VERY SHORT STORIES
Antonia Buizza – Immortality
I met Maicol at primary school, but only three years ago I understood how worthy he was.
He went within a split time from barely...
Antonia Buizza – Friends
“What time is it?”
“A quarter to nine already”.
“What shall we do? Shall we order?”
“I would say yes. I think we have waited too long...
SHORT STORIES
Silvio Lazzaroni – Alina
My name is Alina and I am Romanian: I know that people look at me even when I buy groceries at the supermarket. I...
POPULAR
Agota Kristof – Yesterday
All Agota Kristof’s motifs
Even with a very thin plot, Agota Kristof manages to set up a very short novel that knows how...
CLASSICS
Gertrude Stein – Johnny Grey
What did he say. I was disagreeing with him.
He said he didn't have it by...
Kate Chopin – Désirée’s Baby
As the day was pleasant, Madame Valmondé drove over to L’Abri to see Désirée and...
T. S. Eliot – Eeldrop and Appleplex
I
Eeldrop and Appleplex rented two small rooms in a disreputable part of town. Here they...
James Baldwin – The Blind Men and the Elephant
There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side every day, and begged...
Joseph Conrad – The Lagoon
The white man, leaning with both arms over the roof of the little house in...
