The Blue Diamond

When our unnamed protagonist finds himself impaled with a hunk of space rock, he realizes death is the furthest thing from is mind.

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge, By Ambrose Bierce

Set during the American Civil War, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” is Bierce’s most famous short story.

Love Suicides, By Yasunari Kawabata

Palm-of-the-Hand Stories is the name Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata gave to more than 140 short stories he wrote over his long career.

The Story Of An Hour, By Kate Chopin

“The Story of an Hour” was controversial by American standards of the 1890s because it features a female protagonist who feels liberated by the news of her husband’s death.

Harrison Bergeron, By Kurt Vonnegut

“Harrison Bergeron” is a satirical and dystopian science-fiction short story written by Kurt Vonnegut and first published in October 1961.

All Summer In A Day, By Ray Bradbury

A group of schoolchildren live on Venus where the Sun is visible for only two hours every seven years.

Hills Like White Elephants, By Ernest Hemingway

From the 1927 collection Men Without Women, this story takes place in Spain’s Ebro Valley, and concerns two characters on the verge of a life-changing decision.

The Shoemaker And The Devil, By Anton Chekhov

The Shoemaker and the Devil was published by Anton Chekhov in 1888.

The Mustache, By Guy De Mauspassant

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story.

A Telephonic Conversation, By Mark Twain

Twain’s sketch “A Telephonic Conversation” recounts an overheard conversation in his home, perhaps partly fabricated or embellished but true to life.

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