_April 15th, 190-_ Dear Sir, I am requested by the Council of the —- Association to return to ... Read more
British Short Stories
Total Stories: 982
Marc Girondin had worked in the filing section of the city hall’s engineering department for so long that ... Read more
The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by ... Read more
LOUISA, holding a dishcloth in her hand, stepped out of the kitchen door at the back of the ... Read more
ONCE upon a time, in the City of New York, a beautiful baby boy was born into this ... Read more
ALL day, in between serving customers, we had been crouching over the table in the office of the ... Read more
It must have been around midnight when I drove home, and as I approached the gates of the ... Read more
BILLY WEAVER had travelled down from London on the slow afternoon train, with a change at Swindon on ... Read more
WILLIAM PEARL did not leave a great deal of money when he died, and his will was a ... Read more
ALL her life, Mrs Foster had had an almost pathological fear of missing a train, a plane, a ... Read more
MR BOGGIS was driving the car slowly, leaning back comfortably in the seat with one elbow resting or ... Read more
It was getting on toward six o’clock so I thought I’d buy myself a beer and go out ... Read more
