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Short stories around 31 minutes

Explore captivating short stories around 31 minutes and indulge in the rich narratives of this curated collection. Immerse yourself in a world of imagination.

Hunters in the Snow

Tub had been waiting for an hour in the falling snow. He jumped back and ran for the steps of the building. They left Spokane and drove deep into the country, stopping twice for coffee. They hunted...

28 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

Crossing the Line

The barkentine Mohawk was through the Atlantic Doldrums and the skipper felt as light-hearted as a boy. The morning was hot, but a fine breeze prevented discomfort. Two strange figures climbed over...

26 min read · Rating: PG · Read story

Thanksgiving on the Dicky Bird

Many years ago I was mate of the little schooner Dicky Bird and the captain told a lot of lies that the mate swallowed like an albacore. The next day was fine and we had a first rate dinner. Prince...

27 min read · Rating: PG · Read story

Winter Sport

Archie was firm that Peter should come and skate too, and Dahlia couldn't possibly get through Calais and Pontarlier without declaring Peter. Simpson hastily disclaimed any intention of marrying...

36 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Novel of the White Powder

My father, Major-General Wyn Leicester, a distinguished officer of artillery, succumbed five years ago to a complicated liver complaint acquired in the deadly climate of India. My brother Francis,...

35 min read · Rating: R · Read story

Pickman's Model

Eliot thought Pickman was crazy, but he was lucky to be sane. I should have known you wouldn't have dropped Pickman for the same silly reasons that fussy old women like Dr. Reid or Joe Minot or...

28 min read · Rating: R · Read story

The Temple

A seaman's body was found on the deck and a piece of ivory representing a youth's head crowned with laurel was found in his coat pocket. At noon June 28 we turned northeastward, but Kienze went...

27 min read · Rating: R · Read story

Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory

A bare-legged Celtic brother of the gentle craft falls in love with a little Molly Donovan in Coolnamoe. Billy Malowney and Molly Donovan fell out one evening at ould Tom Dundon's wake. Bill...

28 min read · Rating: G · Read story

An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House

Within the last eight years, I was ordered by my physician to change my residence to one upon the sea-coast; I took a house for a year in a fashionable watering-place. The invalid insisted that she...

26 min read · Rating: G · Read story

Madam Crowl's Ghost

Twenty years have passed since you last saw Mrs. Jolliffe's tall slim figure. She is now past seventy and is taking care of adult invalids. Dame Arabella Crowl's ghost came to Applewale House,...

33 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Dead Sexton

Toby Crooke, the sexton, was lying dead in the old coach-house in the inn yard, but returned, a reformed man at the ripe age of forty. He became the sexton of Golden Friars. The Vicar saw two men...

36 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

The Vision of Tom Chuff

Tom Chuff entered a rude stone house on Catstean Moor, raked and knocked the peat fire with his cudgel, and drank off the dram at a few gulps. Tom Chuff's wife sent Mary down to the village to...

26 min read · Rating: G · Read story