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Maupassant's short masterpiece following the journey of a group of civilians during the Franco-Prussian war.
In the mosh pit at a Tricky Woo gig, a confession concerning a young man's adventure with Lisa the Buzz Cut. Contains strong language.
As a man pursues the affections of beautiful young girl, he begins to experience a strange phenomenon that up till that point only affected her mother.
Two women are forced to come to terms with breast cancer.
Even though some Americans like to say, "It's all good," the Chinese know better ...
"I love you, Martha, but you break things. You're breaking us."
Suzanne stays at the bedside of her dying sister, who she has lived with her whole life.
They said I sat on the bottom like an astronaut floating in space...
A woman who lives wild in a remote valley struggles to survive. This story contains adult material.
A reluctant banker tries horn playing as a substitute for his errant girlfriend.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
Doris knew exactly why she'd survived. Like her physicist mother and other members of the scientific, military and political elites, she'd been in an immersion tank when the bombs started falling.
It was Zach's idea to start a Beatles cover band in high school. Zach, you see, was a dead ringer for Paul McCartney.
He steals with swift, simple hands in the yellow Roman sun. The crowds are bulging, swollen, and he bobs amongst them as silent as a jellyfish.
We made sure we both got Ms. Meyer’s homeroom class in fourth grade, because according to my older brother, she was the best teacher of the few you could choose.
I need air... I need to breathe, or I'll die...
Helena coughed uncontrollably, her chest felt like it was on fire, and she kept throwing up salty water.
He had won tickets in a radio contest. A contest he didn’t apply to, on a station that apparently didn’t exist.
My first great love was Seraina Gadient, the flower girl, as we called her then. I had just turned fifteen when I realized with horror that I had a massive crush on her.
On April 3rd, 2019, I embarked on the longest walk known to the human race. This walk wasn’t measured by miles or steps, but by psychological trauma.
- Length: 24 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
