Where storytellers meet readers.

...being the bouncer is a lot like being the designated driver at a raging house party...

A young Englishman recalls his time on a kibbutz

Toady was regarded as a reprobate by all but his mother Van Bahr Lamb, but he bolted out the truth. Toady was taken aback when Aunt Kipp entered the garden, let go of his shoe-strings, and fell...

Whiston lay still and looked at his wife, who scrambled her hair before the mirror. He sobered down to navy blue, but she tripped beside him. Elsie blushed and laughed, went to the arms of Sam...

The new Mrs. Pottle put down the book she was reading and thought about buying a dog. Her husband thought she should think of herself as infinitely clinging and helpless. Mr. Pottle observed...

Dr. Ashton, a wealthy man and childless, sat in his study, looking expectant. He had adopted the orphan son of his wife's sister. A fox stole Mrs. Ashton's most prized black cockerel, and the next...

The difference between a good and a bad economist is whether they take account of the visible effect. A member of the assembly proposes to disband a hundred thousand men, but the assembly maintains...

Gubin was in a tavern, where I first saw him. He reminded me of a homeless dog, and his words caused his lips to bare stumps and gums amid which they lost their way, became disintegrated...

Timmy Hutchinson gets lost near a mysterious tree, leading to village-wide panic and discovery of a magical realm.

Two sisters readjust their lives following the death of their father.

Over coffee in the Turkish room, Minver censored our several foibles and liked to have Rulledge approach Wanhope from this side. Rulledge suggested that there are two kinds of presentiments, the...

The brilliant and versatile Edmund Kirke was dead. The whole house rose to greet the beautiful Tostee when she reappeared. We were theatre-going people and the united Irma and Tostee troupes...