We recommend these stories for high school students based on their literary significance and to deepen student appreciation for the short story genre.

Today,  I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I  had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.

Long  ago, there was a man who was a tree cutter who worked in the forest.  One day, he had to work later than usual and would be walking home as it was gettin