Scott and Walter welcome you to EFLshorts.
Please check their blog for the latest free stories. Here are some of their published stories…
The Albatross
By Scott Lauder and Walter McGregor, published by Helbling 2014. Levy, an old Greek sailor, takes on his last job and discovers that the cargo on board is not what he expected. Molly, an American teenager finds a body on the beach when she’s walking her dog. What happens when Levy tells the captain? Why does the body disappear? And how are Levy and Molly connected?
Robin Hood
An adaptation of Howard Pyle’s classic story by Scott Lauder and Walter McGregor published by Helbling 2014. The Sheriff of Nottingham is Robin’s biggest enemy. He hates Robin because Robin is an outlaw. But most of all, the sheriff hates Robin because everyone else loves him. Does the sheriff catch Robin? Or does King Richard save him and his Merry Men?
The Right Thing
By Scott Lauder and Walter McGregor, published by Helbling Languages (2015). When three teenagers uncover a story that threatens the career of the British Prime Minister, Morrow, a British secret service agent, must make a decision: do the right thing and die, or do nothing and live. The artwork for our new story is by the fabulous Arianna Vairo.
The Boy King Tutankhamun
The Boy King Tutankhamun by Scott Lauder and Water McGregor, published by Oxford University Press. Look out for our OUP Bookworm.
King Arthur
King Arthur, published by Helbling Languages. Our adaptation of Howard Pyle’s classic tale.
Our sequel to The Right Thing, which is called A Single Shot, published by Helbling Languages
Coming in 2018/19
The third and final part of our Morrow trilogy is called An Eye for an Eye and is published by Helbling Languages.
Another Bookworm for Oxford University Press called Pompeii.
An adaptation of a Mark Twain classic story for Helbling Languages
Which is your favourite EFLshorts story?
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Hello EFLShorts, Thanks for liking my blog. I really like the concept of creating short stories for EFL readers! All the best, Merridy
Many thanks, Merridy2013. Enjoying your blog too. Hugely informative. Happy posting!
Dear EFLShorts,
Can I use your stories’ content on my website? (My site for Vietnamese people learning English by reading graded readers)
Thank you!
Dear Giang Le,
Thank you very much for asking permission and being interested in our stories. In answer to your question, you certainly may use our content. But please remember to give credit (by posting a link, perhaps?) and please remove our content if you decide to charge people money on your site (we want our web stories to remain free, always). Good luck! It looks like a great website.
This site is very useful for my EFL students. Thank you!!
Hi Patty,
Most welcome! Really glad you find it useful. All the best, Scott.
May I convert the content of a story into an ebook for my students to read on their mobile devices as it is without any changes to the content and including the efl shorts at the end of each story as it is now? Great job guysq congratulations!!!!
Hello Bobby, Many thanks for reading our stories and for your comments. The Ebook sounds great. Scott
HI,
I would like to order Robin Hood and the Boy King Tutankhamun fro my class.
From where can i get the ISBN number to place an order.
Thanks
Hi Nuzhath, Many thanks for being interested in these books. I think the ISBN for Robin Hood (with audio) is 9783852729459. As for Tutankhamun, I believe it is 9780194209328. Hope your classes enjoy them. Let us know.
Hi,
Thank you for your great graded reader stories. Could I re-publish on my website at ioetieuhoc.net (with credit for https://eflshorts.com/ at the end of each story)?
My website is used to support kids leanring English by playing game and reading graded reader stories (Always free, just put some ads such as Google Adsense in future).
Thank you!
Hi gian2huyen, Sorry for the delay in replying. If you’re website is free, then please do. Thanks for asking and good luck. Scott