August is a busy month with vacations and getting ready to go back to school. But that doesn’t mean you have to put aside your reading! Writer’s Relief found this great list of very short short stories at owlcation.com. The stories are meant to intrigue middle and high school students, but classic authors like Hemingway, Tolstoy, and William Carlos Williams are also featured—and their contributions will interest readers of all ages. If you’re sitting on the beach or between school shopping errands, take a few minutes to read one of these excellent, very short (2,000 words or fewer) short stories!

See the full list of all the short stories here.