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60 original stories. Choose a level and find your next read.
All levels · 60 stories
Original AI-assisted fiction. CEFR levels are estimates.
Work
The Blue Cup
It is Mina's first day at work. Which cup can she use?
Everyday life
The Last Apple
Two people want the same apple at a small shop.
Travel
At the Bus Stop
Sam needs a bus to the station, but he is on the wrong side of the street.
Community
A Name on the Door
Eva has a new home and wants to meet the person next door.
Everyday life
The Library Bag
Nina takes two books to the library, but one is not a library book.
Everyday life
Dinner for Three
Luca has food for two people. Then his friend brings a visitor.
Nature
Rain at the Park
Kim and Jo want lunch in the park. The weather has another plan.
Nature
The Small Plant
A small plant has a dark home. Can Amira find a better place for it?
Everyday life
The Red Ticket
Dan is ready for a film, but the date on his ticket is wrong.
Community
One More Chair
Four friends are coming to dinner, but Marta has only four chairs.
Community
The Key in the Envelope
Tom agrees to water a neighbour's plants, but the key does not open her door.
Everyday life
The Photo with No People
A family photo seems empty until Rosa listens to her grandfather.
Everyday life
A Week without a Phone
When his phone breaks, Amir has to find different ways to do familiar things.
Everyday life
The Six O'Clock Swim
Elena joins an early swimming class and gives herself a small first goal.
Community
A Cake for the Driver
Passengers want to thank their bus driver, but a cake is not easy to carry.
Mystery
The Market Jacket
A note in a second-hand jacket sends Max back to the market.
Work
The Night Bakery
On his first night at a bakery, Rob discovers who buys bread before sunrise.
Travel
The Long Way Home
A closed path changes Bea's usual journey and helps her find something she needs.
Community
The Empty Shop Window
An empty shop gets a new purpose for one weekend.
Work
The Dinner Practice
A new waiter practises taking orders at home, but his family makes it difficult.
Everyday life
The Borrowed Bicycle
A borrowed bicycle is damaged, and Ben must decide what to tell its owner.
Work
A Letter to Friday
A new employee finds useful advice written by the person who used her desk before.
Community
The Quiet Hour
A museum guard changes her mind about a visitor who comes every week.
Community
The Shared Recipe
A cooking group discovers that one recipe can tell several different stories.
Travel
A Room with a View
A disappointing hotel room leads Sian to an unexpected part of the city.
Everyday life
The Other Part
Jon does not get the acting role he wants, but the play still needs him.
Travel
The Old City Map
An old map helps two visitors find a place that modern maps no longer show.
Community
The Laundry Notice
Missing socks cause an argument in a shared laundry room.
Work
The Wrong Lunch
Two lunches are exchanged, and an office argument becomes a conversation.
Work
The Handwritten Sign
A printer fails just before Priya opens her repair shop.
Work
The Missing Minute
A podcast editor discovers that a shorter interview can tell a different story.
Everyday life
The Unexpected Review
A harsh review makes a photographer look again at the work she is proudest of.
Everyday life
The House Rules
Looking after a friend's home becomes complicated when the written instructions meet real life.
Community
A Seat at the Meeting
A planning meeting changes when a daily passenger describes an ordinary problem.
Community
The Volunteer Calendar
A reliable volunteer discovers that being helpful can make it difficult to say no.
Travel
The Return Journey
After years abroad, Tessa returns to the town she once wanted to leave.
Travel
The Map of Quiet Places
A popular guide to peaceful places begins to change the places it recommends.
Work
The Trial Menu
A restaurant owner tests an idea that customers praise but do not always choose.
Nature
The Sound of the Bay
A nature recorder must choose between a perfect sound and a complete account of a place.
Community
The Complaint Draft
A neighbour writes an angry message, then discovers that a useful complaint needs a clear request.
Work
The Approved Silence
A junior secretary learns that an accurate record can still leave something essential out.
Work
The Second Signature
A furniture maker's name has become a brand, and her assistant wants the label to tell a fuller story.
Everyday life
The Inventory
Two siblings agree on the valuable objects in their mother's house but struggle over an ordinary one.
Everyday life
A Room That Was Ready
Preparing a room for her brother's return, Nora realises how much she has decided without asking him.
Nature
The Weather in the Notebook
A researcher discovers that old observations can be valuable without being as precise as she hoped.
Work
The Courtesy Copy
A project manager has become skilled at documenting problems without helping to solve them.
Everyday life
The Unclaimed Applause
A music teacher attends a former pupil's concert and finds her own influence difficult to measure.
Community
The Street with Several Names
A guidebook editor finds that choosing one street name can conceal several histories.
Mystery
The Perfect Copy
A replica solves a museum's practical problem while exposing an awkward assumption.
Everyday life
The Rehearsed Surprise
A carefully planned celebration exposes a difference between knowing someone and planning for them.
Work
The Office of Final Corrections
An editor responsible for closing an archive discovers how easily clarification becomes revision.
Everyday life
The Terms of an Apology
Two siblings attempt to settle an old disagreement without surrendering their preferred versions of it.
Travel
The Mapmaker's Exception
A map designed to remove uncertainty encounters a path that depends on uncertain ground.
Community
The Benefactor's Chair
A donated chair gives a village reading room an awkward lesson in gratitude.
Work
The Translator's Pause
An interpreter must decide whether a joke remains the same when everyone finally understands its words.
Everyday life
The Exhibition of Nearly
A curator plans to celebrate unfinished work and discovers that even incompletion can be made too neat.
Nature
The Observer at the Window
An experienced birdwatcher finds that the most difficult sighting to question is her own.
Travel
The Language of the Return
A writer returns to a coastal village and confronts the story other people have made of her departure.
Everyday life
The Condition of the Gift
An inherited desk comes with a story about its former owner that the recipient gradually questions.
Community
The Last Version of the Square
An architect is asked to preserve a square exactly as it was, but every witness remembers a different version.