Some of the readers of this site will know that this story is the original piece of material behind Candlelight Stories. Back in 1994, I sat at a very flimsy folding table in a Los Angeles apartment with a box of pastels, crayons and ballpoint pens to scratch out a pile of illustrations that vaguely [...]

By Steve Bynghall Steve Bynghall lives in London, England. Other poems about Brooke and her useless Dad appear on Smories.com.  Visit http://www.smories.com/author/steve-bynghall/ for more details.  If you want to be notified when a new Brooke story will be appearing please email brookesortsitout@gmail.com. Brooke and the Ramshackle Ship Brooke’s Dad was the captain Of the world’s most [...]

By Mark L. Glosser The Ketchup Bottle Genie “Hey,” Eric yelped as he watched his younger brother Ian shake a huge glob of ketchup onto his sandwich. “You emptied the bottle. What am I supposed to put on my hot dog?” “Mom got another bottle,” Ian mumbled as he stuffed half the sandwich in his [...]

by Moon

by Tyler Van Wynsberghe

by Bonnie Blake (Canada) Hop…step…hop went Beth up the driveway. She flung open the wooden gate and galloped into the backyard. “Please go to the store for me,” said her mother. “I’m not done planting the tulips.” “What are we having for lunch?” Beth asked. “I haven’t decided yet, but we need bread.”

by Karen Lewis (Canada) illustrated by Kelly Dorman Once upon a time there was a little black and white kitten named Wendy, who didn’t want to be a puss in boots. “I’m tired of wearing boots all the time,” she told her mother. “I want shoes, red ones. They would match my jumper.” Wendy had [...]

a Brazilian myth written and illustrated by Maria Lucia Guimaraes Maier When the earth was very young the night and the animals didn’t exist. There were only trees, plants and people. During this time, the sun shined very brightly. The people were always very tired because they didn’t sleep well. The trees were faded because [...]

by Hans Christian Andersen Once upon a time there was a woman whose only wish was to have a tiny little child. She had no idea where to get one, so she went to an old witch and asked her: “Please, old witch, tell me where I can get a tiny little child.” “That is [...]

By Joshua Ingram In the deepest jungle of Africa, there lived a family of monkeys. There was a Mama Monkey, and a Papa Monkey, and they had a young daughter named Hannah. The monkey family lived very happily swinging and playing in the trees and vines. But unfortunately, it wasn’t all play. Papa Monkey had [...]