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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 Oscar A. H. Schmitz

by Edward W. Ludwig

by Howard Roger Garis

by H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight

by Various Authors

by Hannah Lynch

by Fitz James O'Brien

by George Manville Fenn

by Frank M. Robinson

by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker

by G. R. (Gideon Retief) Von Wielligh

by Ruth Lamb

by Bill Garson
by James Fenimore Cooper

by Anonymous

by Jean de La Fontaine

by Sigge Strömberg

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Max Dauthendey

by Alfredo Panzini

by Zacharias Topelius

by Alexander Balázs

by Minna Canth

by August Strindberg

by Fredrik Nycander

by Friedrich Gerstäcker

by Hjalmar Söderberg

by Johan Albert Bergman

by Wilkie Collins

by Guy de Maupassant

by Louisa May Alcott

by Samuel E. (Samuel Edward) Lowe

by Yei Theodora Ozaki

by Louisa May Alcott

by Charles Perrault

by Mengchu Ling

by Edith Wharton

by Grant Allen

by active 12th century de France Marie

by Charles Dickens

by Kate Dickinson Sweetser

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

by Jack London

by Lafcadio Hearn

by Rudyard Kipling

by William Bottrell

by Guy de Maupassant

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by E. (Edith) Nesbit

by Robert Louis Stevenson

by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

by Jules Lemaître

by Sara Cone Bryant
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by Sir Max Beerbohm

by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

by Bill Nye

by Francis C. (Francis Channing) Woodworth

by Rudyard Kipling

by Infante of Castile Juan Manuel

by George Gissing

by Georg Ebers

by Mary De Morgan

by Robert Shackleton, L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden, William Drysdale, G. A. Forsyth, John Habberton, William J. Henderson, Lucy C. (Lucy Cecil) Lillie, Howard Patterson

by Thomas Hardy

by William Sharp

by George Ade

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by Bret Harte

by Frank R. Stockton

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Jules Gabriel Janin

by Francis Hopkinson Smith

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

by Charles Dickens

by Prosper Mérimée

by Aunt Fanny

by Henry Abbott

by Amelia E. Barr

by Bret Harte

by Waldron Kintzing Post

by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

by William Henry Giles Kingston

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by James Johonnot

by E. K. (Eldred Kurtz) Means

by John Graham Bower

by Gouverneur Morris

by Therese O. (Therese Osterheld) Deming

by Bruno Schulz

by Anthony Trollope