Funny Stories Short Christmas StoriesWill and Guy’s collection of short Christmas stories, many with a humorous twist. Also, please send us your short Christmas stories and we will publish it with a credit to you.The Missing Five Pound Note...
10 characters. Approximately five-minutes long. Humorous re-telling of the classic Lewis Carroll poem. Stella the Umbrella 9+ characters, flexible casting. Approximately 15 minutes long. When Stella the Umbrella begins changing colors for no apparent reason, her friend Uta helps her stand up to ...
Why we love it: In Victorian Era, women had limited rights and lost even more rights when they were married. In this story, Lampton turns this idea on its head as a widow wins over a deacon. This story comes from a book of humorous American short stories, and it doesn’t take much ...
W. Jacobs. I use these two comparisons deliberately, as neither ranks on the level of Chekhov, Hemingway, Cheever, or other artists of the short story, but are acknowledged as masters in its genre forms–ghost stories, horror stories, humorous stories, stories of the sea and sailors. Much ...
A few stories are dark, some are magical or humorous, and many close with a sense of poignancy. Cronin is a marvelous storyteller, and for a reader, spending an afternoon immersed in the lives of the people behind the names is time well-spent. For me, the last story in the ...
Dramatic Stories The Little Match GirlbyHans-Christian-Andersen The poignant tale of a desperate girl who is comforted by warm memories in the end. Hearing the news of her husband's death, Louise's range of emotions may surprise you.
Many writers read this blog. I subscribe to the advice that one should read in order to improve one’s writing. I know it will be a difficult choice, but any stories in particular that have had an impact on you or have increased your understanding of the form?
American Short Stories John Cheever Goodbye, My Brother— two brothers, one optimist, one pessimist, argue while at the family holiday home in the Massachusetts Islands. Reunion— Very sad story about a boy who suddenly understands what an asshat his father is. The classic epiphanic moment. ...
1495746253 DAWSON FIELDING The Sun Rises Into the Sky and Other Stories 1952-1966 GBP 9.001352854053 KAZMIERCZAK-STUBLER, THERESA Kazmierczak-Stubler, Theresa the Canadian Rockies Signed Ltd Num Cdn 1st/1st Nf USD 49.991495746254 DE LA MARE WALTER O Lovely England GBP 18.001495746255 DE LA MARE ...
from the company who brought you the most emotionally devastating opening to a movie EVER (Up). What you might not expect was how heartfelt, humorous and bitter-sweet it all was, plus how the mesmerizing story managed to be utterly profound as well as relentless entertaining. Warning: contain...