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This is about Dixie
by David Gaffney
It all began with a new electronic cat flap ...
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 37 Comments
5 Stars
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Schrödinger's Baby
by Charlie Fish
Sometimes, popping out for a pint of milk is the worst thing a father can do.
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 27 Comments
5 Stars
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Mister Mustache
by J. D. Hager
Goatees, beards, sideburns or any other creative types of facial hair were strictly verboten but the employee handbook said I could have a mustache.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 14 Comments
5 Stars
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Magazine Skin
by Matthew Licht
Life's roughest jokes don't have punch-lines.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 3 Comments
3 Stars
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A Horseman in the Sky
by Ambrose Bierce
An incident that takes place during the American civil war begins with a sentry asleep at his post. Neatly examines the personal amongst the duty and professionalism of war.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 16 Comments
5 Stars
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Ridley's Daughter
by Ailsa Cox
Ridley believed that human beings were beasts driven by appetite; even artistic creation was a bodily function.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 7 Comments
3 Stars
Night Flight
by Simon Collings
Two travellers meet on the night flight from Bangalore.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 17 Comments
3 Stars
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The Allotment
by Charlie Hill
A story about loss and distraction.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 18 Comments
3 Stars
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Eating Vinegar
by Rita Hooks
Even though some Americans like to say, "It's all good," the Chinese know better ...
- Length: 20 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 14 Comments
4 Stars
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Top Short Stories
The Lady Or The Tiger?
by Frank Stockton
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.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 1051 Comments
5 Stars
The Wicker Husband
by Ursula Wills-Jones
When the ugly girl decides to find herself a husband she has no idea what she’s letting herself in for.
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 334 Comments
5 Stars
The Backward Fall
by Jason Helmandollar
How do you catch someone who is falling into their own mind?
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 141 Comments
5 Stars
The Time-Sweepers
by Ursula Wills-Jones
You may not be familiar with the time-sweepers.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
- 102 Comments
5 Stars
Mister Mustache
by J. D. Hager
Goatees, beards, sideburns or any other creative types of facial hair were strictly verboten but the employee handbook said I could have a mustache.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 14 Comments
5 Stars
The Worst Way to Go
by Dan Morgan
...I did something that’s been hanging around in my mind over the years, tucked down inside of me like a lucky charm that I don’t want to lose...
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 42 Comments
5 Stars
Schrödinger's Baby
by Charlie Fish
Sometimes, popping out for a pint of milk is the worst thing a father can do.
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 27 Comments
5 Stars
Falling
by Elizabeth Baines
Then one year she started falling ...
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 27 Comments
5 Stars
Morg
by Clare Reddaway
A children's story set in the Iron Age. A girl, Morg, makes a wish to the goddess ...
- Length: 19 pages
- Age Rating: U
- 16 Comments
5 Stars
Big Hand Print
by T. K. Lee
The last thing he expects to see is a man in front of the third story men’s bathroom window.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 17 Comments
5 Stars
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