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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
- 42 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
- 31 Comments
5 Stars
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Carveresque
by Andrew Jury
"What happened when all their illusions were stripped away and revealed for what they truly were?"
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 12 Comments
4 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
- 35 Comments
4 Stars
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Night Flight
by Simon Collings
Two travellers meet on the night flight from Bangalore.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 22 Comments
3 Stars
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Falling
by Elizabeth Baines
Then one year she started falling ...
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 38 Comments
5 Stars
The Allotment
by Charlie Hill
A story about loss and distraction.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 25 Comments
4 Stars
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Wakefield
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
An insight into perhaps the strangest instance of marital delinquency on record.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 11 Comments
4 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
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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
- 1135 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
- 355 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
- 121 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
- 31 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
- 148 Comments
5 Stars
Carveresque
by Andrew Jury
"What happened when all their illusions were stripped away and revealed for what they truly were?"
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- 12 Comments
4 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
- 42 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
- 46 Comments
5 Stars
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
- 35 Comments
4 Stars
Falling
by Elizabeth Baines
Then one year she started falling ...
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- 38 Comments
5 Stars
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