diff --git a/rails/app/controllers/api/stories_controller.rb b/rails/app/controllers/api/stories_controller.rb
index dcc60352a..aac857f6e 100644
--- a/rails/app/controllers/api/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/rails/app/controllers/api/stories_controller.rb
@@ -2,19 +2,9 @@ module Api
   class StoriesController < BaseController
     def index
       community = Community.where(public: true).find_by!(slug: params[:community_id])
-      @stories = community.stories.joins(:places, :speakers).where(permission_level: :anonymous).preload(:places, :speakers)
+      @page = Api::StoriesPage.new(community, story_params)
 
-      # Filters
-      @stories = @stories.where(places: {id: story_params[:places]}) if story_params[:places]
-      @stories = @stories.where(places: {region: story_params[:region]}) if story_params[:region]
-      @stories = @stories.where(places: {type_of_place: story_params[:type_of_place]}) if story_params[:type_of_place]
-      @stories = @stories.where(topic: story_params[:topic]) if story_params[:topic]
-      @stories = @stories.where(language: story_params[:language]) if story_params[:language]
-      @stories = @stories.where(speakers: {id: story_params[:speakers]}) if story_params[:speakers]
-      @stories = @stories.where(speakers: {speaker_community: story_params[:speaker_community]}) if story_params[:speaker_community]
-
-      # Ensure distinct
-      @stories = @stories.distinct
+      @stories = @page.data
     end
 
     def show
@@ -26,6 +16,10 @@ def show
 
     def story_params
       params.permit(
+        :sort_by,
+        :sort_dir,
+        :limit,
+        :offset,
         places: [],
         region: [],
         topic: [],
diff --git a/rails/app/pages/api/stories_page.rb b/rails/app/pages/api/stories_page.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea2fc67a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rails/app/pages/api/stories_page.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+class Api::StoriesPage < Page
+  def initialize(community, meta = {})
+    @community = community
+    @meta = meta
+
+    @meta[:limit] ||= 10
+    @meta[:offset] ||= 0
+    @meta[:sort_by] ||= "created_at"
+    @meta[:sort_dir] ||= "desc"
+  end
+
+  def relation
+    stories = @community.stories.joins(:places, :speakers).where(permission_level: :anonymous)
+
+    # Filters
+    stories = stories.where(places: {id: @meta[:places]}) if @meta[:places]
+    stories = stories.where(places: {region: @meta[:region]}) if @meta[:region]
+    stories = stories.where(places: {type_of_place: @meta[:type_of_place]}) if @meta[:type_of_place]
+    stories = stories.where(topic: @meta[:topic]) if @meta[:topic]
+    stories = stories.where(language: @meta[:language]) if @meta[:language]
+    stories = stories.where(speakers: {id: @meta[:speakers]}) if @meta[:speakers]
+    stories = stories.where(speakers: {speaker_community: @meta[:speaker_community]}) if @meta[:speaker_community]
+
+    # Ensure distinct
+    stories = stories.preload(:places, :speakers).distinct
+
+    stories.order(@meta[:sort_by] => @meta[:sort_dir])
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/rails/app/views/api/places/show.json.jbuilder b/rails/app/views/api/places/show.json.jbuilder
index 9bd84c7c7..f69054b6a 100644
--- a/rails/app/views/api/places/show.json.jbuilder
+++ b/rails/app/views/api/places/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -3,12 +3,4 @@ json.(@place, :id, :name, :description, :region)
 json.placenameAudio @place.name_audio_url(full_url: true)
 json.typeOfPlace @place.type_of_place
 
-json.stories @place.stories.where(permission_level: :anonymous) do |story|
-  json.extract! story, :id, :title, :topic, :desc, :language
-  json.mediaContentTypes story.media_types
-
-  json.createdAt story.created_at
-  json.updatedAt story.updated_at
-end
-
 json.points [@place.public_point_feature]
diff --git a/rails/app/views/api/stories/index.json.jbuilder b/rails/app/views/api/stories/index.json.jbuilder
index 33430ca53..021761f4e 100644
--- a/rails/app/views/api/stories/index.json.jbuilder
+++ b/rails/app/views/api/stories/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-json.total @stories.size
-json.points @stories.flat_map { |s| s.public_points }.uniq
+json.total @page.total
+
+# Regardless of Story list page, all points in the data relation
+# should be returned for map markers.
+json.points @page.relation.flat_map { |s| s.public_points }.uniq
+
 json.stories @stories do |story|
   json.extract! story, :id, :title, :topic, :desc, :language
   json.mediaContentTypes story.media_types
@@ -8,3 +12,6 @@ json.stories @stories do |story|
   json.createdAt story.created_at
   json.updatedAt story.updated_at
 end
+
+json.hasNextPage @page.has_next_page?
+json.nextPageMeta @page.next_page_meta
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diff --git a/rails/spec/requests/api/public_place_spec.rb b/rails/spec/requests/api/public_place_spec.rb
index 6cbb15f13..ad5a08cef 100644
--- a/rails/spec/requests/api/public_place_spec.rb
+++ b/rails/spec/requests/api/public_place_spec.rb
@@ -51,21 +51,7 @@ def json_response
       "region",
       "placenameAudio",
       "typeOfPlace",
-      "stories",
       "points"
     )
   end
-
-  it "includes the places public stories" do
-    get "/api/communities/atlam/places/123"
-
-    expect(json_response["stories"].length).to eq(1)
-    expect(json_response["stories"].first).to include(
-      "id" => public_story.id,
-      "title" => public_story.title,
-      "topic" => public_story.topic,
-      "desc" => public_story.desc,
-      "language" => public_story.language
-    )
-  end
 end
diff --git a/rails/spec/requests/api/public_stories_spec.rb b/rails/spec/requests/api/public_stories_spec.rb
index 4f272a7b6..569d7e444 100644
--- a/rails/spec/requests/api/public_stories_spec.rb
+++ b/rails/spec/requests/api/public_stories_spec.rb
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ def json_response
     get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories"
 
     expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
-    expect(json_response.keys).to contain_exactly("total", "points", "stories")
+    expect(json_response.keys).to contain_exactly("total", "points", "stories", "hasNextPage", "nextPageMeta")
   end
 
-  context "filters" do
+  context "filters and sort" do
     let!(:place_1) { create(:place, community: community, region: "the internet") }
     let!(:place_2) { create(:place, community: community, type_of_place: "online") }
     let!(:speaker_1) { create(:speaker, community: community) }
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def json_response
     let!(:story_1) do
       create(
         :story,
+        title: "Zeta",
         community: community,
         places: [place_2],
         speakers: [speaker_1, speaker_2],
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ def json_response
     let!(:story_2) do
       create(
         :story,
+        title: "Omega",
         community: community,
         topic: "tech",
         places: [place_1],
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ def json_response
     let!(:story_3) do
       create(
         :story,
+        title: "Alpha",
         community: community,
         topic: "nonprofit work",
         language: "Spanish",
@@ -125,7 +128,60 @@ def json_response
 
       expect(json_response["total"]).to eq(2)
       expect(json_response["stories"].map { |s| s["id"] }).to contain_exactly(story_1.id, story_2.id)
+    end
+
+    it "does not include stories without at least one place" do
+      place_1.destroy!
+
+      get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories"
+
+
+      expect(json_response["total"]).to eq(1)
+      expect(json_response["stories"].map { |s| s["id"] }).to contain_exactly(story_1.id)
+    end
+
+    it "does not include stories without at least one speaker" do
+      speaker_2.destroy!
+
+      get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories"
+
+      expect(json_response["total"]).to eq(2)
+      expect(json_response["stories"].map { |s| s["id"] }).to contain_exactly(story_1.id, story_3.id)
+    end
 
+    it "correctly sorts" do
+      # alphabetical
+      get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories", params: {sort_by: "title", sort_dir: "asc"}
+      expect(json_response["stories"].map{ |s| s["title"] }).to eq(
+        ["Alpha", "Omega", "Zeta"]
+      )
+
+      # reverse alphabetical (default: desc)
+      get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories", params: {sort_by: "title"}
+      expect(json_response["stories"].map{ |s| s["title"] }).to eq(
+        ["Zeta", "Omega", "Alpha"]
+      )
+
+      # with filter
+      get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories", params: {sort_by: "title", sort_dir: "asc", region: ["the internet"]}
+      expect(json_response["stories"].map{ |s| s["title"] }).to eq(
+        ["Alpha", "Omega"]
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "correctly paginates with filters" do
+      get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories", params: {limit: 1}
+
+      expect(json_response["total"]).to eq(3)
+      expect(json_response["stories"].count).to eq(1)
+      expect(json_response["hasNextPage"]).to be true
+
+      # filter down to one place
+      get "/api/communities/cool_community/stories", params: {limit: 1, places: [place_2.id]}
+
+      expect(json_response["total"]).to eq(1)
+      expect(json_response["stories"].count).to eq(1)
+      expect(json_response["hasNextPage"]).to be false
     end
   end
 end