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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 Ron Goulart

by Katherine MacLean

by Annette Kolb

by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

by Rosamund E. Nesbit (Rosamund Edith Nesbit) Bland

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Ernest Thompson Seton

by Anonymous

by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

by Jim Harmon

by Henry Slesar

by A. L. O. E.

by Winston K. (Winston Kinney) Marks

by Gilbert Parker

by Hesba Stretton

by Robert Silverberg

by Robert Silverberg

by Guy de Maupassant

by Kálmán Mikszáth

by Ida Barber

by José María de Pereda

by Alfred Saukkonen

by Rudyard Kipling

by Henry Herbert Knibbs

by Various Authors

by Eduard Vilde

by Marja Salmela

by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

by Per Hallström

by Joel Lehtonen

by Maksim Gorky

by Bruno Hans Bürgel

by Various Authors

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

by Mei Yuan

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Lafcadio Hearn

by Alexander Lange Kielland

by I. L. (Ion Luca) Caragiale

by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

by Bartimeus

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

by Various Authors

by Howard Pyle

by Mrs. Alfred Gatty

by Vaughan Kester

by Henry Beston

by Hans Reimann

by Giovanni Verga

by Robert Abernathy

by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

by E. A. Henry

by Neil Munro

by Various Authors

by Henryk Sienkiewicz

by Various Authors

by S. B. Banerjea

by comte de Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

by Gilbert Parker

by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

by C. L. (Catherine Lucile) Moore

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by Edmund Leamy

by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

by Alexandros Papadiamantes

by Eugene Field

by Zoltán Ambrus

by Louis Becke

by Mildred Aldrich

by Charles de Coster

by Mack Reynolds

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by Various Authors

by Margaret Sidney

by Louis Becke

by Various Authors

by Octave Uzanne

by Richard Harding Davis

by Honoré de Balzac

by Various Authors

by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

by Various Authors