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58 min read stories

Discover a collection of stories which are around 58 minutes read time.

52 min read

Jon

* Story contains bad language

Back in the time of which I am speaking, due to our Coördinators had mandated us, we had all seen that educational video of "It's Yours to Do With What You...

55 min read

The Snow Queen

* Story contains bad language

Two friends are separated by a Snow Queen and an icy heart.

50 min read

Babiole

* Story contains bad language

A Princess is turned into a monkey called Babiole by a wicked fairy's spell.

56 min read

Afterward

* Story contains bad language

Mary Boyne and her husband, requiring a country home in England after a business windfall, acquire a reputedly haunted house.

54 min read

The $30,000 Bequest

Morality tale based on an elderly uncle's promise of his fortune to a thrifty couple.

54 min read

The Tunnel Under The World

A classic satirical look at consumerism. On the morning of June 15th, Guy Burckhardt wakes up screaming.

55 min read

Learning The Western Alphabet

* Story contains bad language

A love story in two voices: Martin Green, an English teacher in China in the 1980s, and MingMing, his young Chinese 'minder'

48 min read

The Grasshopper

A woman marries a meek, scientifically minded doctor but can't help comparing him to her much-admired artistic friends.

48 min read

The Horla

Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.

62 min read

Mrs. Zant and the Ghost

A man and his daughter come accross an apparently mad, ill woman in a London park.

48 min read

The Beast With Five Fingers

* Story contains bad language

Just before his death, Adrian Borlsover develops the power of automatic writing, which creates some unexpected issues for one of his heirs.

60 min read

The Overcoat

The story of the poor, downtrodden clerk Akaky - and his overcoat.