Here are some of Eric's stories that are free online. You can choose whichever you want. The first one is 3900 words; the rest are all 1000 words or shorter.
http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/stories/rejiggering-the-thingamajig/
http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/science-fiction/eric-james-stone/freefall
http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/medieval/eric-james-stone/a-great-destiny
http://dailysciencefiction.com/hither-and-yon/slipstream/eric-james-stone/motivational-story
http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/Monsters/eric-james-stone/scifi-waiting-for-raymond
http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/space-travel/eric-james-stone/girl-who-asks-too-much