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23 Free Short Stories

23 Free Short Stories

“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.” – Neil Gaiman

These free ebooks include:-

1. Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges

PDF – 17 pages

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges

Click on the link below to view / download the ebook(s):-
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges (PDF)

2. Moxon’s Master by Ambrose Bierce

Online reading only

Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce

Click on the link below to view / download the ebook(s):-
Moxon’s Master by Ambrose Bierce (Online reading only)

3. Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson

PDF – 19 short stories, 104 pages

Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson

Click on the link below to view / download the ebook(s):-
Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson (PDF)

 

  1. Lovecraft’s Fiction (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  2. The Laughing Man by Jerome David Salinger (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  3. Sleep by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  4. Good Old Neon (41 pages) (PDF) [View / Download]
  5. The Depressed Person by David Foster Wallace (8 pages) (PDF) [View / Download]
  6. A Sound of Thunder by Rad Bradbury (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  7. Welcome to The Monkey House (21 pages) (PDF) [View / Download]
  8. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (8 pages) (PDF) [View / Download]
  9. To Build A Fire by Jack London (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  10. Various Authors (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  11. Stories by Donald Barthelme (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  12. Roman Fever by Edith Wharton (Online reading only) [View / Download]
  13. Dubliners by James Joyce (All formats) [View / Download]
  14. The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville (All formats) [View / Download]
  15. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain (OGG, Online reading / listening) [View / Download]
  16. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (All formats) [View / Download]
  17. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce (All formats) [View / Download]
  18. The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (All formats) [View / Download]
  19. Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne (All formats) [View / Download]
  20. The House of Souls by Arthur Machen (All formats) [View / Download]

Source – Reddit