Short Stories by J. D. Salinger
"Juanita, she's always dragging me to a million movies, and we see these here shows all about war and stuff. You see a lot of real handsome guys always getting shot pretty neat, right where... More
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“Lazarus”: The Expanded Version
The Post presents an extended version of Gregory Loselle's winning entry for the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. ... More
The End of Devil Hawker
To celebrate Sherlock Holmes' return to the big screen, we present a classic Post short story written by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.... More
A Poem for the Passing of 2009
Here, from a century ago, is the Post's review of the passing year in six "cantos" and an "ode."... More
Commutation: $9.17
In the business stories he wrote for the Post, Sinclair Lewis satirized the short-sighted, self-serving pomposity within American business. ... More
Song for New Year’s Day, 1949
What were they singing about 60 years ago? Here's a song that may ring a familiar tune.... More
Not Just Another Plot
The following short story by author Mark Howell received an honorable mention from the 2009 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. ... More
Henry’s Christmas
She had no food to give her son. They couldn’t sleep in the car. The cold would come in the night as they clung to... More
God-Fearing Mrs. Bates
Old Mrs. Bates is always Peeping through her curtain, Peering up and down the street, Making very certain Of the wicked goings on Of all... More
Thanksgiving … 1950
Hard, hard it is, this anxious autumn, To lift the heavy mind from its dark forebodings; To sit at the bright feast, and with ruddy... More
Mid-November
I greeted the new day happily, but the sky was a gray that scowled at me, and the wind was a voice that turned away,... More
November Jailbreak
I stopped this morning to admire A row of icicles in sun And watched prismatic colors run About them like a restless fire ...... More
November Night
The wind goes keening through the dark, Disconsolate for what is lost— The rose, the leaf, the lyric stream Now songless under ice and frost. ... More
Warning on Halloween
Whoever rings my doorbell Might as well roam; I won't be there with cookies, I won't be home ...... More
One-on-One with the Author: Gary Svee
Spur Award-winning Western writer Gary Svee was born to be a cowboy. But maybe he was a century too late.... More
Saying Sorry
It was now a few weeks from Christmas, and I dug my hands into my pockets as I approached the Reb’s front door. A pacemaker... More
One-on-One with Author Mitch Albom
An exclusive Post interview with the bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie and details about his heartwarming and inspiring new novel. ... More
