Short stories around 7 minutes

Twenty years after moving to New York, he still remembered the rush of moving through hordes of people and the heat. He built a successful construction business and then moved into property...

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.

Emma nervously entered the classroom and found an empty desk while she felt the burning power of a hundred sets of eyes staring. She expected the teasing and giggles, but she didn’t expect silence.

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...

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!

One beautiful June because cherry grove, nearly everything was asleep. Only the hens were not afraid of the heat and managed to kill time by scratching up the dry earth opposite the kitchen...

Benjamin was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was expected to become a minister of the Gospel. He worked hard all day and spent half the night in reading. Benjamin Reed left Boston at the age of...

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...

A dutiful son went hunting with his bow and arrows, but his wife was a scold and kept finding fault with everyone. One day the Grouse said: "Don't shoot me", and so Helli dropped his arrow. Helli's...

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...