With the help of some family chickens, a six-year-old playing alone in his fenced backyard plots his escape to a neighboring party. Short story with text and audio.

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Shiloh meets a perfect girl during a West Virginia mountain retreat and tells her he’s a marine biologist instead of a Washington lobbyist. Short story with text and audio.

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When an elementary school fieldtrip involves a promised trip to Mars, one student questions whether he saw a Martian or stayed on Earth. Short story with text and audio.

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Instead of relaxing on his family vacation in Jamaica, an ambitious businessman builds a new lounge chair empire around the resort’s pool. Short story with text and audio.

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A truckload of unwanted lemons lands at an elementary school. How will students and teachers react when life gives them lots of lemons? Short story with text and audio.

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Two graduating college students discover their mutual attraction on their last night together. How will they react to their love at last sight? Short story with text and audio.

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A weary patient convinces a surprisingly young looking doctor to share his anti-aging secret and receives an unexpected fountain of youth prescription. Short story with text and audio.

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Amy’s new boyfriend seems perfect except maybe for his loyalty to a baseball team. Will his love for the Yankees break his relationship? Short story with text and audio.

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Seven-year-old Jack raises a bean plant for school. Why does it look different than the plants grown by other kids in his class? Short story with text and audio.

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An unhappy employee unexpectedly meets his boss on vacation after listening to the boss’s company-wide podcast message. Could the encounter change his career? Short story with text and audio.

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