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#154 The Bet

Posted on September 30, 2014 / Updated February 16, 2015 by Travis Richardson

Find today’s 2859 word story here: http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/154.html Travis Review This is one of my favorite stories. It is the story that turned me onto Chekhov many years ago. It is a mixture of many great things. It’s an intellectual argument about the cruelty of imprisonment as well as a the futility of money and pursuing knowledge without …

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#046 An Upheaval

Posted on April 2, 2014 / Updated April 2, 2014 by Travis Richardson

You can find today’s 2814 word story here: http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/046.html Travis Review This story hit close to home for me. My first few jobs living in Los Angeles were in the entertainment industry. There were ruthless bullies who had power through celebrity, nepotism or position attained by calculative tenacity. In Mahenka’s case, she is working her first …

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