Short Story

'She Loved Flowers -- That's All He Knew About Her'

| Posted 04.14.2012

This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young p...

'A Cute Guy Liked Me -- And The Mean Girls Got Mad'

| Posted 03.21.2012

This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young p...

The Book We're Talking About This Week

Posted 03.20.2012

"Birds of a Lesser Paradise" by Megan Mayhew Berhman Scribner, $24.00 Published on March 6, 2012 What is it about? Vermont native Megan Ma...

'One Milk, Two Sugars, And A Pinch Of Reality, Please'

| Susanna Sabin | Posted 03.12.2012

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young people. O...

TEEN FICTION: 'I Love Him... And He Loves His Music'

| Carolina Perez | Posted 01.29.2012

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

'Can You Love Somebody Without Ever Hearing Them Speak?'

| Lillian Chrome | Posted 03.27.2012

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

TEEN FICTION: 'A Gargoyle, A Girl, And An Epic Adventure'

| Emma Lee | Posted 01.27.2012

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

TEEN FICTION: 'I Don't Want To Get Married. Not Now, Not Ever.'

| Tessa D. | Posted 01.13.2012

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

'Winter Was Her Season. Ice Was Her Element. That's Why He Loved Her.'

| Mia Catherine | Posted 01.08.2012

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

I Should Have Said 'I Love You' On Christmas Eve

| Rachel K | Posted 12.28.2011

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...

'I Couldn't Stop Thinking About A Total Stranger'

| Matt Heckler | Posted 01.11.2012

This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young people. W...

Bestselling Author Writes Story To Save Libraries

Posted 11.15.2011

Best-selling author Karin Slaughter releases a new short story tomorrow - with all of her proceeds going to local libraries. According to a press r...

Decisively Indecisive

Tom Wilson | Posted 09.03.2011

Tom Wilson

My brother is the most indecisive person in the world. Ask him any question, that involves even the slightest degree of choice, and his answer will invariably be, "I don't mind".

New Year’s Weekend Alone In The Hand Surgery Ward: A Story

Posted 08.31.2011

Narrative Magazine: [link “Narrative Magazine” to http://narrativemagazine.com/] What would you do as a lonely expat in Italy if you accidentally ...

Step By Step

Jasiris Guitierrez | Posted 07.25.2011

Jasiris Guitierrez

Parents are supposed to be there for their kids right? Well, for me it's different. I never really had both my mom and dad there for me. It was pretty much my mother playing both the roles of mom and dad.

The Melancholy Death of Julia Scarlet

Monica Cruz | Posted 07.25.2011

Monica Cruz

My death ruined most. I try not to think about it but that is impossible. My stupidity got me into the worst for my family, and me. The worst part about being dead, is that I have to wait. I have to wait to be reborn again.

The Yankee Stadium

Kevin Nunez | Posted 07.24.2011

Kevin Nunez

To this day, I still have the hat, photos, and of course the memory of going to the Yankee Stadium and going to my first Yankee game with my Father.

Irene and the Bully Magnet

Melonie Baker | Posted 07.24.2011

Melonie Baker

It was a dreaded gift that started Irene's wardrobe issues for almost over a year. The gift you may ask? A pair of jeans. What's wrong with the gift of jeans, you may ask again? They were jeans like no other.

National Short Story Month: Favorite Short Stories Of The Past Year

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.20.2011

May is National Short Story Month, so we’re celebrating the tail end of it by honoring some short stories of the past year that are deserving of you...

Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Aggie Zivaljevic's 'Where Is My Boy?'

Posted 05.25.2011

Narrative Magazine: In spring 1992, in response to Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav National Army be...

No Escape: Getting Out Of The Gulag

Posted 05.25.2011

In Anthony Marra's story "Granddaughters," more than half a century unfolds in a small town on the Yenisei River in Siberia, beginning at the heyday o...

Can Electronic Subscriptions Keep The Short Story From Dying As A Form?

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

What will the future of the short story look like in a world filled with eBooks? Paul Vidich, co-founder and publisher of Storyville, thinks the futur...

Short Stories: Writers Talk About The Form To Anis Shivani

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

We asked the writers these questions: What do you like about writing short stories, and if you also write novels, how do you compare the writing?

Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature

Posted 05.25.2011

Poet, author, and screenwriter Barry Gifford has been called the master of the dark side of American reality. His stories take star-crossed, sex-drive...

Classic Short Stories Newly Illustrated

blog.schoollibraryjournal.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Sometimes a company will implement an idea that makes me want to stand up, take notice, and perhaps dance a restrained ladylike jig. Such was my reac...