedsy, we're looking to foster the next generation of beloved authors. To that end, we've been running a weekly writing contest for over six years — and these short stories are the thousands of entries we've received over that time. Our writers come to the contest from all experience levels to hone their skills through consistent practice ...
Centered around themed writing prompts, these short stories range across all forms, genres, and topics of interest. Simply filter by the genre that appeals you most, and discover thousands of stories from promising new writers around the world. Maybe you want to read something new, but don’t want to choose a genre? We’ve gathered our favorite entri...
Improve your English reading skills with these classic and modern stories from different genres and cultures. Each story has a brief introduction, vocabulary tips and a link to read or listen online.
Popular Story Tags. Fairy Tales. Panchatantra Stories. Bedtime Stories. Friendship Stories. Moral Stories. Animal Stories. Honesty Stories. Kindness Stories. King Stories. Princess Stories. Funny Stories. Adventurous Stories. Science Fiction Stories. Importance of Reading English Stories for Kids. Making your kids read English stories is quite ...
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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.
Short fiction stories are a fantastic way to access the literary world in compact, bite-sized reading sessions. The short story as we know it today began in the 19th century, when the increasing interest in print literary magazines led to many authors like Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens writing and publishing stories. Later, with the ...
“The Embassy of Cambodia” by Zadie Smith (The New Yorker). After you read “The Devil in America” read this story and see if you can find the parallels. This was my first time reading Zadie Smith because I’d always heard mixed reviews, but if her longer fiction is anything like this short story, I’m in love.
