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Stories by:
- Dan Morgan
- Simon Collings
- Fernando Sorrentino
- Mary McCluskey
- Clare Reddaway
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Read short stories on your iPhone or iPod touch.
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- The Short Guide To Vampires
- The Short Guide To Fables
- The Short Guide To Katherine Mansfield
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Tobermory
by Saki
Revealing the dangers of giving previously dumb animals the power of speech. Especially cats.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Algorithm
by S. Rose Kenney
An older woman tries to help a young drug addict.
- Length: 33 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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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
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The Orbital Road
by AC Tillyer
The new road was meant to relieve congestion, but then, determined and obsessive, the Spinners arrived ...
- Length: 10 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 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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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
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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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Tone
by YZ Chin
A deaf girl tells her boyfriend that she can lip read his tone.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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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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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
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Time, Art & Criticism
by Paul Trembling
What is art? And who decides? The artist or the critic?
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Metropolis
by Crystal Gail Shangkuan Koo
"This is how you talk about a city you love. You talk about it as if it’s the only place in the world where this story can happen."
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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Fall North
by Tim McLean
Ed runs an errand for Mr. Rollo.
- Length: 18 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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