Love - A Collection Of Short Stories | The Short Story Project

A curated collection of short stories about love. One of the most popular themes in literature, expressed in all its exhilarating and excruciating glory by pen of great authors from all genders, cultures and periods. Stories on passionate affairs, unrequited loves and enduring bonds, everything that touches the heart.

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Israel

Yehudit Hendel

Apples in Honey

death - melancholy - memories - tragic love

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Israel

S. Yizhar

Harlamov

coming of age - school days - young love

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Austria

Dorian Steinhoff

If That’s How It Is

love - melancholy - relationships

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Mexico

Emiliano Monge

One Too Many

horror - plot twist - sex - unrequited love - violence

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Japan

Yukio Mishima

The Priest of Shiga Temple and His Love

classics - orient - philosophy - religion - unrequited love

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Germany

Kenah Cusanit

In View of the Geese

animals - contemplative - love

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Catalonia

Jordi Nopca

Engagement Ring

love - old age - pets - relationships - witty

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Slovenia

Andrej Blatnik

Cracks | Mainland

contemplative - death - melancholy - memories

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Uruguay

Fernanda Trías

The Size of My Love

love - obsession - relationships

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Uruguay

Horacio Quiroga

The Son

classics - father and son - horror - suspense

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France

Gustave Flaubert

A Simple Soul

classics - realism

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Russia

Leo Tolstoy

After the Dance

love - realism - Russia - violence

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