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Read Short Stories for All Ages

Read the best short stories online by short story writers of all ages from around the world,
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
Glory Days By Gerald R Gioglio

An aged married couple reminisce about past Springtime adventures…and decide, ‘it ain’t over til’ it’s over.”

 
Hope By Asmita Majumdar

who is she, trapped within each of us?

Blind love By Darrell Case

A woman fells in love

Argon By Terri Talley Venters

Animals are awesome!

Jack Valliant: The Lady Shadow Baroque By Donald Harry Roberts

Trapped In The Sinister Depths Of The Scattered Disc

Mary Freeman By Barry

An essay about Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman and her literary masterpiece, The Revolt of Mother

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House of Division By Adam Fisk

The Speaker of an extraterrestrial delegation faces and important decision - and a personal crisis.

HOW COME? By Abraham Dowaity

Daniel was the smart kid everyone expected to make it out. But when pressure from friends and a harsh reality at home pull him in another direction, one question keeps echoing: _How come?_ A short story about choices, family, and friends.

More Than a Generation By Jairo Saldana

This essay challenges the idea that generational labels define human identity. It argues that every person is unique, created with individual dignity, free will, and spiritual potential that cannot be reduced to social categories or stereotypes.

Curbstone Justice By Barry

Wally Whitcomb, the town bully and troublemaker, is about to get his comeuppance.

Grandpa’s trains By Nicole Ahlquist

Grandpa has been keeping a secret waiting to tell his grandson Rhett about his secret life as a train conductor!

The Mysterious Mirror By Riley

Isabella gets a new mirror for her birthday , but finds out this isn't any ordinary mirror ; it's haunted !! Luckily because she is kind to everyone Jesus Christ helps her .

The Lamp By A.Zaak

Blending ancient Eastern motifs with modern Silicon technology. The story visualises ‎the parasitic nature of the modern lamp, your smartphone, as it extracts biological ‎telomeric energy through the screen, transforming human "Likes" and time into a

Aladdin's Magic Lamp By A.Zaak

While the Aladdin myth is often draped in the silk of wish-fulfillment, this story seeks ‎the copper beneath the skin. It reimagines the classic Arabian Nights through the lens ‎of biological revulsion and temporal paradox.

All That Remained Was By Donald Harry Roberts

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