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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 John Strange Winter, Frances E. (Frances Eliza) Crompton, Mrs. Molesworth

by Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

by Howard Pease

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Mór Jókai

by Murray F. Yaco

by Mary Catherine Crowley

by Amy Walton

by Joseph M. Hägele

by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

by Jack Sharkey

by Various Authors

by Mark Twain

by Various Authors

by Guillermo Díaz-Caneja

by Argyris Eftaliotis

by Edouard Corbière

by Jaakko Ikola

by Frank Belknap Long

by Géza Gárdonyi

by Morley Roberts

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Mary Robinson

by Josephine Siebe

by Various Authors

by Mary Stewart Cutting

by Gertrude Hall Brownell

by Various Authors

by August Strindberg

by Zoltán Ambrus

by Mór Jókai

by Ludwig Thoma

by Thierry Mallet

by Jerome Bixby

by W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge

by Endre Ady

by Jim Harmon

by Various Authors

by Charles E. Fritch

by Helene Böhlau

by Murray Leinster

by Andrew Fetler

by G. K. Hawk

by Arnold Castle

by George H. (George Henry) Smith

by Jim Harmon

by Bill Venable

by Charles O. (Charles Orrin) Solberg

by Lisa Wenger

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Herman Bang

by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

by Luigi Capuana

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Gábor Oláh

by Valdemar Lindholm

by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

by Rabindranath Tagore

by Joseph Conrad

by Matti Kurikka

by Emil Frommel

by Hilda Tihlä

by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

by Hilja Haahti

by Emil Lassinen

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

by Edmund Leamy

by Emerson Hough

by Rabindranath Tagore

by Carlos O. (Carlos Octavio) Bunge

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

by Florence Wilford

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

by Jennette Lee

by Asataro Miyamori

by Mrs. Lang

by Various Authors

by E. (Edith) Nesbit

by Stephen Leacock

by Alfred Henry Lewis

by Various Authors

by William Dean Howells

by Joaquin Miller

by Sax Rohmer

by Howard L. Chace