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John Mortonson was dead. His body rested in a fine mahogany coffin fitted with a plate of glass ...
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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What feelings lie behind a kiss?
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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A man is certain his friends are about to play a practical joke on him ...
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Deeply pessimistic tale about what in life holds value.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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by Saki
A sweet-voiced but lonely bird finds refuge with an isolated statue.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
5 Stars
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by Saki
Luitpold Wolkenstein, financier and diplomat, sits in a cafe in Vienna and contemplates news of the rise of the Balkan States.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Modern fable about a physician who sells a miraculous yellow paint.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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A woman hears news of her husband's death.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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When an old college friend of her husband comes to stay, Mrs. Baroda likes him more than she expected, though she is not sure why.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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The death of a exemplary servant is widely reported.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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In the town of Blackburg - home of raining frogs, crimson snow and Hettie Parlow's ghost - a young tramp stands on a street corner in the rain.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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A literary sketch of a bank holiday fair.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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by Saki
A boy defies his hated guardian through the worship of a great ferret who lives in the tool-shed.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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by Saki
Theodoric is not alone in his train compartment and, while not actually afraid of mice.....
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars