In Chapter Two of his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin discusses a trick he and one of his friends played on the rest of their group, wherein Franklin pretended to be the author of his friend's poem.
When the time of our meeting drew nigh, Ralph called on me first, and let me know his piece w...
From the English version of "Simple and Clean" by Utada Hikaru
When you walk away
You don't hear me say
Please, O baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
I couldn't structure the fourth line into verses because I don't have a sense o...
In "The Worst Crime in the World" by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown and his friend, a lawyer, was talking to a rich old man who has lived alone in a castle for a long time, and who has just said that he will never talk to his son as long as he lives:
The lawyer said: “Why, what on earth has ...
The woman is upper-class British, stranded I believe somewhere in the Middle East late 19th century or so (she's waiting for an often-cancelled train). While stuck there alone, she starts to realize that her husband was madly in love with a friend of theirs; her children have rejected her, and s...
When we had Nalo Hopkinson as a topic challenge in August 2018, we got 14 questions, which was the highest number of questions up to that point. But this was in part because several of her stories were available online.
I think in Nalo Hopkinson's case, they were legally online. But, yes, we should definitely check that in future suggestions.
For Nnedi Okorafor's stories, the author has done the "homework" for us: see Stories Available Online on her own website.
See also Bibliography on N. K. Jemisin's website, which also provides links to online versions. I am assuming that these authors would not guide you towards stories published illegally...
I need to write an essay on how I think a story contains literary merit, but I haven't studied that in months so I completely forgot what literary merit is. I am not asking you to write the essay, I just want to know what literary merit is
In Chapter Two of his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin discusses a trick he and one of his friends played on the rest of their group, wherein Franklin pretended to be the author of his friend's poem.
When the time of our meeting drew nigh, Ralph called on me first, and let me know his piece w...
From the English version of "Simple and Clean" by Utada Hikaru
When you walk away
You don't hear me say
Please, O baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
I couldn't structure the fourth line into verses because I don't have a sense o...
In "The Worst Crime in the World" by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown and his friend, a lawyer, was talking to a rich old man who has lived alone in a castle for a long time, and who has just said that he will never talk to his son as long as he lives:
The lawyer said: “Why, what on earth has ...
I need to write an essay on how I think a story contains literary merit, but I haven't studied that in months so I completely forgot what literary merit is. I am not asking you to write the essay, I just want to know what literary merit is
