https://xpressenglish.com featuring the world's best short stories Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:17:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://xpressenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-bookworm-32x32.jpg https://xpressenglish.com 32 32 https://xpressenglish.com/stone-boy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stone-boy Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:00:46 +0000 https://xpressenglish.com/?p=48445 Short Story by Gina Berriault. A farm boy’s unusual reaction to his accidental shooting of his older brother leads to him being branded a psychopath and ostracized by family and friends. This becomes self-fulfilling, as the once normal nine-year-old transforms into a “stone boy”.

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