The Mystery of the Semi-Detached by Edith Nesbit
Written in 1893, The Mystery of the Semi-Detached by Edith Nesbit tells of a young man perplexed when his lover fails to show up for a half-clandestine meeting and passes her house on the way home.
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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My Friend by Kahlil Gibran
My Friend by Kahlil Gibran is a parable published in 1918 and is taken from his book The Madman: His Parables and Poems. Kahlil Gibran is a distinguished Lebanese American writer, poet, and visual artist.
Napoleon and the Spectre by Charlotte Brontë
Written when she was just 17, Napoleon and the Spectre by Charlotte Brontë was taken from her novella Green Dwarf in 1833. It was later republished in The Twelve Adventurers and other stories in 1925.
The Lie by Holloway Horn
The Lie by Holloway Horn was first published in Harper’s Bazar in 1921 and later appeared in the May 1922 copy of The Blue Magazine.
Peach Blossom Spring by Tao Qian
Peach Blossom Spring by Tao Qian is a famous short story written in 421 about a fisherman who by chance discovers a place of peace and tranquility.
The Blind Man by Kate Chopin
The Blind Man by Kate Chopin, written in 1894, is a powerful short story which captures the dangers of non-conformity.
The Chinese Lily by Sui Sin Far
The Chinese Lily by Sui Sin Far is the story of Mermei, who after an accident is crippled with terrible scars on her face. The Chinese Lily appeared in the Mrs Spring Fragrance collection of short stories by Sui Sin Far.
A Very Short Story by Ernest Hemingway
A Very Short Story by Ernest Hemingway is one of his earliest works. It originally appeared as one of 18 vignettes that made up In Our Time, published in 1924.
A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf
A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf depicts an unnamed character who perceives (or perhaps dreams) that a loving but long-deceased couple haunts the country house they inhabit.
The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick
The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick is a humorous, early short story that first appeared in Science Fiction Stories in 1953. In it, a bus-riding reader of a discarded melodrama with an overactive imagination is persuaded by the hackneyed prose that the world has been taken over by aliens.