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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 Wilbur Daniel Steele

by Juhani Sjöström

by Ferenc Herczeg

by Kálmán Mikszáth

by Thomson Burtis

by Zsigmond Móricz

by Lauri Henrik Pohjanpää

by Florence Marryat

by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

by Eugene Cunningham

by Ernest Haycox

by Hal Moore

by Anonymous

by Robert Winchester

by Henry Kuttner

by Albert Hernhuter

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Richmal Crompton

by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

by Murray Gilchrist

by Edith Wharton

by Herbert H. (Herbert Henry) Gowen

by Clifford Ball

by Leland Jamieson

by Nelson S. Bond

by Frank Belknap Long

by Homer King Gordon

by Nelson S. Bond

by Maria Edgeworth

by Carry van Bruggen

by Avesnes

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

by Emil Ertl

by Ernő Szép

by Keith Henney

by Achille Giovanni Cagna

by Kaarlo Hemmo

by Simo Eronen

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Richard Howells Watkins

by Jack London

by Béla Lázár

by Ernő Szép

by Theodore Solomons

by Dan Morrissey

by Ferenc Herczeg

by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt

by Henry S. (Henry St. Clair) Whitehead

by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

by Jack London

by Mark Twain

by Maila Talvio

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by A. De Herries (Augustus De Herries) Smith

by Alan Edward Nourse

by Wilhelm Hauff

by John Jakes

by Howard Browne

by Morris Hershman

by Louisa May Alcott

by Richard Wilson

by E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton

by Edward Lucas White

by Stacy Aumonier

by Ed M. Clinton

by William J. (William Joseph) Long

by Lady (Mary Anne) Barker

by Allen Kim Lang

by Julian Hawthorne

by M. E. Francis

by Ruth Lamb

by Rudyard Kipling

by Claude C. (Claude Claire) Vickrey

by Raymond S. (Raymond Smiley) Spears

by Adrien Coblentz

by Mary Aldis

by Ferdinando Martini

by Edwin Baird

by Aesop

by Simke Kloosterman

by Annie Proulx

by Frank Richardson Pierce

by Anonymous

by M. H. (Matthew Henry) Barker

by Maurice Renard

by Rae Soares

by Allen Kim Lang