Short stories tagged with Life

Listing 58 stories.

An old woman experiences several blackouts as she approaches death.

After the death of their father, two brothers move in with their unfamiliar aunt and uncle in Harlan, Kentucky, but a bullying incident at school threatens to separate the family.

An old woman takes a day trip through the Mexican town of La Luz. After one of her appointments is unexpectedly cancelled, she must find new ways to spend her day.

In a small rural town in the 1930s, three friends — a farmer’s wife, a music teacher and adulteress, and a single huntswoman — drift away from one another as they grow older, choosing unexpected futures for themselves.

In a futuristic world where hardly a trace of natural life exists untouched by human interference, a Citizen makes an unprecedented choice that brings a slew of notoriety and ethical questions.

Professor gives a talk about the human appetite for death

A man thinks back on his late father's thievery, and figures out how to mourn his death.

An old man compares his new family with his old one as his daughter from a previous marriage comes to visit him.

A few men gather in a small house to discuss what makes humanity unique as compared to the rest of nature.

In a lengthy dialogue, two men, possibly a psychologist and a patient, discuss adultery, sin, desire, and life.