Uplifting Short Stories

Month: August 2026

A Joke

Post author By Shortcake.IR
Post date August 5
1 Comment on A Joke

It was noon of a bright winter’s day. The air was crisp with frost, and Nadia, who was walking beside me, found her curls and the delicate down on her upper lip silvered with her own breath. We stood at the summit of a high hill. The ground fell away at our feet in a […]

Tags 1700W, Anton Chekhov

Short Story

The Maple Tree Inn

Post author By Shortcake.IR
Post date August 1
1 Comment on The Maple Tree Inn

The Maple Tree Inn started life as a rich man’s farmhouse. “Old Nick’s a rich man, indeed,” my father told me. “He won’t eat hot dogs.” We lived over the ridge from Nick and there was a rolling pasture where I’d train my binoculars on Nick as he hobbled about on his cane. One day […]

Tags 1100W, Suzanne Mays