bookshelf
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 Roger Kuykendall

by Anonymous

by Charles V. De Vet

by Anonymous

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by C. L. (Catherine Lucile) Moore

by Richard Rein Smith

by Waldo T. Boyd

by Eva March Tappan

by S. M. Tenneshaw

by T. D. Hamm

by Henry Slesar

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by J. Anthony (John Anthony) Ferlaine

by I. M. Bukstein

by Robert Shea

by Randall Garrett

by David Mason

by Frederic Max

by J. T. (Joseph Tombs) Oliver

by Magnus Ludens

by Evan Hunter

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

by Arabella Jane Sullivan

by Barry Pain

by W. Grant (William Grant) Stevenson

by Samuel J. (Samuel John) Sackett

by Gerald Bullett

by Eugène Montfort

by B. Traven

by Julia Magruder

by Leonora de Lima Andrews

by Various Authors

by Frank Banta

by Mária Berde

by Heikki Välisalmi

by Max Williams

by Anonymous

by Ebba Pauli

by Veikko Korhonen

by Philip K. Dick

by Franz Kafka

by Lester Del Rey

by T. D. Hamm

by Lester Del Rey

by Henry Slesar

by Robert F. Young

by Randall Garrett

by Kevin Scott

by John Victor Peterson

by Robert F. Young

by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

by John Cory

by Walter J. Sheldon

by Walter J. Sheldon

by H. Sivia

by Henry Slesar

by Adeline Adams

by James McKimmey

by Robert Sheckley

by Anonymous

by Allen Kim Lang

by Lewis Miller

by Richard Maples

by Edna Worthley Underwood

by Frank Banta

by Jean de La Fontaine

by Bob Farnham

by L. Major Reynolds

by Jane Barlow

by Ethel Calvert Phillips

by Francesc Maspons i Labrós

by Robert Lory

by Michael J. Phillips

by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

by Francesc Maspons i Labrós

by Enrico Panzacchi

by Various Authors

by Mór Jókai

by Anonymous

by Charles Dickens

by Fredric Brown

by Anonymous

by Robert W. Haseltine

by David Mason

by Frank W. Coggins

by Various Authors

by Myron I. Scholnick

by Alan J. Ramm

by Ferenc Molnár

by Géza Csáth

by John Beames

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

by Marietta Holley