Short stories around 1 minute

Delve into courage, strength, and unexpected triumphs, offering profound insights into human resilience.

I'd love to be a Fairy's child

Contemplating human mortality through the metaphor of potent ale, revealing life's fleeting nature and the inevitability of death, all in a mere sip.

A happy caterpillar eats hawthorn leaves and does not worry about becoming a butterfly or a bird’s dinner.

War's Impact, Bonds Tested.

Mickey Moran settled into a prone position by the woods, and waited for the British Army to make contact with southern authorities and the Gardai dispatched a team to investigate. His new American...

Eighty years buried somewhere in my bones, I can only see the world moving along in monotones. The wisdom comes too late, and the fools mourn the blindness of their youth. I have lived the utter...

When winter winds set the yellow wood sighing, I retire into an old room Beside a bright fire and read old things, while the wind sings. I never look out nor attend to the blast, but close at the...

Some for the Glories of This World, and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come. Take the Cash, and let the Credit go. The blowing Rose says, "Into the world I blow, At once the silken tassel...

"Hilli-ho!" cried old Fezziwig, skipping down from the high desk with wonderful agility. "Clear away, my lads, and let's have lots of room here! Hilli-ho, Dick! The warehouse was cleared away in...

We wove a web in childhood, dug a spring in infancy, sowed a mustard seed, and cut an almond rod. Are they withered in the sod? The web of air is still there, but its folds are spread, and its...

There's little joy in life for me, and little terror in the grave; I've lived the parting hour to see of one I would have died to save, and I thank God from my heart.