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Aesthetics of Decay or What Ruins Tell Us - Shashwat
Echoes from the Ruins and Decaying Palaces of Orchcha.
A Sign in Space - Italo Calvino
In this 1965 story, Qfwfq places a sign in the Milky Way to mark a point in space and revisit it at the end of a galactic revolution. Will he return to find the sign?
Forgotten Dreams - Stefan Zweig
Published in 1900, Forgotten Dreams involves a chance encounter between a woman and a man who knew each other in youth.
The Porcelain Doll - Leo Tolstoy
The Porcelain Doll is an 1863 letter by Tolstoy to his wife's sister Tatiana that is often considered to be a short story and included as such in his short story collections.
The Night Face Up - Julio Cortazar
Originally published in Spanish in 1956, The Night Face Up travels between a world that we recognize as ours and a world from ages ago - a world of chase, hunt and human sacrifice. Which one is real…
Her Lover - Maxim Gorky
Set in Moscow, a student writes letters between Teresa and her imaginary lover Boles.
The Library of Babel - Jorge Luis Borges
Originally published in Spanish in 1941, this story imagines a total library - with every possible combination of 25 orthographic letters, stretching endlessly in hexagonal sections. All past,…
Rashōmon - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Published in 1915, this story takes place in a Kyoto in decline. Rashōmon also forms the framing story for the movie by Akira Kurosawa.
The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
Published in 1905, this is a story about a couple who go about buying Christmas gifts for each other with the meagre savings they have.
Luck - Mark Twain
What is the best fortune that can befall a man? Mark Twain says it is to be born lucky. Listen to this humorous story and find out why.
The Great Wall of China - Franz Kafka
Published in 1931, the story gives an account of the building of the Great Wall of China. Kafka never travelled to China. Moreover, it was impossible for Kafka and any writer to travel back in time…
On the Road at Eighteen - Yu Hua
Published in 1987 by the Chinese writer Yu Hua, On the Road at Eighteen (also translated as Leaving Home at Eighteen) narrates the first encounter between a newly adult boy and the strange world that…
A Madman's Diary - Lu Xun
Published in 1918 by Chinese writer Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary (also translated as the Diary of a Madman) delves into the inner thoughts of a man to reveal the predicaments of a people.
The Bet - Anton P. Chekhov
Published in 1989 by Russian writer Anton P. Chekhov, the Bet tells the story of a young man who submits to voluntary imprisonment to prove that it is better than capital punishment. Does he succeed?…
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