Every Writer - Short Stories

Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (Video)

Here is an animated video we just love. There are many of these on youtube, and we thought to kick

THE POET AND THE PEASANT by O.Henry The other day a poet friend of mine, who has lived in close

The Blind Men and the Elephant by James Baldwin (1841-1925) There were once six blind men who stood by

The Fourth of July by Anne Wales Abbott (1808-1908) It was the anniversary of our Glorious Fourth. The evil genius

DESIREE’S BABY by Kate Chopin As the day was pleasant, Madame Valmonde drove over to L’Abri to see Desiree and

THE BOARDING HOUSE by James Joyce MRS. MOONEY was a butcher’s daughter. She was a woman who was quite able

WAR by Jack London HE was a young man, not more than twenty-four or five, and he might have sat

In a big town crowded with houses and people, where there is no room for gardens, people have to be

The Inconsiderate Waiter By James Matthew Barrie Frequently I have to ask myself in the street for the name of

After A Shadow by T. S. Arthur “ARTY! Arty!” called Mrs. Mayflower, from the window, one bright June morning. “Arty,

The Horrible by Guy de Maupassant The shadows of a balmy night were slowly falling. The women remained in the

A RESPECTABLE WOMAN by Kate Chopin Mrs. Baroda was a little provoked to learn that her husband expected his friend,

Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan by Jack London Jack London’s first story, published at the age of seventeen It

NELLY’S HOSPITAL by Louisa May Alcott Nelly sat beside her mother picking lint; but while her fingers flew, her eyes

The Vampyre by John William Polidori (Note this is considered the first Vampire story. It is said this story started