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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 Dorothy Parker

by Gilbert Cannan

by Various Authors

by Joseph S. (Joseph Seamon) Cotter

by Henry Kuttner

by Edgar Allan Poe

by John De Courcy, Dorothy De Courcy

by Carl Sandburg

by Leonard Rubin

by Florian

by May Wentworth

by Various Authors

by Albert Ehrenstein

by Winston K. (Winston Kinney) Marks

by Jakub Arbes

by Duncan Campbell Scott

by Tom Leahy

by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

by Various Authors

by Murray Leinster

by Various Authors

by Madeline Leslie

by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

by Al Sevcik

by Rudolf Herzog

by Anna Schieber

by Charles E. Fritch

by Vance Aandahl

by Maria Jotuni

by P. J. (Pieter Jacob) Andriessen

by Selma Lagerlöf

by Erik Sparre

by Ray Cummings

by Thomas Hardy

by Tamás Kóbor

by graf Leo Tolstoy

by Francis Davis Millet

by Guy de Maupassant

by Jerome Bixby

by Samuli Suomalainen

by Verner von Heidenstam, Victoria Benedictsson, Henning Berger, August Blanche, Karl-Erik Forsslund, Knut Hamsun, Oscar Levertin, Pelle Molin, Hjalmar Söderberg, August Strindberg

by Zoltán Ambrus

by Konni Zilliacus

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Clementine Helm

by John Johnson

by Zacharias Topelius

by Julius Krohn

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
by R. B. (Reginald Bainbridge) Appleton

by Carit Etlar

by Eugene Jones

by Per Hallström

by Emil Elenius

by Konrad Lehtimäki

by Joseph Samachson

by Johannes Alfthan

by Alajos Degré

by István Petelei

by Tamás Kóbor

by K. J. (Kaarle Jaakko) Gummerus

by Richard von Volkmann

by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

by Tuomas Friman

by Birger Schöldström

by Aino Kallas

by Morgan Robertson

by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce

by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

by Avancinio Avancini

by W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Murray

by Willa Cather

by Willa Cather

by Rabindranath Tagore

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Jack London

by Jack London

by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
by Isaac Loeb Peretz

by Rudyard Kipling

by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

by Alfred Noyes

by Anthony Trollope

by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

by Christopher Morley

by Gladys Davidson

by Bret Harte

by Edward William Thomson

by Rudyard Kipling

by Alphonse Allais