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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 Remy de Gourmont

by Albert Teichner

by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

by Paul Zech

by A. E. (Alfred Edgar) Coppard

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Millard Grimes

by Kaapro Jääskeläinen

by Various Authors

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Virginia Treves

by Henryk Sienkiewicz

by Maria Jotuni

by Various Authors

by Frank Belknap Long

by Gilbert Parker

by José María de Pereda

by Friedrich Gerstäcker

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Konni Zilliacus

by Emil Lassinen

by Alexander Chodzko

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

by Theodore Edward Hook

by Various Authors

by Philip K. Dick

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Frank R. Stockton

by Various Authors

by The Harmsworth Magazine

by Stephen A. Kallis

by Various Authors

by comte de Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

by Various Authors

by Bret Harte

by Mrs. Henry Wood

by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

by Charles Joseph Finger

by Richard Middleton

by Mrs. S. C. Hall

by Various Authors

by Howard Pyle

by Beverley Baxter

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

by Arthur Quiller-Couch

by Lewis Worthington Smith

by Bernard Drachman

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Abbie Phillips Walker

by Ernest M. Kenyon

by Rick Raphael

by Virginia W. (Virginia Wales) Johnson

by Various Authors

by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

by Frank Harris

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Anna McClure Sholl

by George Pattullo

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Joel Chandler Harris
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Jack Sharkey

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Gilbert Parker

by James Causey

by Various Authors

by Hermann Hesse

by Various Authors

by Aristide Filiatreault

by Anna Schieber

by Almachio Diniz

by Various Authors

by Sándor Bródy

by Knud Rasmussen

by Paulos Nirvanas

by Tom Leahy

by Justus van Maurik

by Various Authors

by Lloyd Osbourne