Eveline, By James Joyce

Eveline, By James Joyce

Eveline was first published in 1904 by the journal Irish Homestead and later featured in the 1914 collection of short stories Dubliners

Napoleon And The Spectre, By Charlotte Bronte

Napoleon And The Spectre, By Charlotte Bronte

The Emperor of France is about to fall asleep when he hears a rustling sound near his bed. Soon he hears a “deep groan” coming from the closet in his apartment…

Mr. Lupescu, By Anthony Boucher

Mr. Lupescu, By Anthony Boucher

Mr Lupescu is a strange horror story by Anthony Boucher. It’s about a young boy who comes up with an imaginary friend when his mother leaves his father for another man.

The Blue Diamond

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

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

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, 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, 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

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

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.