Read Short True Life Stories
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
Beyond the Marshes
By
Ralph Connor
A young minister accompanies a missionary to visit a Scottish immigrant family of settlers in the remote far up marshes of Northern Manitoba in the late 1800's.
Bridging the Years
By
Kathleen Thompson Norris
A wife and mother burdened with the cares of her life, receives a visit from a stranger that changes everything for her.
Innocence
By
Honore de Balzac
Classic short story about the innocence of children and the joy they bring, by Honore de Balzac .
The Guardian Angel
By
W. W. Jacobs
The title is sarcastic, since the guardian angel in this humorous story is more like a self-serving avenger, exacting joyous payback for wrongs committed against him.
The Unfortunate Man
By
Hari Prasad Shrestha
A girl distracts a son from a father, who had sacrificed his life for the son.