Short Stories

6 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

B1 2 worksheets

The Chair by the Fire Door

The chair had been there as long as anyone could remember. It sat in the corner of the staffroom at Redmoor Secondary …

Literary Fiction

C1 2 worksheets

The rain in Velos never stopped. It cascaded in luminescent sheets across the tiered architecture of the city — a metro…

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,…

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

There are those who wish to know, and there are those who don’t wish to know.

Mystery Science Fiction

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…