Short stories around 5 minutes

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...

New love 'Hi, Mike. I read your profile on Matchmate.com and thought we might have something in common, but I don't own a bright red Mercedes to lean against, and I find it difficult to pose for a...

As expected on a Monday morning, the clinic’s waiting room was crowded. There were a few old couples who were quiet, with the wives generally reading and the husbands looking around or watching TV.

Mom, I hated crystal dumplings, but you made them when you were too exhausted to cook. I expected to repay you by listening to you and getting good grades. When I had Lan, I resolved to be a good...

Lan looked at her cell phone in a daze. She wanted to ask her father about his mood and how he had slept recently, but she was distant from her father. Lan called her father and said she couldn't...

Several days after I sprained my ankle, my left foot still hurt, and the bruises looked worse. My elder sister's 15-year-old daughter had an affair with a man named Chen and lost her fashion...

After I miscarried, I had to hide in the trunk of my husband's delivery van each time family planning officials came, but the doctor said it would be healed within a week. A few years later, my...

A plump pancake manages to escape being eaten by 7 children!

Benjamin Franklin was born to a poor couple and had to work hard to find food and clothes for his large family. Benjamin made friends easily and the neighbors loved him. One day a boy gave him all...

The Emersons planned to get their children educated, and their son Ralph Waldo Emerson became a minister, a writer, and a lecturer. Ralph's father William Emerson wanted to be a musician but...

There was once a child who wondered if all the children on earth would die, would the flowers, the water, and the sky be sorry? The sister drooped and became so weak that she could no longer stand...

"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...