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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 A. (John Alexander) Hill

by William Sharp

by Catherine Crowe

by Various Authors

by William Howitt

by Brander Matthews, H. C. (Henry Cuyler) Bunner

by Elizabeth Harrison

by Ray Bradbury

by Eden Phillpotts

by James Causey

by Various Authors

by Arthur Quiller-Couch

by Fritz Leiber

by Mary Jane Holmes

by Robert Bloomer Hare Bell

by Various Authors

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

by Selma Lagerlöf

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Hermann Hesse

by William Henry Giles Kingston

by Con Blomberg

by Various Authors

by Selma Lagerlöf

by Carine Cadby

by Kasimir Leino

by Hermann Sudermann

by Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Ortoli

by Roger D. Aycock

by Mark Twain

by Javier de Viana

by Gerald Cumberland

by Damon Knight

by Richard Edward Connell

by Jim Harmon

by Arthur St. John Adcock

by Various Authors

by Rog Phillips

by Massimo Bontempelli

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Louise Imogen Guiney

by Various Authors

by Gerry Maddren

by Howard Roger Garis

by Molly Elliot Seawell

by Lloyd Williams

by Various Authors

by Morley Roberts

by Jean de La Fontaine

by Aleksei Remizov

by Sarah M. H. Gardner

by Luigi Capuana

by William A. Hennessey

by Dave Dryfoos

by Olof Högberg

by Friedrich Gerstäcker

by Anonymous

by Howard Roger Garis

by Gyula Pekár

by Selma Lagerlöf

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

by Jerome Bixby

by Albert Engström

by Raymond S. (Raymond Smiley) Spears

by B. Traven

by Larin-Kyösti

by Joe Love

by Ernest Thompson Seton

by Albert Engström

by Ioannes Kondylakes

by Dezső Kosztolányi

by Alajos Degré

by R. A. Lafferty

by Hugh Pendexter

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Lajos Biró

by Zacharias Topelius

by Gottfried Keller

by Jalmari Finne

by August Strindberg

by Theodolinda Hahnsson

by Adolf Stern

by Kyösti Wilkuna

by Anonymous

by Sara Hutzler

by Various Authors

by Algernon Blackwood

by Various Authors

by condesa de Emilia Pardo Bazán

by John Ludlum McConnel

by Karl Ettlinger

by Various Authors