Modern Short Stories in English features fifteen, easy-to-comprehend short stories that focus on present day life in the United States. Characters are easily identified, settings are presented simply, and the plots move ahead quickly. Each story is followed by comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary-expansion exercises and discussion activities. -- Stories almost entirely deal with present-day life in the United States. -- Stories are only four or five pages long and can be studied easily within one or two class sessions.