STORIES

People often say that a dog is man’s best friend, and there is good reason for that statement. Dogs have repeatedly proven just how valuable they are in people’s lives. [...]

Snow crunched beneath the heavy army boots. As evening fell, fog spread low across the ground, as if covering the tracks of those who had vanished forever. Somewhere in the [...]

Here is the fluent, natural American English translation: Nadezhda stood silently, watching the car drive away. Someone had thrown out a backpack. But why? She walked closer and carefully picked [...]

Candles burned quietly in the dim light of the church hall. Near the icon of Saint Hope, the holy Roman martyr, stood an elderly woman in a black headscarf. She [...]

I always thought stories like this only happened in movies and books—that all those romantic clichés and pink unicorns were just the product of the imagination of not-so-talented writers. But [...]

When the U.S. Army soldier climbed out of his trench after a long night on guard duty and saw the lifeless bodies of his fellow soldiers scattered across the military [...]

The stuffy airport waiting area hummed with the typical bustle of a Monday morning. Hurried businessmen rolled their wheeled suitcases through the gleaming corridors, families burdened with luggage rushed toward [...]

Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is the only passenger and cargo airport in Lebanon. Because of this, it is always crowded with people eager to visit this Middle Eastern country. Every [...]

“Get down on all fours and bark.” The words echoed off the concrete walls. One hundred and fifty students held their breath. A nervous laugh cut through the silence, but [...]

“No more than two weeks,” said Viktor Moroz, and he himself shuddered at how strange his voice sounded in the small room of the quarantine block. The shelter no longer [...]