Short stories tagged with Play

Listing 5 stories.

A young woman tutors a rich thirteen-year-old girl, and their sessions together prompt the woman to reflect on her less-privileged teenage years and how she ended up with the job she has.

A story is on trial for falsely claiming to be science fiction in a satirical 1940’s London courtroom.

After a young Jewish boy moves to Berlin with his family, he learns that his family agreed to watch a boy from the mental institution on the weekends. The two become friends, and the boy learns more about himself through meeting the other boy.

In Michigan, a young boy whose parents are going through a divorce spends his days fantasizing about his goldfish, Fish.

A young Native American man talks about his encounter with a white man who was captured by his tribe. The white man and the Native American man grow closer through mutual teaching.