Week four of Short Story Month 2025

Literary Hub, upon learning that May is Short Story Month, decided to mark the occasion by sharing a tale each weekday.

Here are the free-to-read-online short stories from the fourth week of the month.

• “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” by P. Djeli Clark

• “Off” by Aimee Bender

• “Fjord of Killary” by Kevin Barry

• “Shame” by Osmamu Dazai

• “Honeymoon” by Jessi Jesewska Stevens