When we read or listen, words can have a transforming effect. Our mood can alter in the space of a few sentences from joy to sadness. And not just our mood. These words can affect us physically, they can engage our emotions and even in their sadness bring a lump to our throat and tears to our eyes. Sometimes the relief can be palpable.Our authors, from Anton Chekhov, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, Katherine Mansfield and a wealth of others are well aware of what their talents will evoke. Genius has many names. 1 - Short Stories To Make You Cry - An Introduction2 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov3 - A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane4 - Suicides by Guy de Maupassant5 - The Life of Ma Parker by Katherine Mansfield6 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev7 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather8 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson9 - Silence by Leonid Andreyev10 - The Stones of the Village by Alice Dunbar Nelson11 - Hide And Seek or Pliatki by Fyodor Sologub