Short Stories

This is a collection of original short stories on esl-lounge Premium. All stories were written by Neil Coghlan, owner of esl-lounge Premium. These short stories were originally for a native-speaker audience and therefore include advanced levels of vocabulary and sentence structure.

Disclaimer: These are adult short stories and are not really suitable for young learners. The subjects covered may be controversial for some students so care should be taken before selecting these lessons to use with your students.

If you are interested, you can access these and others on my short story blog.

Title: The Box Of Tricks Story Involves: Family, hobbies, bereavement. Plot: A man takes up photography as a way of distracting himself after the loss of his wife. He enters a local photography competition while, at home, his sisters-in-law can't understand his absence and his children try to understand his actions. Duration: 80 minutes. Lesson Plan: 4R9	American English Version
	British English Version

Title: The Last Ark
Story Involves: Science Fiction, space travel, loneliness, desperation.
Plot: NASA sends over 200 of its finest on a one way trip to a distant star. After years of hibernation, the first to wake heads to the flight deck to speak with the central computer, Max. Something doesn't seem right. Where are they - and where is everyone else?
Duration: 70 minutes.
Lesson Plan: 4R12

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British English
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