Where storytellers meet readers.

Obinze met the Angolans at a tube station and handed over two hundred pounds. A few days later he met the girl, Cleotilde, at a shopping center. Obinze met Brown at the train station in Barking,...

The prince was playing with some friends when a new barin came in and sat down on the divan. The barin hit one of the friends in the chest and the prince burst into laughter. Nekhliudof and the...

A good old canon of Notre Dame de Paris gave himself up earnestly to the confessing of ladies, made money with holy water, and had three heirs, but his heart had cracked a little. One evening the...

In a sequestered district of the county of Limerick, there stood my early life, some forty years ago, a strong stone building, half castle, half farm-house. O'Mara turned upon Dwyer and gazed upon...

Stephen Masterton was dragged from the tent of the Tasajara camp meeting and placed in a dilapidated adobe house. There he kept loyal faith with his physician and gave himself up to simple walks...

The Young Electrician was arguing with his young friend when the Youngish Girl laughed explosively and caught up the latent amusement in the Young Electrician's face. Martha learned her table...

This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The captain suspiciously accepted a cigar and offered to pay for the search and to write the story with his name left out. The train came to a...

Dan was a space cat and got a lot of mail. He liked being a cat and liked being a boy.

Lily seldom made a mistake in the orders, so she got on well with her three mistresses. Gabriel stood on the mat while Lily led his wife to the foot, and then his aunts and wife kissed him...

Mr. Pottle was a barber and tasted popoi and found it rather nasty. He addressed Tiki Tiu with brisk and confident familiarity. Mr. Pottle did not sleep well that night, and ventured on other...

The papa had told the story so often that the children knew just what to expect the moment he began. One of the little pumpkin seeds wanted to grow into the biggest pumpkin ever. The farmer was...

A very short story about nostalgia, homesickness and coming to yourself.