To Some Birds Flown Away by Victor Hugo
To Some Birds Flown Away by Victor Hugo was first published in 1837. The English translation is by Mrs Newton Crossland.
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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An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant
An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant was published in 1882. The story explores themes of deception, manipulation, and the clever schemes people employ to achieve their goals.
The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf
The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf appears in the short story collection Monday or Tuesday and was first published in 1921.
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.
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