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The Background
by Saki
When Henri Deplis becomes the canvas for the final masterpiece of the great tatoo artist Andreas Pincini, he finds that life as a living work of art is far from easy.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
The Boarded Window
by Ambrose Bierce
'I fancy there are few persons living today who ever knew the secret of that window, but I am one, as you shall see.'
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Lizard Boy
by Peter Andrews
One summer Mickey and his best friend decide to grow a lizard
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: U
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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: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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The Banana Season's Over
by Jon Mallalieu
A young Englishman recalls his time on a kibbutz
- Length: 19 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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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: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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The Other Option
by Jamie Brindle
Quince returns to the life-selling business, but this time he's got competition
- Length: 18 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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She
by Charles Kaufmann
A protagonist and her author have a falling-out.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Professor Panini
by Matthew Grigg
Professor Panini is too clever for his own good.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Fear No More
by George Anthony
Jonte has spent his whole life in a radiation shelter, but the arrival of eight strangers is the start of an adventure that will change his life forever.
- Length: 18 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: 11 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
Tone
by YZ Chin
A deaf girl tells her boyfriend that she can lip read his tone.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
Death By Scrabble
by Charlie Fish
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
The Star
by Esther Claes
Not even fame can protect you when the world goes wrong.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:4 stars
The Brass Teapot
by Tim Macy
When Alice and John buy an antique teapot they get more than they bargained for.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
Time, Art & Criticism
by Paul Trembling
What is art? And who decides? The artist or the critic?
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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:5 stars
Fall North
by Tim McLean
Ed runs an errand for Mr. Rollo.
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
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