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Manuscript Found in a Bottle
by Edgar Allan Poe
While on a voyage to a remote archipelago, the narrator is overcome by a premonition of evil. But the ship's captain pays no attention.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Crimson Pirates
by Jamie Cameron
An unpleasant encounter with a local drunkard leads a boy's brothers to act to protect their mother. Contains strong language.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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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
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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
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The Wrinkles
by Troy Keller
Stephen tells me the wrinkles methodology is a hoax...
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
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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
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Welcome to the short story section at east of the web.
Find this month's featured stories above and in the nine genres.
You can browse the library by genre or search it for a title, author or keyword.
Clicking on an author's name lists all their stories along with further information and links.
Stories can be read online, printed or downloaded for reading offline or on handheld devices.
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The Backward Fall
by Jason Helmandollar
How do you catch someone who is falling into their own mind?
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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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
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Occupation
by Charlie Taylor
Jimmy's life changes for ever when the soldiers come to the door.
- Length: 26 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:
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The Card
by James Ross
'The only thing I ever got off my old man was a birthday card when I was ten.'
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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End of the Line
by Alison L. Randall
There's a new gadget in town and Liza has to try it. But will the price be too high?
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:
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Death By Scrabble
by Charlie Fish
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Star
by Esther Claes
Not even fame can protect you when the world goes wrong.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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Appearance
by Kate Peterson
"I watched as the man I saw so clearly disappeared into the endless white."
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Paris, at Night
by Sung J. Woo
"You grow memory like a crop, and when you want to, you harvest it."
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:
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The Brass Teapot
by Tim Macy
When Alice and John buy an antique teapot they get more than they bargained for.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:
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