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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 Sylvia Jacobs

by Gilbert Parker

by Jack Sharkey

by August Derleth

by G. G. Revelle

by Various Authors

by Kalle Kajander

by Ferenc Molnár

by Tyko Hagman

by Maksim Gorky

by Various Authors

by Giovanni Boccaccio

by Rex Beach

by Joel Chandler Harris

by Henry James

by Carl Sandburg

by Rounsevelle Wildman

by Mei Yuan

by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

by Pang Im, Yuk Yi

by Joel Chandler Harris

by Algernon Blackwood

by Anthony R. (Anthony Reubens) Montalba

by Thomas Carlyle, Jean Paul, Johann Karl August Musäus, Ludwig Tieck

by Charles A. Eastman

by Mabel Osgood Wright

by Various Authors

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

by Edith Wharton

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by Ontario. Department of Education
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by O. Henry

by Clara Dillingham Pierson

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by Stephen Crane

by Elliott O'Donnell

by John Benson Rose, John Gay

by Various Authors

by Marcel Proust

by Henry Lawson

by James Janeway

by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter

by Charles Dickens

by Peter Rosegger

by Arthur Schnitzler

by Richard Harding Davis

by Sherwood Anderson

by William Henry Giles Kingston

by B. M. Bower

by François Coppée

by Frederick Marryat

by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

by Wilhelm Hauff

by Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward

by Hermann Sudermann

by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

by Harry Harrison

by Various Authors

by H. C. (Henry Cuyler) Bunner

by Guy de Maupassant

by Ralph Henry Barbour

by Zacharias Topelius

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by H. Beam Piper

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by João da Câmara

by Arrigo Boito

by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

by Randall Garrett

by Denis Diderot

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Eduardo Zamacois

by Maurice Thompson

by Edgar Allan Poe

by Arthur M. Forrester

by Damon Knight

by Ralph Delahaye Paine

by Henry Inman

by Rog Phillips

by Chester S. Geier

by Wilhelm Hauff

by Edward E. (Edward Eyre) Hunt

by Alexandros Moraitides

by Various Authors

by Charles Battell Loomis

by Richard McKenna

by Gorch Fock

by Various Authors