Browse Stories

A brother and sister are betrothed, but the sister is desperate to avoid the marriage, and seeks help from two old beggars who give her advice to create dolls and use them to escape.

An old man and his wife, unable to have children, use a magical solution to have 41 children, but one of them, Zamorýshek, is a weakling and must prove himself.

Mark the Rich, a wealthy merchant, is visited by a poor beggar who is mistaken for the Lord he is expecting, and as a result, the beggar is turned away, but later, Mark's adopted son, who was cast out by Mark, grows up to become the new lord of Mark's domains.

A tanner named Nikíta is tasked by the Tsar to defeat a dragon that has been terrorizing the land and demanding tribute, including the Tsarévna, the princess.

A peasant finds a child in a corn kiln, and the child's exceptional beauty and cleverness lead the Tsar to believe he is his long-lost son.

A poor nobleman is tasked by a king to discover where the king's 12 daughters go every night, and he uses a magical cap of invisibility to follow them on a midnight dance to the home of the Accursed Tsar.

An old man buys a hen from a drunkard, which lays precious stones, and he becomes wealthy, but his wife's greed leads to a dark consequence.

Petrúsha, the son of a sorry drunkard, is visited by the Devil, who offers him gold and silver in exchange for his loyalty, but a fair maiden warns him to refuse and instead asks for his father, who has been turned into a horse.

Ilyá Múromets, a brave and doughty knight, sets out on a journey to pray to God and do homage to the prince at Kíev, but encounters robbers and foreign invaders along the way.

Tsar Výslav Andrónovich had a garden with a golden apple-tree, but a Bird of Light kept stealing its apples, prompting his three sons to try and catch it alive.

A young man, rejected by every maiden in his village, makes a deal with an old man to marry one of twelve beautiful maidens, but soon finds himself in a precarious situation.

The Tsarítsa disguises herself as a wandering musician to rescue her husband from the Accursèd King's dungeon.

Danílo the Unfortunate is a noble who is tasked with sewing a shuba for Prince Vladímir, but is struggling with the difficult task.

Timothy Moran, a piper, is struggling with his 21st year in America, feeling a sense of restlessness and longing for his homeland of Ireland.

A priest, who has no home or possessions, meets an unknown man and together they travel to a kingdom to cure the Tsar's ailing daughter, but their methods are unorthodox and gruesome.

In a world where dreams are a parallel reality, a young woman named Makeda must navigate the Dream Realms to uncover the truth about her sister's disappearance.

Anna Voss, a young peasant, visits a witch to prevent becoming a mother and is given seven pips to cast into a mill-race to nullify her fate.

A young moth-trapper, Mirvan, ventures into the Lamont wood on a still autumnal night, seeking to capture rare species, but his peaceful evening is disrupted by family obligations.

Laura, a woman with a wicked sense of humor, is awaiting her reincarnation as an animal, possibly an otter, due to her past misdeeds.

Short stories following the genre of fantasy.

Ancient Greek short stories often explored mythological themes, everyday life, and philosophical ideas.

Darby O'Gill, a desperate man, vows to find the fairies who stole his beloved cow Rosie and bring them to justice.

Darby O'Gill, a man who has spent six months with the fairies, warns people not to make or meddle with them, as their gifts come with a sorrowful price.

Father Cassidy's horse casts a shoe on a deserted road, and the priest is left to ponder his fate until the King of the Fairies appears to offer assistance.