The Lottery
The Lottery Short Story by Shirley Jackson The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh…
According to Their Lights
According to Their Lights Short Story by O. Henry Somewhere in the depths of the big city, where…
The Cook’s Wedding
The Cook’s Wedding Short Story by Anton Chekhov GRISHA, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing…
The Fish
The Fish Short Story by Anton Chekhov A SUMMER morning. The air is still; there is no sound…
A Blackjack Bargainer
A Blackjack Bargainer, Short Story by O. Henry; The most disreputable thing in Yancey Goree’s law office was…
A Newspaper Story
A Newspaper Story Short Story by O. Henry AT 8 a.m. it lay on Giuseppi’s news-stand, still damp from the…
A Wedding Gift
A Wedding Gift Short Story by Guy de Maupassant For a long time, Jacques Bourdillere had sworn that he…
Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif Short Story by Guy de Maupassant For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army…
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Short Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne “He is Born 1706 and Died 1790.” In the year 1716, or…
I and My Chimney
I and My Chimney Short Story by Herman Melville I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside…