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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.
Growing up next to a Theatre By Eugene Mathena

Memories of youth growing up next to a Drive-In theatre in rural Virginia in the United States back in the 1970s and 80s.

Abundance Scarcity By Mahalakshmi

Learning to appreciate what we have

The comet By Sumit

A child's fantsy about a comet.

Chronicle of the First Easter Morning By Mr. Rabbit

Forgotten Noam Easter Chronicles

Mom's Dishes By Mahalakshmi

What mom's dishes mean when you are away from home

THE BROKEN WILL By GIFT EFFIONG INYANG

The Broken Will is a powerful and emotional novel that explores love, sacrifice, betrayal, and the painful cost of misplaced trust. It tells the story of Obinna Nwosu, a hardworking and principled man who devotes his life to building a secure future.

NEED By Mushtaque Barq

Old ages and Current generation

UNCLE AMBA By Jane Lockyer Willis

A poem about a child's love for her uncle.

Ireland's Enchanted Eggs of Seonaid By Mr. Rabbit

Bunny kits learn a lesson from Ireland's Seonaid rabbit angel

Beyond the river By Darrell Case

An elderly man is dying.

Encore By CPlatt

For Paul and Liam music was the most important thing. Without music there was nothing.

2nd Life the Same as the First By Kris Kennedy

A cat must look for a home through 2 lives with a surprise.

How it Feels to have a Grandfather By B. A. S.

I am very lucky to have two.

Tomorrow By Darrell Case

An elderly man goes home.

Yellow Ducky By Sylvia Skrmetta

After they leave, what’s left behind?

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