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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 H. N. (Horatio Nelson) Crellin

by M. T. W.

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by F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm) Lyra

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by Mary Diana Dods

by Walter McRoberts

by Stanley Gimble

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by Anonymous

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by Alexandros Moraitides

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by Florian Pharaon

by Francis Metcalfe

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by Effie Afton

by Henrique de Vasconcellos

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by Robert Arthur

by Gerald Vance

by C. C. (Charles Clarence) Beck

by Henry S. Armstrong

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by Marie Sophie Schwartz

by Anonymous

by Jack Taylor

by George Charles Fraser Pringle

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by Charles Dickens

by Malcolm B. Morehart

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by C. Fox (Cicely Fox) Smith

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by Anonymous

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by Frank Belknap Long

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by Lucy Ellen Guernsey

by Jack Sharkey

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Tiitus

by Paul Ernst

by Melchior Meyr

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

by Paul Keller

by Clare Winger Harris

by A. L. O. E.

by Ouida

by William P. Salton

by Ernst Wichert, Rudolf Greinz, Wilhelm von Polenz, Heinrich Sohnrey

by Raoul Whitfield