Short stories around 13 minutes

Sister Paula O'Hare thought she heard God's call and achieved her degree from University College Dublin. She built a strong reputation as an excellent teacher in Mercy Grammar School for...

Before we start, don't judge me, and don't go running to your mother. I'll talk to her myself when the time is right. The burning inside comes in the morning, before the light, and at night, when I...

Shane O'Rourke outperformed everyone in his class, but hated Bony M. and never did his homework. He fought for Holy Trinity, where Speedy protected the weaker lads. Mr. Morrison's face reddened as...

Sarah leaned backwards, opened her desk drawer, and spun towards her father, opening her legs. She learned to rid herself of the guilt, the gift game. The following week, Sarah became apprehensive...

Walter Mitty drove on toward Waterbury in silence, stopped the car in front of the building where his wife went to have her hair done, put on the gloves, and began fingering delicately a row of...

The children pressed to each other, dreaming of gold, yellow crayons and coins large enough to buy the world, but awoke to the tatting drum. Margot stood alone in the rain, staring at the...

Julissa Ye relished her part-time job at The Bookery, downtown's last small, locally-owned bookstore, where she was immediately embraced by the other two part-timers. Julissa admired how Mrs. Davis...

“The Police are coming to the Omni!” Addison shouted across the campus quadrangle in early October of 1983.

After lunch the family sat on the back porch chatting leisurely, watching who was walking down the street, and speaking to those they knew.

I’d been hiding behind a particularly impressive tomb. It was like a big chest freezer carved out of stone, with a figure lying on top. “Recumbent,” as Kate informed me.

A lone sedan entered the parking lot of the processing plant and went dark. Jasper Cane wanted to be a better father and decided to hike the trail with Carl.

Joey Mason lived in a small farming community with his grandmother, who had taken guardianship of him after his parents perished in an unspeakable tragedy.