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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 Frigyes Karinthy

by Alajos Degré

by Jalmari Finne

by Anonymous

by Various Authors

by Emerson Hough

by Charles Perrault

by Mei Yuan

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

by Ernest Hemingway

by Lafcadio Hearn

by O. Henry

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

by Spinners' Club

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

by Grace Elizabeth King

by Jules Verne

by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

by Andrew Forrester

by Stephen A. Kallis

by Various Authors

by Mrs. Henry Wood

by M. Y. Halidom

by E. A. Henry

by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin

by Evelyn Saxton

by Richard Middleton

by Mrs. S. C. Hall

by Neil Munro

by Various Authors

by Ellis Parker Butler

by S. B. Banerjea

by Atha Westbury

by Joseph Conrad

by Various Authors

by Bret Harte

by Will Lillibridge

by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

by Zoltán Ambrus

by Ira L. (Ira Louis) Reeves

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

by Edward Bellamy

by William John Hopkins

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by Octave Thanet

by Richard Harding Davis

by James H. Schmitz

by A. E. (Alfred Edgar) Coppard

by Alexander Leighton

by Abbie Phillips Walker

by Cornelia Sorabji

by Caroline Stewart

by Various Authors

by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

by Annie Frances Perram

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Clee Garson

by Qian Tao

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

by Eliza Calvert Hall

by James Grant

by Various Authors

by Adolfo Albertazzi

by Boyd Ellanby

by John Kendrick Bangs

by Ludwig Tieck

by Mary Jane Holmes

by Dwight V. Swain

by Jean McIntosh

by Frank Herbert

by Caterina Percoto

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

by Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum

by Zoltán Thury

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

by Maksim Gorky

by Anna McClure Sholl

by Alexander Craig Gibson

by Selma Lagerlöf

by Louis Trimble
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Mór Jókai

by David Gray

by James Causey