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Step into a world where every story opens a different door: from candlelit Victorian romance to razor-sharp mystery, from ghostly whispers to flashes of wit and humor from across the globe. This bookshelf is a whirlwind tour of short fiction at its most vivid, gathering voices from England, America, Russia, Scandinavia, France, Spain, and beyond. In just a few pages at a time, expect suspense, passion, surprise, and unforgettable glimpses of lives far from your own.

by David Cory

by George A. Birmingham

by Charles Dickens

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

by Parker Fillmore

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

by Anonymous

by Salvatore Di Giacomo

by Sarah Orne Jewett

by O. Henry

by Orison Swett Marden

by Jack McKenty

by Francis Hopkinson Smith

by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

by Mary Russell Mitford

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

by W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler

by Various Authors

by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

by John Arthur Barry

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Thomas Nelson Page

by F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith

by Stephen Crane

by Mark Twain

by Elizabeth Sandham, active 1804-1816 Elizabeth Semple
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by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Frances Henshaw Baden

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Kálmán Mikszáth

by Florence Marryat

by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

by Pietro Thouar

by Rosel George Brown

by Brian O'Higgins

by G. Frank (George Frank) Lydston

by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

by Frigyes Karinthy

by Alfredo Panzini

by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones

by Bryce Walton

by R. W. Major

by Richard Rein Smith

by Charles L. Fontenay

by Roy Norton

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Adalbert Stifter

by W. C. Morrow

by Edgar Allan Poe

by Songling Pu

by Stephen Leacock

by Jean Toomer

by Robert Louis Stevenson

by Philip K. Dick

by Mary De Morgan

by Robert Louis Stevenson

by Ambrose Bierce

by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

by Edgar Allan Poe

by Bret Harte

by Stephen Leacock

by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

by conte Cesare Balbo

by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

by J. van (Jacob) Lennep

by Rex Beach

by Jean de La Fontaine

by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

by Various Authors

by Harriet S. (Harriet Sophia) Caswell

by Caroline Sturgis Tappan, Lydia Maria Child

by Maurice Baring

by G. P. (Georgi Porfirievich) Stamatov

by A. E. (Alfred Edgar) Coppard

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Joel Chandler Harris

by James H. Schmitz

by James Johnson

by Harry Harrison

by Jane Pentzer Myers

by Don Peterson

by Guy de Maupassant

by Various Authors

by Louise Chandler Moulton

by James H. Schmitz