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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.

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by N. Hudson Moore

by H. E. C. (Henry Edward Cowan) Bryant

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by Anonymous

by Horatio Alger Jr.

by Thomas Cooper

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by George O. (George Oliver) Smith

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by Bento Serrano

by Alexandros Moraitides

by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones

by Michael Wood

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by Edith Forssman

by Victor Bridges

by Humbert Wolfe

by B. M. Bower

by Robert Silverberg

by Dezső Szomory

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

by Miriam Allen De Ford

by Ray Cummings

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by Károly Eötvös

by Holger Drachmann

by Jerry Dunham

by Luciano Zùccoli

by Alexandros Papadiamantes

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by Sigge Strömberg

by Konni Zilliacus

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by Selma Anttila

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by Margit Kaffka

by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

by Kasimir Leino

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by Daisy Ashford, Angela Ashford

by Laurence Housman

by John Strange Winter

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by Roy Rolfe Gilson

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by Richard M. (Richard Mace) Elam

by Boris Pilniak

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by Myra Kelly

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by Cyrus Adler, Allan Ramsay

by Henry Wallace Phillips

by Arthur G. (Arthur George) Crandall

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by Matt (Martha Jane) Crim

by Maria J. (Maria Jane) McIntosh

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by Charles Beaumont

by Joseph Samachson

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by Jerome Bixby

by Zacharias Topelius

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by Francis Clement Kelley

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by Sarah P. (Sarah Parsons) Doughty

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by Rodrigo Paganino

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by Charles E. Fritch

by Dave Dryfoos