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by Saki
Rupert becomes increasingly hateful towards his incompetent brother-in-law to be.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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by Saki
Lady Prowche has trouble putting together a guest list that will ensure her house party is argument-free.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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by Saki
Matilda ignores Mrs. Panstreppon's advice not to take her rumbustious son to the poll on his father's election day.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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by Saki
A Wanderer and a Merchant argue over the downsides to modern war.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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by Saki
Boredom leads a rector into temptation following his move to a country parish.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to prove that he was dead ...
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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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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A suicidal playwright, finding himself unable to do the deed on his own, attempts an unconventional method involving the confession of a dark secret from his past.
- Length: 44 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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The members of a women's Lunch Club - an organisation rife with political infighting - are keen to impress a distinguished guest.
- Length: 26 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Insurance agents get a bashing in this witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
- Length: 1 page
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Humorous reversal of the Aesop fable.
- Length: 1 page
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Humorous reversal of the Aesop fable.
- Length: 1 page
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Venture capitalists get a bashing in this witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
- Length: 1 page
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Humorous application of the Aesop fable to modern writers.
- Length: 1 page
- Age Rating: PG
2 Stars
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A bedraggled writer corners the editor of a respected publication and demands to know why his story has been rejected.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars