February 22, 2018: "500 Short Stories for Beginner-Intermediate," Vols. 1 and 2, for only 99 cents each! Buy both e‐books (1,000 short stories, iPhone and Android) at Amazon (Volume 1) and at Amazon (Volume 2). All 1,000 stories are also right here at ESL YES at Link 10.
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1. The black number following each title below is the Flesch‐Kincaid Grade Level (1.5→11.0 = easiest→hardest; see Flesch‐Kincaid or FREE Readability Formulas, or Readability‐Grader, or Readability‐Score.
2. Following each story are 5 numbers: Flesch‐Kincaid Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease Score, %Passive Sentences, Average Number of Words per Sentence, Total Number of Words.
3. Each story has two audio players: one Normal Speed, and one Slow Speed (click on the small box following title).
4. April 2019: The TOC (see bottom half below) is now sorted from the easiest story to the hardest.Oct. 5, 2016. All 365 stories below are mobile‐ready and error‐free. Mike email me michaeleslATgmail.com
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