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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 Enrico Panzacchi

by Ernő Szép

by Herman Bang

by H.-R. (Henri-René) Lenormand

by Rudyard Kipling

by Santeri Rissanen

by Rudyard Kipling

by Kaarlo Hänninen

by Hermann Kauffmann

by W. R. Bethel

by Väinö Albert Nuorteva

by Mór Jókai

by Joseph Conrad

by Josefina Wettergrund

by Frank N. (Frank Nelson) Stratton

by Aino Malmberg

by graf Leo Tolstoy

by Mária Berde

by Isaac Asimov

by Ray Bradbury

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

by Lemuel De Bra

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Sewell Peaslee Wright

by Unknown

by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Anonymous

by Jerome Bixby

by Fritz Leiber

by Donald A. Wollheim

by Albert Hernhuter

by Anonymous

by Robert Zacks

by Randall Garrett, Robert Silverberg
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by Giovanni Francesco Straparola

by H. B. (Horace Bowne) Fyfe

by Jack Douglas

by Arnold Marmor

by Robert F. Young

by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham

by William Hardy

by C. M. (Cyril M.) Kornbluth

by Laurence M. Janifer

by Howard Wandrei

by Ben Smith

by Gene Hunter

by William J. McClellan

by Hans Aanrud

by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling

by Paul Arène

by Frank Herbert

by Richard Wilson

by H. D. (Herman Daniel) Umbstaetter

by Willis Knapp Jones

by John R. (John Rawson) Speer, Carlisle Schnitzer

by Philip José Farmer

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Stephen Marlowe

by Ruth Lamb

by Ralph Milne Farley

by V. M. (Vlas Mikhaĭlovich) Doroshevich

by Walt Coburn

by Francis Edward Paget

by Petrus Nordmann

by Dudrea Parker

by Vera Hjelt

by Matti Rinta

by Frigyes Karinthy

by Ferenc Molnár

by Wilson Parks Griffith

by Maila Talvio

by Andor Gábor

by Sigurd

by C. M. van (Catharina Magdalena) Hille-Gaerthé

by Maila Talvio

by Géza Laczkó

by Juho Hoikkanen

by Eino Leino

by Ilmari Jäämaa

by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

by Jack London

by Various Authors

by Henry Kuttner

by James McKimmey

by Fredric Brown

by Charles L. Fontenay

by Fredric Brown

by Unknown

by Edward G. Robles

by Joseph Samachson

by Arthur T. Harris