On December 7, the first snow came to the Port. With no wind, the white lace fell like a wedding veil.
20/20 Vision by Kristen Melillo
Annika knew she had made a serious mistake the moment her optician peeled off the bandages.
Bee Cloud by Rebecca Loudon
Bee Cloud by Rebecca Loudon My sister Bink turned twenty-six two weeks ago. It wasn’t easy to pry her out of her room for her party and cake and the present Dad bought at Big!Lots. The truth is Bink hadn’t been out of her room for at least three years. She agreed to a bath […]
The Funeral by Neha Puntambekar
The Funeral by Neha Puntambekar The soft scent of lavender wafts out the open cupboard; it crawls under the bed, into the robin-blue Wedgewood vase on the bookshelf, and clings to the blue-white Ikat print of the curtains. Usually Meera finds it soothing, but today, as she stands against the carved door with a hand […]
Beasley’s Machines by Nathaniel Johnson
Raymond Eliot Beasley – his wife Ellen always summoned the full name – was up in the attic playing worn records in his dust-webbed playroom.
Noblesse by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Noblesse by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman MARGARET LEE encountered in her late middle age the rather singular strait of being entirely alone in the world. She was unmarried, and as far as relatives were concerned, she had none except those connected with her by ties not of blood, but by marriage. Margaret had not married […]
The Phantom ‘Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling
The Phantom ‘Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling May no ill dreams disturb my rest, Nor Powers of Darkness me molest. ?Evening Hymn. One of the few advantages that India has over England is a great Knowability. After five years’ service a man is directly or indirectly acquainted with the two or three hundred Civilians in his […]
The Ferry of Unfulfilment by O.Henry
The Ferry of Unfulfilment by O.Henry At the street corner, as solid as granite in the “rush-hour” tide of humanity, stood the Man from Nome. The Arctic winds and sun had stained him berry-brown. His eye still held the azure glint of the glaciers. He was as alert as a fox, as tough as a […]
The Sister-Years by Nathanial Hawthorn
The Sister-Years by Nathanial Hawthorn Last night, between eleven and twelve o’clock, when the Old Year was leaving her final footprints on the borders of Time’s empire, she found herself in possession of a few spare moments, and sat down?of all places in the world?on the steps of our new city-hall. The wintry moonlight showed […]
Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield Although it was so brilliantly fine?the blue sky powdered with gold and great spots of light like white wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques?Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur. The air was motionless, but when you opened your mouth there was just a faint chill, […]
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