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A Short Story YES, of course, even if it's raining,' Mary Sullivan said. 'But you must tell me the train, Jimmy.' The noise of the bar he was calling from, [...]

Walking into our house was like walking into the city dump. But nobody else in the family seemed to care. "I know things are a little messy, Emma." Mom massaged […]

The front door of Alcott Elementary burst open and out poured crowds of laughing, shrieking children. It was the last day of school, and everyone was excited that summer was […]

Nathan hated going to bed. Every night at bedtime, Nathan came up with an excuse. 'It's too early!' he would say. 'I'm not tired!' he would shout. 'I won't go!' [...]

One bright afternoon, Bear was lying in bed with the shades drawn. He heard a knock at his door and peeked out. 'Who's there?' he called. 'It's Rabbit and Fox. [...]

It was the night before Bobby's sixth birthday, and there he sat in the hospital emergency room. Mom and Dad were with him. 'Keep your arm still, son,' Dad told [...]

The frogs on Green Creek had been trying their best to shape up for the Annual Leaping Contest. They had practiced for weeks that is, except Chad. 'Exercise' was a [...]

"Go, Amanda, go!" Laura shouted as she watched her younger sister work the soccer ball toward the goal. The ball rolled in front of Amanda's neat, controlled steps. Suddenly, wham--a […]

Katie watched as her dad pounded in the last nail. He stood up, holding his back and mopping his forehead. "Whew. I hope you put this to good use, Katie." […]

TOMMY TURNS TO HIS GRANDPA THE RODEO CHAMP TO HELP HIS SCARED AND HURT FRIEND MATTHEW GET BACK IN THE SADDLE. MY NAME IS TOMMY SILVA. I am 14. I […]

There is a long queue in front of the club when I get there. A myriad of types waiting in the cold outside. The length of time they will have [...]

Muriel had built her career on Equity. She had started at the Institute as a junior administrator, shuffling paper, doing the bidding of the scientists and even the technicians. The [...]

Before the sheriff came to get him, Lloyd found the sheep out by the pond. He'd counted head that morning and come up one short. He did the count over, [...]

When I was very young, my brother and I used to play on the beach and watch the ships go by. The beach was wide and flat and the waves [...]

Her father put the last empty oil can into the boat as her mother called, 'Don't let the bread burn, Mary, and we will be back at six.' 'Good-bye, Mother, [...]

Candy watched her sister Rosalee build a tree house. "I'm going to build a tree house, too," said Candy. "You can use my hammer and saw," said Rosalee. "I'll help […]

Noriko Hideki sat in the back row of Miss Susan's fourth grade class. Nobody sat in the desk next to her, and that was just fine, she thought. Noriko was […]

The Jewish people of Peshkavits began to prepare for the holiday of Shavuot. They would need a great deal of cheese to make the special food eaten on that day […]

I heard the beep of the train doors as they prepared to close. I sprinted down the stairs, and as I approached the train, the doors shut in my face. […]

It is a vindictive conspiracy which puts it about that vasectomies are painless. Adam's vasectomy was unspeakably painful. A huge stabbing ache which lasted for a whole week after the [...]

At eight o'clock on Saturday night, Mark picks me up in his white Volvo. We are going to a party. It's a handbag job and I am the handbag. This [...]

I aimed, pulled back my homemade slingshot, and let the stone go. But the stone did not rush toward the bird that was perched on the house's red tile roof. [...]

Most mornings, I'd wake up with the same hazy thought I'd gone to sleep with. Someday, a man would say, 'Samantha' in a certain tone, and I would turn to [...]

THE SKY takes up most of the space here. Walking along the road between the houses, I am dizzy with the sensation of looking up: funnelled like a time-traveller into [...]

'There's just not time to do everything!' Mrs. Mitchell hissed exasperatedly. She hurried into the living room where her son was playing a computer game. She was a short, heavy-set […]

It was a warm and sunny morning as I sat on the school bus. It was the first day of school and I was going to be the sixth grade. […]

'Aunt Carol, what's that?' I asked as I carefully examined her plate. It was a stormy evening outside, but inside Ponzio's it felt warm and fuzzy. She whispered into my […]

THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS in the weekend newspapers for 'adventure holidays' seem to grow in number; they appear also to offer a widening range of--shall we call them energetic?--pursuits to which a [...]

HE HAS TRAVELED TO THE other end of the Universe to get the true facts from the Answerer, and now that he has heard at last, he does not think […]

* Rebecca did everything possible to ensure her date with Max Stoddart, the handsome new reporter at the magazine where she wrote a beauty column, would sail smoothly. She bought […]

* The story so far: After a few bizarre dates with crazy Samantha, Krister had a spur-of-the-moment smooch session with another girl, Justine, during an Atlantic City road trip.... tuesday […]