Short Stories

5 stories available

CEFR level
All A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2
Genre
All genres Adventure Contemporary Cozy Mystery Cyberpunk Epistolary Fantasy Flash fiction Folk Horror Grimdark Fantasy Hard Science Fiction Historical Horror Humour Literary Fiction Magical Realism Minimalism Mystery Noir / Hardboiled Satire Science Fiction Slipstream Southern Gothic Speculative Fiction tragicomedy
Theme
All themes Body Image and Self-Esteem Bullying and Resilience Courage Cultural Intersectionality Environment Failed relationships Family Fate Fate vs freewill Finding "Your People" First Love/First Crush Friendship Grief and Healing Growth & Responsibility Identity Identity & Self-Discovery Independence Industrialization Internal Struggles Loneliness in a Crowd Loss of Innocence Mental Health Awareness Moral Ambiguity Rebellion against Authority Relationships & Heartbreak School Life Social & External Conflict Social Hierarchy Social Justice Technology The "Friendship Breakup" The "Mask" vs. Reality The Fear of the Future The Weight of Expectations Toxic Dynamics Travel Unrequited Love
C1 2 worksheets
Velos
The rain in Velos never stopped. It cascaded in luminescent sheets across the tiered architecture of the city — a metro…
Cyberpunk
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B1
Death by Scrabble
I watch my wife's smug expression as she rearranges her letters. Clack, clack, clack. I hate her. If she wasn't around,…
tragicomedy
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B2
The Story of an Hour
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possib…
Literary Fiction
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B2
The Knowers
There are those who wish to know, and there are those who don’t wish to know.
Mystery Science Fiction
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B2
The Monkey's Paw
"It had a spell put on it by an old fakir," said the sergeant-major, "a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate rul…
Mystery
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