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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 Rudyard Kipling

by graf Leo Tolstoy

by Lenore Elizabeth Mulets

by Bret Harte

by Various Authors

by M. Y. Halidom

by Guy Wetmore Carryl

by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

by Sir Max Beerbohm

by Richard M. (Richard Mace) Elam

by Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond

by Louis Becke

by Ercole Luigi Morselli

by Arthur Shearly Cripps

by Robert Gordon Anderson

by Antonio Ghislanzoni

by F. W. Chambers

by Frances Fuller Victor

by Richard Harding Davis

by Various Authors

by Jules Renard

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Stephen Crane

by Myrtle Reed

by Frances Freeling Broderip

by Wilhelm Hauff

by Various Authors

by Heman White Chaplin

by Machado de Assis
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by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Philip Barrett

by Ray Bradbury

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Howard Roger Garis

by H. F. (Henry Ferris) Arnold

by Royal Dixon

by Thomas Nelson Page

by George V. (George Vere) Hobart

by Ellis Parker Butler

by Chuck Connors

by Paul Heyse

by Fritz Leiber

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Elizabeth Davis Leavitt

by Various Authors

by Carl Ewald

by Dick Purcell

by William Chambers, Robert Chambers

by Various Authors

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

by Louisa May Alcott

by Various Authors

by Francis C. (Francis Channing) Woodworth

by H. Beam Piper

by Mary Boyle

by Margaret Collier Graham

by Anne Reeve Aldrich

by Sarah Warner Brooks

by Various Authors

by Charles A. Gunnison

by W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler

by Arlo Bates

by Charles Beaumont

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Georgianna M. Bishop

by Various Authors

by Elmer Haslett

by Mrs. (Anna Letitia) Barbauld

by Emmanouel D. Rhoides

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

by Logan Pearsall Smith

by Various Authors

by Alan Edward Nourse

by William Tenn

by Stella C. Shetter

by Gyula Krúdy

by Various Authors

by Harold Frederic

by Stewart Edward White

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

by Émile Zola

by Will H. Grattan

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Alice L. (Alice Lightner) Hopf

by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Detlev von Liliencron, Friedrich Spielhagen, Ernst von Wildenbruch

by Robert F. Young

by Carl Sørensen

by Pauline Hann

by Henry Farrell

by Guy de Maupassant

by Fritz Leiber

by Mrs. Burton Harrison