Literary
epub |eng | 2020-03-24 | Author:Richard Ford

Jimmy Green—1992 They were in a taxi, on their way to the American Bar down General Leclerc, to watch the election returns. Rain had begun blowing sideways, three minutes past ...
( Category: Short Stories June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-10 | Author:Robert Coles

Raymond Carver A SMALL, GOOD THING The agony of parents awaiting word of their child’s condition forms the heart of this piece by master storyteller Raymond Carver, one that poignantly ...
( Category: Essays June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Deborah Rodriguez

22 Charlie was happy to be alone. She sat on the patio outside the sliding glass doors of the hotel room, basking in the night air with an unopened book ...
( Category: Literary June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-12-10 | Author:Garry Disher

Running A fresh start somewhere new—that’s how Grandfather Tolley, irreproachably polite, avoided the unwelcome question. His questioners would nod thoughtfully in Tolley’s Four Square Store, and put two and two ...
( Category: Small Town & Rural June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-23 | Author:Robert Perisic

15 THE DINNER BECAUSE of which he’d had to travel, where Oleg and Lorena met the editor, was wonderful. Oleg was wonderful, the fact that he’d heard nothing about the ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-05 | Author:Clarice Lispector

Olímpico de Jesus worked in a metals factory and she didn’t even notice that he didn’t call himself a “worker” but a “metallurgist." Macabéa was pleased with his social position ...
( Category: Psychological June 15,2020 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2018-06-26 | Author:Clarice Lispector

The Solution (“A solução”) Her name was Almira and she’d grown too fat. Alice was her best friend. At least that’s what she told everyone woefully, wanting her own vehemence ...
( Category: Short Stories June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-14 | Author:Corinne Manning

the painting on Bedford Ave. On August 14, 2003, I decided to put my roommate’s painting out on the curb. My girlfriend, Tracy, and I weren’t living together, but I ...
( Category: Short Stories June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-23 | Author:Falcone, Carmen [Falcone, Carmen]

“Can I have more pizza, please?” Libby asked. They’d gone to a neighborhood Italian bistro with a nice outdoor play area. For the past hour, a silly part of her ...
( Category: Literary June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-12-26 | Author:Tracey Enerson Wood

Twenty-One Mother stayed for many weeks during Wash’s recuperation. Soon, her circle of friends visited as well, delighting in his stories of Civil War exploits. Wash was never so happy ...
( Category: Biographical June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-09 | Author:Carmen Falcone [Falcone, Carmen]

8 “Good job,” Cole said, kicking the soccer ball back to Henry. “Let’s do it again.” Nikki fanned herself. After a fantastic soccer practice with their little league team, Cole ...
( Category: Literary June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-07 | Author:Savannah Brown

11 Heath played Vivaldi. I wasn’t entirely sure what sort of music I’d envisioned him liking. All things considered, this seemed to make sense. He drummed his fingers against the ...
( Category: Mysteries & Detectives June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kathryn Scanlan

LINE I stand behind a woman much shorter than I am. The top of the back of her head reaches my collarbone, though I’m not tall. I’m of an average ...
( Category: Short Stories June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-09 | Author:Beth Miller [Miller, Beth]

Sixteen Kay ‘Stunning.’ ‘More than stunning. Exceptional.’ ‘Superlative.’ ‘Astonishing.’ ‘Exquisite.’ ‘Beyond compare.’ I sipped my cappuccino, closed my eyes briefly, then was rocked all over again by the view when ...
( Category: Humorous June 14,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bem Le Hunte

WEARING SHIVA ‘I NEVER WANTED to return here to live,’ Mae told Savitri as she turned the key to the side door of her family house in Brunswick Heads. ‘Especially ...
( Category: Literary June 14,2020 )