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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 René Boylesve

by Gyula Krúdy

by Zacharias Topelius

by Randall Garrett, Robert Silverberg

by Various Authors

by Edward W. Ludwig

by Luigi Capuana

by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

by Alvin Heiner

by Victoria Benedictsson

by Ferenc Molnár

by L. Onerva

by István Tömörkény

by Santeri Alkio

by Aaro J. (Aaro Juho) Vallinmäki

by Anni Kaste

by Kalle Kajander

by Eino Railo

by Donn Byrne

by Various Authors

by Frank R. Stockton

by Gertrude P. Dyer

by Constance Fenimore Woolson

by Yiqing Liu

by Songling Pu

by Various Authors

by Ludovic Halévy

by Richard Le Gallienne

by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb

by Various Authors

by Théophile Gautier

by Rupert Hughes

by William Carleton

by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

by Maksim Gorky

by Ernest Thompson Seton

by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

by Carmen Sylva, Alma Strettell

by Dean Evans

by Various Authors

by Israel Zangwill

by William Carleton

by Dean Evans

by Richard Harding Davis

by August Strindberg

by Mrs. (Pamela Chandler) Colman

by George Alfred Townsend

by Amelia E. Barr

by Anna Cogswell Tyler

by E. G. (Edmund Gill) Swain

by Alfred Henry Lewis

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by William Henry Giles Kingston

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko

by Donald E. Westlake

by Various Authors

by Richard Harding Davis

by Robert Sheckley

by Various Authors

by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck

by William Henry Giles Kingston

by Sarah J. (Sarah Johnson) Prichard

by Various Authors

by Ruth Royce

by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

by Charles V. De Vet

by O. Henry

by Eliza Calvert Hall

by Arthur Quiller-Couch

by James Lane Allen

by Mary Cholmondeley

by Irwin Lewis

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by F. W. (Frederic William) Moorman

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Madame (Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline) Guizot

by Charles Egbert Craddock

by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains

by Elizabeth Gordon

by Aunt Fanny