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Read Short Drama / Human Interest

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.
An urban landslip By Ken DaSilva-Hill

A dream, recorded immediately upon waking.

Fast Paper: "Law VS Democracy". By Yuki

Simple to understand paper about "Law VS Democracy".

King Solomon's Irish Girlfriend By Barry

Solomon Kaplan wanted to marry Denise Moriarty fresh out of high school, but her Irish Catholic father wasn’t agreeable. Fifty years later Sol is picking up where things left off.

The Life is Strange Blues. By Christopher Long

A poem about escape

Mary Freeman By Barry

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

Curbstone Justice By Barry

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

Gods Lonely Man By George

A story about a lonely man and his birthday party.

The Set Table By Barry

Morris Greenblatt is having a hard time deciding whether or not to attend his brother’s funeral.

The End of Something By Steven Wright

When the idealism of youth dies.

Two Of A Kind By Tom Di Roma

They look alike. Does that mean they're somehow related?

Coping with Old Age---2 By Martin Green

Some suggestions for coping with the lone;iness and emptines old age brings

Kate Chopin By Barry

Born over a decade before the Civil War, Kate Chopin was one of the premier novelists and short story writers of her day as well as an ardent feminist.

The View From 96---January By Martin Green

First month of memoir for year 1996

Enemy Mine By Charles E.J. Moulton

The animal had been running all of his life, so much so that he had begun defining himself as a victim. But then the puma turned toward the hunter and found something completely unexpected.

Mother's Day in MN By Marla

A light-hearted piece that might give a smile.

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