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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 S. Elizabeth Hall

by Various Authors

by Alfred Henry Lewis

by William Henry Giles Kingston

by John Kendrick Bangs

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

by Stephen Crane

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

by Edith Wharton

by Edward Eggleston

by Helen Hunt Jackson

by Therese O. (Therese Osterheld) Deming

by Anthony Hope

by Robert Gordon Anderson

by Robert Sheckley

by Mrs. Molesworth

by Guy de Maupassant

by John O'Keefe

by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

by William Henry Giles Kingston

by Palmer Cox

by Joel Chandler Harris

by Frank Jewett Mather

by Herbert Beeman

by Louisa May Alcott

by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Ellis Parker Butler

by Paul Heyse

by Various Authors

by Mary Cholmondeley

by James Bell Salmond

by Robert Herrick

by Andrew Robertson

by William Chambers, Robert Chambers

by Amy Walton

by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

by Various Authors

by Louisa May Alcott

by Arthur Gray

by A. G. Bagot

by Lilyan Stratton

by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman

by H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight

by H. Beam Piper

by Margaret Collier Graham

by Miriam Allen De Ford

by Maurice Le Glay

by Charles A. Gunnison

by Edward Hart

by Charles Beaumont

by M. L. Hope

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Henry Van Dyke

by Oliver Herford

by Various Authors

by Bernard Capes

by Mrs. (Anna Letitia) Barbauld

by Margaret St. Clair

by Albert Ehrenstein

by Maria Elizabeth Budden

by Logan Pearsall Smith

by Stella C. Shetter

by Russell Burton

by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

by Various Authors

by Richard Harding Davis

by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

by Prosper Jourdan

by Murray Leinster

by Rudolf Herzog

by Washington Irving

by Stewart Edward White

by Charles E. Fritch

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Maria Jotuni

by Robert F. Young

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Ella Higginson

by Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer

by Rudyard Kipling

by Giambattista Bazzoni

by Henry Farrell

by Thomas Hardy

by graf Leo Tolstoy

by Francis Davis Millet

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by René Boylesve

by Mark Reinsberg

by Randall Garrett, Robert Silverberg

by Zsigmond Móricz

by Zoltán Ambrus

by Arnold Bennett

by Luigi Capuana

by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

by Kálmán Mikszáth