- 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: - in the news - childhoods The Knife by Denny Johnson A journalist gets a lead on the O.J. murder weapon. - Length: 8 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 Three Nonfiction Shorts The three winners of our 2002 Nonfiction Short Story Competition: an atmospheric recollection of a riverside encounter, a learned sadhu prophesizes the end of the world and a brief episode from 1918. - Length: 13 pages - Age Rating: PG Cheese by Sushma Joshi A Nepalese boy dreams of cheese. - Length: 14 pages - Age Rating: PG True American Artform by Simon Kay An account of a pivotal game of pool. - Length: 9 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: The Nicht Afore Christmas by Jamie Cameron Alternately funny and sad but ultimately heartwarming: a boy's experiences on Christmas Eve illustrate the harsh realities of his life. - Length: 10 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: The Bisto Kid by Jamie Cameron A boy secretly looks after a kitten after saving it from being drowned. - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: The Knife by Denny Johnson A journalist gets a lead on the O.J. murder weapon. - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: Elvis Died at the Florida Barber College by Roger Dean Kiser A young boy's attempt to model himself on Elvis highlights the realities of life in an orphange. - Length: 2 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: Butterflies by Roger Dean Kiser A vivid memory of an incident from the life of an orphanage child. - Length: 2 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: Welcome to the nonfiction short story section at east of the web. Find this month's featured stories above. You can browse the nonfiction 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 hendheld devices.		The Cellmate by Crystal Arbogast A beautifully constructed tale based on the true story of a night spent in jail with the last man to be hanged in Whitesburg, Ky. - Length: 5 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: The One That Got Away by Denny Johnson A journalist tracks down the man who escaped being the twelfth victim of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Contains adult material. - Length: 14 pages - Age Rating: 18 - Rating: Elvis Died at the Florida Barber College by Roger Dean Kiser A young boy's attempt to model himself on Elvis highlights the realities of life in an orphange. - Length: 2 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: Butterflies by Roger Dean Kiser A vivid memory of an incident from the life of an orphanage child. - Length: 2 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating: The Whale Sound by Roger Dean Kiser A boy helps out 'the deaf kid' who is being picked on by the orphanage bullies. - Length: 3 pages - Age Rating: PG - Rating:

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