#181 The Murder

Find today’s 12,412 word short story here: http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/181.html Travis review: This is a story about the deadly consequences of religious fanaticism. Although Matvey had been getting on his cousins’ nerves by his criticism of their unique style of worship,  it is his act of putting oil into a bowl of potatoes during a fast that became the …

#130 Zinotchka

Find today’s 2453 word story here: http://www.chekhovshorts.com/stories/130.html Travis review: A woman’s wrath is eternal. At least that is the moral of today’s story as told by a sportsman reflecting on his actions when he was a bratty, petulant kid. It is funny that the tales starts with sportmen spending the night in peasant’s hut, exhausting topics …