Springtime

Refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Besides inspiring outdoor parties and lovers' promises, spring has also inspired writers.

Check out these seven spring short stories by great authors:

• April Showers by Edith Wharton.
• In the Spring by Guy de Maupassant.
• Springtime a la Carte by O. Henry.
• The Judgment by Franz Kafka.
• Bliss by Katherine Mansfield.
• The Veteran by Stephen Crane.
• At Twilight by Susan Glaspell.