These 34 easy English short stories will make you think while expanding your English vocabulary! Check out these engaging short reads for long-term English language learning. Don't be fooled by their length—these classic fables and award-winning short stories in English prove that you can pack big ideas into few words.
Read or listen to short stories in one paragraph by Nicholas Licalsi, a writer and podcaster. Explore themes of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and humor in these concise and creative tales.
A a collection of 75 Very Short Stories that you can read quickly, sorted by category so you can find a story that suits your mood.
This ‘one page short stories for reading comprehension’ contains stories that children will love to read again and again. Reading comprehension, according to wikipedia.org, is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows.
A friend asked me to sleepover because she didn’t want to be home alone all night, we woke up to a picture of us asleep on my phone.
One-paragraph stories, written daily. Or every other day. Or bi-weekly. Or... well, just check in often.
one paragraph short stories from good authors. Click to read one paragraph short stories, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.
Mara Yates One bright morning, a little acorn crawled out of his bed among the leaves, put on his hat, then accidentally tripped and fell off the branch! He landed in a pile of leaves and looked up at his home. It was a long way back up the tree. He smiled and cozied down…
But then on that momentous day, I was riding down the street when suddenly a short, sweet whistle, a real whistle, burst from my lips. My boyfriend’s head snapped toward me in surprise.
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A short one-paragraph story written in an attempt to both write, finish, and publish something.
A list of flash fiction by Lydia Davis, Deb Olin Unferth, George Saunders, and others, with brief descriptions and links. These stories are short, sharp, and powerful, ranging from humor to horror, from realism to fantasy.
I found the best short stories on the internet that you can read in just ten minutes. (Of course, if you do have the time, you should cherish them, re-read them, talk about them, think about them.)
Although I primarily write novels, magazine articles, and essays, several years ago, I started writing very short stories, all of them exactly 150 words long, as a fun way to keep my fiction writing skills from getting rusty.
Read writing about Storytelling in One paragraph stories. Super short stories.
Like fiction, but only have a minute? OneParagraph is a subreddit specifically for small format fiction limited to a single paragraph. Everyone is encouraged to contribute, but silent audience members are just as welcome. If you're unsure how to start, take a quick look at our guidelines.
