Category: Short Short

Old Man Rabbit’s Thanksgiving Dinner Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Every Writer

Old Man Rabbit sat at the door of his little house eating a nice, ripe, juicy turnip. It was a cold, frosty day, but Old Man Rabbit

Two Gallants by James Joyce

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Every Writer

The grey warm evening of August had descended upon the city and a mild warm air, a memory of summer, circulated in the streets.

Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O.Henry

Posted on November 8, 2023December 7, 2023 by Every Writer

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to.

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott

Posted on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 by Every Writer

“Yes’m,” answered two meek voices, and after a few irrepressible giggles, silence reigned, broken only by an occasional snore from the boys, or the soft scurry of mice in the buttery, taking their part in this old-fashioned Thanksgiving.

The Manhattan Club by John RC Potter

Posted on November 4, 2023November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

In the early 1990s I had just emerged from a long-term relationship (my first as, and with, a young gay man) that ended with more of a whimper than a bang. Being pro-active by nature, and more social than I am now, I decided that my sister and closest friends and I

The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Every Writer

William Legrand, who discovers a peculiar gold-colored beetle while on Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina. Legrand is obsessed with the scarab beetle and makes drawings of it. Later, Legrand receives a scrap of parchment paper with a cryptic coded

Them By Meg Pokrass

Posted on January 18, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

You would hate it if you knew how many times I apply lipstick now that you’re gone. I’m putting it on, like, every five minutes to get through the next fifteen, though I know they use fish scales to make it

Miracle Stain Remover

Posted on January 14, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Long-suffering Gwendolyn O’Malley felt mid-sentence, the tiredness that comes with uttering pointless words.

Thief by Kristy Gherlone

Posted on February 4, 2019May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

I watch them together, though I’m supposed to be in my room. They’re sitting too close. Cigarette smoke trails in front of my eyes as I sit huddled in the corner.

Nobody Shall Sleep By T. Dem

Posted on February 3, 2019May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

I’m lying down on the bed. Naked. Carefree. One hand thrown carelessly behind my head propping me up. The other playing with my belly button or any small indent on my skin within a comfortable radius.