apostle – Chekhov Shorts

#173 The Student

Posted on December 23, 2014 / Updated December 23, 2014 by Travis Richardson

Find today’s 1506 word story here: http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/173.html Travis review: In today’s story a young student talks with two widows, a mother and a daughter, and by discussing the apostle Peter’s three denials of Christ, the older woman cries. The student walks away with the idea that “The past is linked with the present by an …

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#114 A Mystery

Posted on July 9, 2014 / Updated July 9, 2014 by Travis Richardson

Find today’s 1593 word story here: http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/114.html I like this story a lot, even if it isn’t a great one as it pushes lines of absurdity and questions faith. If anything can be said of actual Civil Councilor Navagin, it is that when he takes on a project, he commits to it wholeheartedly. The mystery of …

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