Classic and Contemporary Stories
In 1979 Hungary, a child’s innocent perspective captures a day of chaos when the family’s water heater catches fire, blending danger, cultural nuances, and tender mother-son moments against a snowy backdrop.
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A young Grim Reaper on probation accidentally encounters his next assignment at a gas station, breaking protocol.
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A witty parody of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” that transforms the prince’s existential crisis into a comical scene about insect identification, cleverly repurposing famous quotes and themes from the tragedy into mundane observations about flies, allergies, and the smell of herring in medieval Denmark.
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… but Sunday night, I get a fright, when I think of Monday morning. Although his grandfather’s old rhyme had little resonance during Justin’s school days, his transition from college student
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Classic short story about a hunter who becomes prey when he discovers a mysterious island where an aristocratic Russian hunts humans for sport. A thrilling tale of survival, morality, and the thin line between hunter and hunted.
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A SERVICE OF LOVE by O. Henry When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Flies thrive on dirt and grime. Even so, they do attempt to clean themselves, brushing their heads and bodies. In the process, a fly can decapitate itself at times. Headless flies can then go on to live for several days – if it can be called living.
Continue readingWhen I was a little boy I once went with my father to call on Adrian Borlsover. I played on the floor with a black spaniel while my father
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A rich couple longed for a child. The wife prayed under a juniper tree, and eventually gave birth to a boy as white as snow and red as blood
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THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR by Edgar Allan Poe Of course I shall not pretend to consider it any matter for wonder, that the extraordinary case of M. Valdemar
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