- all stories     list by rating     list by author     list by date added     list by length - contemporary stories - classic stories - new titles - authors A-Z - all collections     list by rating     list by author     list by date added     list by length subgenres: - twists in the tale - childhoods - war A Venetian Night's Entertainment by Edith Wharton A renowned judge recalls a youthful adventure in Venice that began with an encounter with the beautiful Polixena Cador. - Length: 16 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: - Eight Letters ... - Daily Cryptoquote - Definetime - Wordsearch ... and more - Custom games - Study questions & activities ... and more - The Short Guide To Vampires - The Short Guide To Fables - The Short Guide To Katherine Mansfield ... and more The Heebie-Jeebies by Alan Beard Is Barry hallucinating again? - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: 15 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 The Card by James Ross 'The only thing I ever got off my old man was a birthday card when I was ten.' - Length: 4 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: The Archipelago by AC Tillyer They live in the world's safest place, but are seized with an irrational fear. The locals begin to take drastic precautions to protect themselves. - Length: 3 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: Background Noise by Alan Beard A change of life leads to disaster - Length: 10 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: Lizard Boy by Peter Andrews One summer Mickey and his best friend decide to grow a lizard - Length: 13 pages - Age Rating: U - Rating: The Blockade by Sushma Joshi Hasta returns to blockaded Nepal, with money in his pockets and two missions to accomplish - Length: 15 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: A Betting Man by Wayne Harper Sometimes everything depends on the odds. - Length: 7 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: I Told You! by Suvi Mahonen Jake gets home from school, but can’t find his key… - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: U - Rating: The Banana Season's Over by Jon Mallalieu A young Englishman recalls his time on a kibbutz - Length: 19 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: Welcome to the fiction short story section at east of the web. Find this month's featured stories above. You can browse the fiction library by subgenre 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.		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: 13 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: 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: 11 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: Tone by YZ Chin A deaf girl tells her boyfriend that she can lip read his tone. - Length: 7 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: The Star by Esther Claes Not even fame can protect you when the world goes wrong. - Length: 3 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: 86th Street and the Summer of Love by Colin C. Conway Gang violence against the backdrop of a distant war - Length: 9 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: Fall North by Tim McLean Ed runs an errand for Mr. Rollo. - Length: 14 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: The Pilgrims by Charles Kaufmann Over the course of the summer, John and the Pilgrims became friends. - Length: 13 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: Learning The Western Alphabet by Hilary Jenkins A love story in two voices: Martin Green, an English teacher in China in the 1980s, and MingMing, his young Chinese 'minder' - Length: 25 pages - Age Rating: 15 - Rating: The Crack by Charles Lambert A visit to an old friend takes an unexpected turn. - Length: 9 pages - Age Rating: 18 - Rating:

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