Short stories around 27 minutes
Explore captivating short stories around 27 minutes and indulge in the rich narratives of this curated collection. Immerse yourself in a world of imagination.
Beware of the Dog
The pilot was still flying the Spitfire when he throttled back and fell out. He opened his eyes and could remember nothing, until he saw a fly walking upon the ceiling and remembered everything. A...
An Urgent Legal Matter
Mimosa Mitchell was an 85-year-old “pillar of the community” and matriarch of one of the most prominent families in Petunia Springs.
Minnikin
A child called Minnikin conquers three trolls to save two captured princesses.
A Red Flower
Emperor Peter the First came to inspect an insane asylum, and the two young men who brought the patient felt little inclination to laugh. The patient became terror stricken when they took him to...
Four Days
I recollected how I knocked a little young soldier's gun out of his hands and struck him with the bayonet, but I caught a glimpse of something blue, which must have been the sky.I was wounded in...
The Dance
After breakfast one morning Peleas and I were standing at the drawing-room window watching a snowstorm. Nichola came to and rolled her eyes naturally, and I kept Peleas in the kitchen while I...
Success and Artie Cherry
Artie Cherry appeared, wore gray clothes, and Wooden followed him admiringly. Lulu accepted his silver cigar-case without looking at him. Artie Cherry went home early that evening and felt glad. He...
How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries
George Barnard helped me to pay for a little cheap schooling four nights a week, where I first saw Leah Payne. After I talked with George in the yard, he shook my hand off and stamped with his iron...
A Service of Danger
FREDERICK GEORGE BYNG was welcomed by the Archduke Charles and Gustav von Lichtenstein, but the Archduke John wanted boldness and erred on the side of over-caution. The famous battle of Hohenlinden...
The Lake Gun
The Seneca is remarkable for the "Wandering Jew" and the "Lake Gun". Fuller was not slow to profit by this hint, and he and a strangely-assorted companion cruised up and down the Seneca for a week,...
The Eclipse
The eclipse of the sun occurred in the summer of 1806, on Monday. Many prophecies regarding the weather were made. The sky was serene and cloudless, and the sun rose into view. I caught a glimpse...
A True Patriarch
A true patriarch lived in a moderate-sized county seat in Missouri, dispensing sympathy and becoming an haranguing prophet. He refused to go to church and used all his art to soothe a...