This short story by Australian writer Barbara Baynton was made into a movie in 2019. It won two awards at the Canberra Film Festival. A young woman is alone with her infant in the Australian bush or outback while her husband is away working. One night she is stalked by a swagman or itinerant laborer and does everything in her power to save herself and her baby.

A mongoose protects his human family from the predations of two king cobras.

A cat and a stranger struggle to survive the winter in the mountains. They rely on one another for sustenance and companionship. Each needing what the other can give. Until one day spring arrives.

Psychological warfare. A young lady accompanies her father on an annual trip across the plains in the 1800s. She disobeys the order given by the plainsmen hired to protect them, and rides out of sight of the caravan. What follows is a terrifying game of chicken. This story is part of "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" nominated for 3 Academy Awards, and voted best movie of 2018.

If every writer wrote an essay on "Why I Write", we would be gifted with compelling insights into the motivations and mysteries that lie at the heart of creativity. George Orwell wrote one such essay. And even the fact that he felt the need to explain why he writes is interesting in and of itself. Listen to this fascinating account by one of the 20th century's most quoted authors.

A woman's life is spent serving people and ensuring that the animals in her care are fed. She is on her way home, one cold winter's night, when fate steps in. The narrator of the story wants to get this story right because the memory of it left such an impression on him as a boy.

A big game hunter dismisses the pain and terror animals must feel when they are hunted down and killed. Then, by a twist of fate, he becomes the animal and runs for his life in this diabolical tale reminiscent of the M.O., modus operandi, used by Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen to prey on his victims.

This story has been adapted to radio, television and movies dozens of times.

Pretty girls are judged more harshly than average looking ones. Everything they say and everything they do is always in the spotlight. It's not always easy to know the correct thing to say or do especially when you are 16 years old.

This is a story about a beautiful girl who was attacked and what she did to get on with her life and how she finally made a fatal error.