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Short stories around 34 minutes

Explore captivating short stories around 34 minutes and indulge in the rich narratives of this curated collection. Immerse yourself in a world of imagination.

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

The Lurking Fear

Arthur left a silent motor-car and tramped up Tempest Mountain with two armed companions, where they dragged a wide four-poster bedstead from another room, where they discovered a man who possessed...

37 min read · Rating: R · Read story

The Rats in the Walls

On 16 July 1923, I moved into Exham Priory after the last workman had finished his labours. After the war, my fortunes were extinguished and my whole existence changed by the burning of...

39 min read · Rating: R · 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

Odour of Chrysanthemums

A small locomotive engine came clanking, and the smoke from the engine sank and cleaved to the rough grass. A mother and son stood at the foot of the three steps, and the mother watched her son's...

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

The Last Laugh

Three people confusedly emerged from a tall, dark Georgian house, and a girl paused and watched a man in a bowler hat. A man in a bowler hat chased after a woman in a black shawl with fringe in the...

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

The Thorn in the Flesh

Bachmann sat on a bench in the shade that smelled sickly with blossom and watched as the sergeant took command and the little company moved forward. Bachmann mounted the small, quick-hurrying tram...

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

Thurnley Abbey

Three years ago I met Alastair Colvin on the Friday evening mail-train to Brindisi. When I was travelling in India some years ago, John Broughton told me that he had decided to marry and settle...

32 min read · Rating: R · Read story

An Episode of Cathedral History

The learned gentleman who examined the archives of the Cathedral of Southminster agreed that it was not earlier than the Perpendicular period, but Dean Burscough was very set on the Gothic...

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

Number 13

Among Viborg justly, the Golden Lion has a handsome cathedral, a charming garden, a lake of great beauty, and many storks. Eventually Number 12 was selected, and the author resolved to go to...

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