Here are some free short stories to read online. These very short stories are perfect for high school or middle school students or anyone who loves reading.
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A librarian once told me, "To forget a book is forgivable, but to forget the words is a travesty." I am returning a book late, and I haven't finished reading it, so I ask the librarian if she can tell me about the ending.Pervin Saket She Screamed She screamed and she screamed....
In the loosest sense of the words, short stories tend to have some sort of beginning, middle and end (there are always exceptions!). They could do with a character or two. And definitely a distinctive point of view. Ideally - and this is very important with short stories - something sh...
“At the hotel my mother was Missus Alburest, and I waslittle girl, as in, ‘Hey, little girl, stop riding the elevator up and down. It’s not a toy.’” Why we love it: This is less a short story than an anecdotal essay about the words we use to identify one another, especia...
They're not going to make a move without it being in service of that ultimate goal. In short stories, theprotagonist'smain goal is the driving force behind their decisions for the few thousand words we spend with them. Among the decisions made in the three example stories are these: ...
View original post366 more words Posted inPoetry,Short Stories Taggedanothology,emotion,micro fiction,poetry,Sarah Brentyn,short stories,The shadows we breath May 17, 2021 My Mother’s Song Image by Sue Vincent A while ago, I wrote this 99-word story for the Sue Vincent Classic at Carrot ...
C.H. Hung's genre-spanning short fiction has appeared in multiple magazines and anthologies. Here's how to find her stories, and where to read them.
a kick out of seeing a humorous Western romance unfold between Joséfa, a brave and headstrong ranch owner, and Ripley Givens, a cowboy trying to impress her with his bravery. They’ll like it even more when they get to the part with the puma and O. Henry’s telltale surprise ending....
“In life every ending is just a new beginning,” says Dakota Fanning’s character in Uptown Girls. A talented young man’s deepest fear is holding his life back. Your character’s biggest fear is your story’s secret weapon. Don’t run from it, write about it. A poor young boy or...