Solange by Alexandre Dumas
When thousands are being executed, would you risk your life to save a stranger? That’s the choice faced by Dr. Ledru in Solange by Alexandre Dumas.
Short Stories
Free short stories by the all time great short story writers
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The Mysterious Mansion by Honoré De Balzac
The Mysterious Mansion by Honoré De Balzac, set in “an old house,” a man exacts revenge on his wife and her lover. This chilling tale is one of Balzac’s most popular.
The Sisters By James Joyce
The Sisters by James Joyce is the opening story in the Dubliners (1914) . It is told in the first person, a young man recalling his friendship with a priest.
Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
Miss Brill is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in Athenaeum on 26 November 1920, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories.
The Schoolmaster by Anton Chekhov
The Schoolmaster (1886) is Anton Chekhov’s take on the value of a good teacher and the powerlessness of ageing.
2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut
2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut (pronounced “to be or not to be”), is an intentional reference to the famous line in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The short story was originally published in the Worlds of IF Science Fiction magazine and is referenced by author Kurt Vonnegut in his later novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
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.
Jeeves and The Unbidden Guest by P. G. Wodehouse
In the short story Jeeves and The Unbidden Guest by P. G. Wodehouse, Bertie is instructed to look after Motty, the sheltered son of an aristocratic friend of Aunt Agatha, but has difficulty keeping Motty out of trouble.
A Hitch in Time by Frederik Pohl
Originally published under his pseudonym James MacCreigh, A Hitch in Time by Frederik Pohl appeared in the Thrilling Wonder Stories book released in 1947.