Short For Teens

A young man gives a present of "a work of art", or so he thinks, with very interesting consequences. This is one of Chekov's most humorous stories.

Here is a tale that concerns the incredible power of friendship. The movie Tennessee's Partner (1955), starring John Payne and Ronald Reagan, was based on this story.

Originally published in The New Haven Review, this story features a young married couple who struggle through the rough landscape of Southern Illinois in the late 1950s. They argue over the purchase of a five-dollar-a-month Sears and Roebuck kitchen table, but it ends up saving lives.

27 Aesop's Short Stories for Kids. Classic Fairy Tales Collection for Toddlers....

Rude Diamond Davies III thinks he knows everything that goes down at his high school. In his extracurricular line of work as a Faery seer's apprentice, not knowing could get him dead. But when a strange girl turns up needing his help - and when that help involves falling in love - his world turns upside down.

Welcome to the busy, industrial port city of Steamkettle Bay, the second-largest city in all of Industralia. It's filled with manufacturing factories, airship docks, inventors, artists, and lots and lots of streetwise, clever kids. It's a warm Saturday in the summer of 1872, and somewhere in Steamkettle Bay, bad things are happening. Can Paisley Pockets and Christopher Cogan stop a crime in progress? They may be just a couple of kids, but where there's a will, and some smarts, there just might be a way.

Professor Oublie, a wise wizard, had one very controversial belief that he passed on to each new student who passed through the academy’s ancient and mysterious halls: "Love is more powerful than magic." One of his students, Armen, is compelled to explore dangerous corners of the castle, where a young girl named Leena has been frozen in time, held captive by an evil witch. Knowing he may never return from the witch’s lair, Armen will either ignore his heart, or embark on this perilous journey. If he cannot overcome the evil witch’s curse, neither love nor magic will save him.

This is a short story, the third in the Tina Stories series. When Tina finds her friend, Jennifer, on the bathroom floor at school, sick and crying, she wants to help her. Jennifer tells her she's pregnant with Zach's baby. Zach, however, wants nothing to do with the responsibility of a baby and feels trapped. How can Tina help her friend?

Karen is an art student attending her first overnight summer camp. She loves being around other artists. Her days are spent drawing, meeting new friends, and fluttering over a super-hot guy who seems to have the same feelings for her. Everything seems to be going well, until she discovers her roommate's unique method for creating art.

When he takes his young son to a magic shop as a birthday present, a father finds it ever more difficult to separate what is illusion from what he begins to wonder is real magic. This is a wonderful trip into the world of fantasy for young listeners and parents alike.

Zizzle Literary Audio Edition 2 contains stories selected from our hardback editions. Zizzle Literary is an anthology audiobook series that aims to bring parents and kids together to foster a lifelong love of listening to stories. We publish literary fiction that kids from age 11, teens, and adults will all enjoy. We focus on short and flash fiction - the door opener to the world of literature.

When a young inventor tries to crack the issue of mainstream Augmented Reality, he hits a few obstacles on the way. But will he manage to complete his dream, when his new girlfriend is taking up all of his thoughts, when the funding he needs is unreachable and when the breakthrough he needs is always just out of reach?

What would you do if an alien race killed your best friend? Young cadet Xandra is struck with the reality that her trusted colleague has fallen victim to yet another attack from a ruthless alien race. In her struggle to deal with his loss, she finds a bold, yet risky way to avenge her friend.

Catherine is a teenager who has always been rebellious within her Amish community. She meets a non-Amish boy one farm over and they and a few other teens decide to train hop their way to Chicago. Leaving early one morning, Catherine joins Matt on their big adventure to Chicago. After finally reaching the huge city, things start to happen that make her wish she was back with her family, held safe within her Amish community and that rebellion is sometimes not all it's made out to be.

As the Earth's land becomes completely flooded, humans must find a way to live underwater. The last standing city that has managed to survive the floods and find shelter underwater is now being attacked by an intelligent - and deadly - alien species. Is the human race doomed to become a food source for these aliens? Join Brock, the captain leading his squadron into the depths of the ocean, as they find out exactly what they are up against.

Stranded amidst a primitive civilization, Riley must navigate the challenges of being an outsider with knowledge that can either uplift or destroy. As the lines between the past and future blur, Riley's odyssey becomes not just a quest to return home but a journey of the heart, where true belonging and purpose are discovered in the most unexpected places.

Logan is one of the shifter fairies - fairies who can shift into wolf shape. The Wolf Fey is Logan's open and raw story before Bitter Frost (Frost #1) about the Wolf Fey, and a hint of his destiny. Will it be with Breena? This is a novelette introducing a new werewolf mythology based on the concept that werewolves have fairy blood in them in order to help them shift. This is their magic.

When Riley Jensen hears that Len Wilkins, a family friend who also employs her father as a farm hand, has been found dead with his eyes burned out of his head, her latent but innate heroism emerges. When news of several deaths of the same nature as that of Len Wilkins’ travels throughout Silverton, Riley becomes gripped with concern and fear for her grandfather Murray, who is a stubborn, leather-tough old man living alone in the countryside, miles outside of Silverton.

A mysterious presence stalks the hallways of the Sky-King's palace, stealing dreams and condemning the king's dancers to a living death. The task of unraveling this mystery falls to young Aesva, the last living bearer of the Gift. But she is young; inexperienced; and the woman most able to assist her has already died.

You've heard the story of a little mermaid, but this is one mermaid tale you haven't yet experienced. Meet Helen, a pretty blonde mermaid curious to see the surface world. Then, meet Giselle, her mysterious Sea Witch friend who only wants what's best for her. But when Helen gets her wish to see the surface world, can Giselle stifle the hidden feelings she has for her best friend so Helen can have her happily-ever-after? A Fairly Odd Mermaid Tale will change what you think about fairy tales, love and what it truly means to have a happily-ever-after!