The story shelf
Follow your curiosity.
A name you know. A mood you’re in. Ten minutes to yourself. Start anywhere.
A calendar event within the story.
5 stories · Selected from the catalog
O. HenryOn Easter, a weary young worker searches for the holiday’s meaning while his blind father waits at home.
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With Tonia's Easter hat stranded on a train, two rival suitors ride through the Texas night to find a replacement.
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A wife’s devotion to an untouchable lapdog governs every family plan, until her husband and sister devise a final remedy.
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At an Easter reception for a prince, a lifelong coward sees what no one else notices—and must decide which instinct will prevail.
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Two boys receive pacifist toys meant to reform their imaginations and immediately find new uses for dustbins, reformers, and public libraries.
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