Vanka by Anton Chekhov
Vanka by Anton Chekhov was published in 1886. It tells the story of a young orphan boy, Vanka, who has been apprenticed to a cobbler in Moscow.
Flash Fiction
Flash Fiction or micro fiction are very short stories typically up to 1200 words but that have some character development. Here we’ve selected some of the very best stories from famous authors
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Whiskaboom by Alan Arkin
Few people realize it today, but famed actor Alan Arkin wrote two science fiction short stories in the 1950s, beginning with “Whiskaboom” in 1955 and “People Soup” in 1958. Enjoy Whiskaboom by Alan Arkin
Year of Meteors by Walt Whitman
Year of Meteors by Walt Whitman appeared in the poetry collection Leaves of Grass. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times.
Oysters by Anton Chekhov
The short story Oysters by Anton Chekhov was published originally in the Dec 1884 issue of Budilnik magazine. It was later included into Chekhov’s 1886 collection Motley Stories.
3 Poems by Emily Dickinson
For these 3 Poems by Emily Dickinson we feature, In a Library, Psalm of the Day and The Butterfly’s Day. Like most of her work, these were published after her death in 1886.
The Leopard Man’s Story by Jack London
The Leopard Man’s Story by Jack London is a short mystery story that first appeared in the August 1903 issue of Leslie’s Weekly and was later included in Moon-Face and Other Stories (1906).
The Jackdaw by William Butler Yeats
The Jackdaw by William Butler Yeats appeared in the collection Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry published in 1888
Ada by Gertrude Stein
Ada by Gertrude Stein was written in 1910 as a small portrait to honor the triumphs and ordeals of the life of her lover and companion Alice B. Toklas
The Book of the Grotesque by Sherwood Anderson
The Book of the Grotesque by Sherwood Anderson was published in 1919 as part of his collection of stories titled Winesburg, Ohio.
Portrait of a Lady by T. S. Eliot
Portrait of a Lady by T. S. Eliot was first published in Others: A Magazine of the New Verse Sep 1915. It later appeared in his 1917 collection of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations. The poem’s title is widely seen to be derived from the novel of the same name by Henry James