Classics
A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas Short Story Review 
Childhood Christmas memories,imagery of winter, snow and sea, a humorous house-fire anecdote and poetry in the prose - Dylan Thomas offers us a perfect 'winter's tale' for Christmas. Agatha Christie Short Story - A Bad Example?
Agatha Christie Short Story Review "The Hound of Death" Does the hysteria come from the hallucinating miracle-working nun or from laughter at the poor delivery of a melodramatic and implausible tale? Anton Chekhov - Joy - Short Story Review
Take a Master Class from this Short Story Maestro. Warm familial scenes of Russian Victorian domesticity and a sly dig at the media and establishment bureaucracy. Ashputtel
The original, darker tale of Cinderella ClassicReader.com  [offsite link]
A comprehensive collection of short stories from renowned authors including Ambrose Pierce, Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad, Nathaniel Hawthorne and many, many more. Clever Gretel
A not so Grimm tale Salon|Monstrous Acts and Little Murders  [offsite link]
A series of insightful articles by Salon on writer Shirley Jackson Scottish Short Story for Burns Night- The Poor Thing-RL Stevenson
Burns Night is the perfect night for a Recitation at a Scottish theme Party, preferably a topical spooky one to reflect a time for saying goodbye to all things dead and bringing in the new. But is this RL Stevenson Gaelic offering more Irish than Scottish in its origins? Read and Guess ..... The End of Something - Ernest Hemingway 
Summer's coming,soon there'll be teen vacations and summer camp. boating and fishing. Here's a teen sweetheart story in which two teens go moonlight fishing together. Sounds romantic? Opinions are divided on what happens next! What do you think? Read and judge - see if you agree with my theory! The Fall of the House of Usher
A Chilling Poe Classic The Fulness of Life
A short story by Edith Wharton The Girl and the Graft
A Short Story by O. Henry The Happy Prince
A children's story by Oscar Wilde (yep, the very same) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A timeless tale of horror The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen Short Story Review
A little girl, like many of the world's exploited children of today, dies in an effort to bring in some money for her family. She is found, frozen to death, the next morning. The Red Shoes
A classic story by Hans Christian Anderson The Short Story Classics [offsite link]
A site offering the best from the masters The Two Drovers - Walter Scott Short Story Review
Anyone for Historical Novels and films with sporrans, kilts and feisty long-haired Highland lads with daggers hidden in their tartan? No time to read "Waverley" but enjoy watching "Braveheart","Rob Roy" and Courtroom Dramas? Readers with legal leanings may enjoy the justice issues analysis too.
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
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