BEST SHORT STORIES
List of The Best Short Stories
Importance of Short Stories
One of he most resilient forms of entertainment is the short story. Historically ithas always been a popular mode of amusement. It provides a distraction that can besavored and enjoyed quickly. Unlike longer fiction a short story is a self contained bit of excitement that the reader digests with secret satisfaction in a brief interlude.
The Hanukkah Story
(Reading Time: 02:21) Long ago, before even our grandparents' grandparents' grandparents were alive, the land of Israel was ruled by a wicked king named Antiochus Epiphanes.King Antiochus counted many Jews among his subjects, and, just like so many of us today, our Jewish ancestors lived their lives according to Jewish custom and tradition. Like us, they celebrated Shabbat and marked the festivals of Passover, Sukk... -Rabbi Sara Y Sapadin
Hanukkah Short Stories +2
The Little Christmas Star
(Reading Time: 02:51) Of all the stars that shine in the sky, there had always been one that was brighter and more beautiful than the others. The whole sky's planets and stars looked on in admiration, wondering what could be the important mission that this star was to carry out. And the star itself did exactly the same, aware of its own incomparable beauty.The speculation ended when a group of angels came to the st... -Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Christmas Short Stories +1
The Aleph
(Reading Time: 18:41) On the burning February morning Beatriz Viterbo died, after braving an agony that never for a single moment gave way to self-pity or fear, I noticed that the sidewalk billboards around Constitution Plaza were advertising some new brand or other of American cigarettes. The fact pained me, for I realised that the wide and ceaseless universe was already slipping away from her and that this slight cha... -Jorge Luis BorgesPhilosophical Short Stories
The Freeza Saga
(Reading Time: 03:54) Gokou has a reunion with his friends and introduces them to Gohan, his five year old son. However, a Saiyan alien lands on Earth and to seek Gokou. He introduces himself as Raditz, Gokou's older brother, and asks Gokou to join him in the Saiyan quest of universal destruction. But, when Gokou refuses, Raditz kidnaps Gohan to blackmails Gokou to kill innocent civilians. However, Gokou remains loyal ...Anime Short Stories
A Dip In The Pool
(Reading Time: 15:37) On the morning of the third day, the sea calmed. Even the most delicate passengers--those who had not been seen around the ship since sailing time-- emerged from their cabins and crept on to the sun deck where the deck steward gave them chairs and tucked rugs around their legs and left them lying in rows, their faces upturned to the pale, almost heatless January sun.It had been moderately rou... -Roald Dahl
Money Short Stories
Home In The Trees
(Reading Time: 01:16) Once upon a time, there was a beautiful forest. There lived two trees, named Chintu and Pintu, who were brothers. Chintu and Pintu had many friends like the rabbit and his brothers, the group of monkeys, the family of birds, the Bunky bear and the wise old wolf.One day, all the friends were chatting. Suddenly Pintu saw a WOODCUTTER coming toward the forest. Pintu said "Hey look a WOODCUTTER is...
Short Story About Nature Moral Stories For Kids +16
A Day In The Country
(Reading Time: 08:28) Between eight and nine o'clock in the morning.A dark leaden-coloured mass is creeping over the sky towards the sun. Red zigzags of lightning gleam here and there across it. There is a sound of far-away rumbling. A warm wind frolics over the grass, bends the trees, and stirs up the dust. In a minute there will be a spurt of May rain and a real storm will begin.
Fyokla, a little beggar-girl of ... -Anton Chekhov
Short Story About Nature +3
The Last Librarian: Or A Short Account Of The End Of The World
(Reading Time: 11:03) Which is more important, books or people?"The question was posed in jest, but over the years I had come increasingly to believe that if the librarian's veins were opened, ink would flow from them rather than blood. Even so, I did not expect him to answer as he did.
"Books." The librarian held out the saucepan. "More cocoa?"
"Yes, please."
We sat in the blessed silence provided by the ... -Edoardo Albert
Anthology Short Stories +1
Molly's Easter Hen
(Reading Time: 01:43) When Molly came in from the chicken house, she looked very sad."O dear me!" she sighed. "I'm so disappointed!"
"What is it, sunny girl?" asked mother.
"Red Top hasn't laid an egg, and to-morrow is Easter. I shut Red Top in all by herself, so I should know that it was her very own egg, and she hasn't laid any."
"But the other hens have. We shall have plenty of Easter eggs to color," sa... -Annie Willis McCullough
Easter Short Story Short Stories For 1st Graders +1
The Hero Who Was Going To Save The World
(Reading Time: 01:33) Toto was a totally normal boy, and was paddling in the sea one day when a sea urchin stung him. At that precise moment, when he was rubbing his foot, he was simultaneously attacked by an octopus, a mosquito and a parrotfish, while being whipped by the tail of a platypus and having a seagull poop on his head....From such an unlikely confluence of events there could only emerge a new superhero, ... -Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Superhero Short Story Short Stories For Kids +1