Short stories around 5 minutes
Explore captivating short stories around 5 minutes and indulge in the rich narratives of this curated collection. Immerse yourself in a world of imagination.
The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure
Mr. & Mrs. Lee were going off for the day & left their two children John 10 yrs old & Alice 2 yrs old. The younger Lees went down cellar & began to rummage among the rubbish little...
The Terrible Old Man
Angelo Ricci, Joe Czanek and Manuel Silva called on the Terrible Old Man, who lived all alone in a very ancient house near the sea. The Terrible Old Man is a strange person who keeps a collection...
What the Moon Brings
None The moon shone down on the old garden where I wandered, and I saw unwonted ripples tipped with yellow light as the shallow crystal stream was drawn on in resistless currents to strange oceans...
A New Pathology
It has long been vaguely understood that a man's clothes have an effect on his health, but no attempt has yet been made to reduce this knowledge to a systematic form. To treat ailments caused by...
Aristocratic Education
The House of Lords began considering Clause 52,000 of the Education Bill, dealing with the teaching of Geometry in the schools. The Leader of the Government urged the Lords to accept the clause as...
Borrowing a Match
You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing, but any man who has ever tried it will assure you that it is not, and will be prepared to swear to the truth of my...
How to Avoid Getting Married
When I was the Editor of a Correspondence Column, I used to receive heart-broken letters from young men asking for advice and sympathy. I accepted their confidences as under the pledge of a...
Helping the Armenians
The financial affairs of the parish church at Doogalville have been getting rather into a tangle in the last six months. To pay for a new pipe organ, they raised a mortgage on the parsonage, held a...
How to Be a Doctor
The progress of science is wonderful, but what I want to speak about is the progress of medicine. A hundred years ago there were no bacilli, ptomaine poisoning, diphtheria, or appendicitis. Rabies...
How to Make a Million Dollars
I mix a good deal with the Millionaires, I like their faces, their way of living, the things they eat, and their intellectual grasp. I love to walk up and down among them and catch the little...
How to Live to be 200
Jiggins used to take a cold plunge every morning, stand and breathe at an open window for half an hour before dressing, and do Sandow exercises. He spent half the night slinging himself around his...
On Collecting Things
Like most other men I have from time to time been stricken with a desire to make collections of things. I began collecting postage stamps and made wonderful progress for three days, but then the...