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Discover short stories to read and write in National short story week

A child reading in the library at a primary school
This week we celebrate stories short enough to read in your lunchbreak. Photograph: Alamy

Discover a new short story each day

From Tuesday to Friday we're featuring a short story a day from the National short story week's list of recommended short story anthologies.

Here's the line-up – come back each day to read a new one!

Tuesday: Guess by Philippa Pearce
Wednesday: It's All Right I Have a List That Helps to Make Everything Clear and It's Real Easy to Follow by Ian Beck
Thursday: Red Run by by Kami Garcia
Friday: The Swap by George Layton

Read other short stories by great authors

Letter for Carlos by Michael Morpurgo

Saving Ms Fosdyke by Morris Gleitzman

Mary Poppins and Henry the Eighth by Nick Hornby

Green Fields by Jonathan Stroud

Trouble by John Lucas

Listen to a short story

Podcast: Malorie Blackman reads her teen story about twins clashing, The Receiving End

Write your own short story

Follow Morris Gleitzman's top tips for writing a short story

Publish your own short story

Your stories is your space – it's where Guardian children's site members share their stories and poems.

Discover more spine-chilling stories

Chris Priestley's top 10 scary short stories

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