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Upturned Face, By Stephen Crane

Upturned Face, By Stephen Crane

“The Upturned Face” is one of Crane’s best-known short stories. It is a study on the horrors of the American Civil War.

Posted on January 5, 2020January 4, 2020 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories6 Minutes Read

A Dwarf’s Tale, By Georg Klein

A Dwarf’s Tale, By Georg Klein

Georg Klein is a German writer who was born in 1953. He is the author of five novels, several collections of short stories and a detective story.

Posted on December 15, 2019March 20, 2020 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories5 Minutes Read

How I Met The Author Of My Obituary, By Jaroslav Hašek

How I Met The Author Of My Obituary, By Jaroslav Hašek

Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist.

Posted on November 10, 2019November 9, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories5 Minutes Read

The Picture Horse, By P’u Sung-Ling

The Picture Horse, By P’u Sung-Ling

P’u Sung-Ling was a Qing dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories2 Minutes Read

The White Flower, By Teffi

The White Flower, By Teffi

Teffi was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi was the pseudonym of Nadezhda Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya.

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories5 Minutes Read

Esme, By Saki

Esme, By Saki

A baroness tells Clovis a story about a hyena that she and her friend Constance encountered while out fox hunting.

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories7 Minutes Read

The Socialist, By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

The Socialist, By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Akutagawa is regarded as the “Father of the Japanese short story” and Japan’s premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him

Posted on July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories3 Minutes Read

Gym Period, By Rainer Maria Rilke

Gym Period, By Rainer Maria Rilke

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist.

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories8 Minutes Read

The Feather Pillow, By Horacio Quiroga

The Feather Pillow, By Horacio Quiroga

Alicia and Jordan are married and live happily for three months. As Alicia falls ill, she hallucinates to a surprising, inevitable ending.

Posted on May 19, 2019May 12, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories6 Minutes Read

The Green Devil, By Teffi

The Green Devil, By Teffi

Early in her literary career Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya, born in St. Petersburg in 1872, adopted the pen-name of Teffi. In prerevolutionary Russia she was a literary star, known for her humorous satirical pieces

Posted on April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 by Featured WriterIn Classic Literature, Classic Short Stories7 Minutes Read

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Category: Classic Short Stories

If you’re a fan of classic literature you’ll enjoy this section. Here we focus on some of the most famous short stories in history and the lesser known classics. If it’s good, we’ll share it.

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