There are thousands of short stories in our short story library, but with so many stories and so little time, we did you the favor of collecting our favorite 100 short stories in one place for you to enjoy.

A two-time Emmy-nominated program of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Storyline Online features actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading worldwide.

Short stories for Children, fairytales, nursery rhymes and fables; The Three Little Pigs, Snow White, Tom Thumb, Little Red Riding Hood, and other childhood favorites are here in the Children's Library.

Stories to enjoy when you have five minutes to spare, grouped by category to suit your mood: Witty Stories, Introspective Stories, Morality Tales, Other-Worldly Stories, Feel-Good/Love Stories, Dramatic Stories, and Political Farce Stories. Had a rough day? Cheer up with 50 Great Feel-Good Stories and a generous helping of comforting Foodie Stories

Short stories may be small, but they are mighty! With the weight of a novel stripped away, great short stories strike directly at the heart of their topics. Often maligned as the novel’s poor cousin, the short story medium has produced some of the most beloved works of fiction.

Storyberries - Fairy Tales, Bedtime Stories and Kids Poems! Hubert the Tasmanian Devil and all his friends create a rock band! The funny fairy tale about an over-confident crow, and a farmyard plot to stop the sun rising! Lucy has to start a new school, and begin new dance classes, but she's scared of change.

Free Online Stories for Kids! Bedtime Stories, Folktales, Fairy Tales, and More! Short moral stories displaying themes of human ethics.

Search, sort, and filter from over 1000 short stories from the public domain. “Your beautiful form, your graceful walk, and your expressive eyes; surely with these you can enchain a man’s heart.” - The Little Mermaid. Australian poets or Russian satirists. American romanticists or Irish realists.

Read Short Stories Online for Free. Discover a Growing Collection of Over 20,000 Short Stories and Novels for All Ages. Enjoy, Share, and Publish Your Stories.

Below, we introduce ten classic short stories – very short stories – from some of the finest authors in the literary canon. All of the stories can be read online: follow the links provided to read them. 1. Anton Chekhov, ‘ The Student ’.