WHAT'S IT ABOUT: This is a short (just shy of 2500 words) short story about a woman, Meigan, who sets up a little free library outside her home and starts getting notes and little gifts from someone who's taking books from it. The gifts, however, are strange and slightly unworldly, like a leaf she can't identify and a coin stamped with an image she's never seen before, and the while the notes start of with just requests for sequels to previously borrowed books they soon begin to tell a story of what might be some sort a rebellion. At first she thinks the book borrower is just an eccentric artist having some fun but then she begins to wonder....
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: For such a short story the potential exploring its world building is incredible considering all the details Meigan comes across in the notes and presents that are left for her. The ending also is just open ended enough to leave a lot of possibilities in continuing the story.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): It's available online for free here.
Little Free Library by Naomi Kritzer (short story)
WHAT'S IT ABOUT: This is a short (just shy of 2500 words) short story about a woman, Meigan, who sets up a little free library outside her home and starts getting notes and little gifts from someone who's taking books from it. The gifts, however, are strange and slightly unworldly, like a leaf she can't identify and a coin stamped with an image she's never seen before, and the while the notes start of with just requests for sequels to previously borrowed books they soon begin to tell a story of what might be some sort a rebellion. At first she thinks the book borrower is just an eccentric artist having some fun but then she begins to wonder....
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: For such a short story the potential exploring its world building is incredible considering all the details Meigan comes across in the notes and presents that are left for her. The ending also is just open ended enough to leave a lot of possibilities in continuing the story.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): It's available online for free here.