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A Little Fable by Franz Kafka
Cynical fable.
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Image Of The Lost Soul by Saki
A sweet-voiced but lonely bird finds refuge with an isolated statue.
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: U
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The Cricket War by Bob Thurber
A family start a war with nature when they move to the country.
- Date Added: November 2001
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Old Nothing by Cameron Porsandeh
Unusual barber shop conversation.
- Date Added: August 2001
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Hope and Comfort by A. J. McKenna
A man visits his wife in hospital.
- Date Added: August 2000
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Five Boons Of Life by Mark Twain
Deeply pessimistic tale about what in life holds value.
- Date Added: May 2002
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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David's Haircut by Ken Elkes
A boy goes for a haircut with his father.
- Date Added: March 2003
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
A woman hears news of her husband's death.
- Date Added: November 2000
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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It's Just The Sun Rising by James Ross
A girl celebrates her father's birthday.
- Date Added: October 2006
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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She by Charles Kaufmann
A protagonist and her author have a falling-out.
- Date Added: February 2009
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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My Beloved Edith by Tom Gillespie
An old man, his memory failing, searches for the grave of his lost love.
- Date Added: August 2001
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Sredni Vashtar by Saki
A boy defies his hated guardian through the worship of a great ferret who lives in the tool-shed.
- Date Added: July 1999
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Covenant by Crystal Arbogast
Two childhood friends find themselves part of the D-Day landings during the second world war.
- Date Added: June 2000
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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This Is and Probably Will Be the History of the World by Steve Finbow
A man returns to a city from his past.
- Date Added: January 2006
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: 18
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Hobnail by Crystal Arbogast
Scary bedtime story about a mother and daughter's night-time journey home.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Heart! by Crispin Oduobuk
The story of a frantic chase, an apathetic crowd and a machete.
- Date Added: November 2001
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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Prairie Dogs by Colin Frizzell
A man helps his friend flee when he is accused of murder.
- Date Added: May 2002
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Furnished Room by O. Henry
A young man searches for his lost love around the filthy bedsits of New York.
- Date Added: May 1999
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Dear Jack by Melissa Checker
A short break and a cat's response throw light on a relationship.
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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After The Wink by Carolyn Steele Agosta
A forty-something wife and mother toys with the idea of having an affair.
- Date Added: March 2003
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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