407 | Short Story: The Sixty Seconds (Intermediate English Story)

Podcast: Listen English Stories | Audio Fiction by ReadioCast · ReadioCast Group

Opublikowano: 2026-10-01

Title: The Sixty Seconds Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2-C1) Description When Pavel Novak inherits his grandfather's position as keeper of Prague's ancient astronomical clock, he also inherits a centuries-old secret: the ability to stop time completely for sixty seconds each day. The catch, spelled out in his grandfather's journal, is a price that has quietly aged six generations of his family well beyond their years. A catastrophic flood forces Pavel into genuine, desperate use of his power to save a crowd of strangers — and a mysterious encounter afterward reveals that his family ma...