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Short stories around 7 minutes

Explore captivating short stories around 7 minutes and indulge in the rich narratives of this curated collection. Immerse yourself in a world of imagination.

Sims (2)

Kareen and I had a head collision at the airport and felt as if we were going to meet again. Kareen giggled with the I-know-you-like-it look as I went into the bathroom to refresh and we both...

6 min read · Rating: PG · Read story

Sims (1)

A rainy evening, I was driving on the highway at a very crazy speed when suddenly, I thought I had seen something. I halted on the break and reversed the car, but the man turned quickly. The man's...

7 min read · Rating: R · Read story

One Star

Occasionally I receive letters from friends apologizing prettily inside in case I am by now a colonel. In drawing-rooms I am sometimes called "Captain-er", and a sentry mistook me for a Major and...

5 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Bowmen

In the heat of battle, with tens of thousands of Germans descending on the British trenches and all hope lost, a man prays to Saint George.

6 min read · Rating: G · Read story

Ibid

The idea that Ibid is the author of the Lives is frequently met with, but the truth is that he was a Roman- or at. of the great Anician family. Ibidus was born in 486, held the consulship in 516,...

8 min read · Rating: G · Read story

Nyarlathotep

Nyarlathotep, the crawling chaos, said he had risen up out of the blackness of twenty-seven centuries and had heard messages from places not on this planet. Nyarlathotep, swarthy, slender, and...

6 min read · Rating: R · Read story

Polaris

The Pole Star shines into the North Window of my chamber with uncanny light, but still leers down from the same place in the black vault. When it is cloudy, I can sleep. Once, I saw the city for...

8 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Book

My memories are very confused, and I don't know where they begin. I found a worm-riddled book in a dimly lighted place near the black, oily river where the mists always swirl, and it fell open...

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

The Cats of Ulthar

A cat is said to be the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroe and Ophir. In Ulthar, an old cotter and his wife delighted in trapping and slaying cats, but the...

7 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Descendant

In London, there is a man who screams when the church bells ring and lives alone with his streaked cat. He shuns friends and companions and wishes to answer no questions. It has been a decade since...

8 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Evil Clergyman

A grave, intelligent-looking man showed me into the attic chamber. I drew a pocket electric light out of my pocket and nervously tested its flashes, but the newcomer did not speak. A thin, dark man...

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

The Mysterious Ship

In the spring of 1847, a strange brig arrived in the harbour of Ruralville. John Griggs disappeared from his home, and a nameless brig was wrecked on the Florida Keys. The finding of the sub-marine...

6 min read · Rating: PG · Read story