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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 Ruth Lamb

by Ray Bradbury

by Jean Aicard

by Madame (Joséphine) Dandurand

by Edwin Carlile Litsey

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

by Enrico Castelnuovo

by Peter Rosegger

by Charles V. De Vet

by Ambrose Bierce

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

by Mark Twain

by Oscar Wilde

by F. Anstey

by Anonymous

by King of Navarre consort of Henry II Queen Marguerite

by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale

by graf Leo Tolstoy

by Isaac Asimov

by Johnny Gruelle

by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

by O. Henry

by Guy de Maupassant

by Louisa May Alcott

by Guy de Maupassant

by Jonas Lie

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by Honoré de Balzac

by Alfred Henry Lewis

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Clara Dillingham Pierson

by Maurice Baring

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Arthur Morrison

by Fritz Leiber

by Guy de Maupassant

by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

by Theodore Dreiser

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by Dean Ing

by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

by Pietro Thouar

by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

by Jean de La Fontaine

by Jack London

by Gilbert Parker

by Gilbert Parker

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by Menglong Feng

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by Mark Twain

by Ernest Thompson Seton

by active 16th century-17th century Yingyu Zhang

by Henry Lawson

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

by Clara Dillingham Pierson

by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

by May Sinclair

by Gottfried Benn

by Edna Ferber

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Walter Scott

by Geoffrey Chaucer

by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Elizabeth Gordon

by F. Anstey

by Alexandre Dumas

by Hamlin Garland

by Gabriele D'Annunzio

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

by Pansy

by Catharine Shaw

by Remy de Gourmont

by Cesare Cantù

by Frans Hedberg

by Zacharias Topelius

by Rudyard Kipling

by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

by Ambrose Bierce

by Mark Twain

by Louisa May Alcott

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by Jack London

by Théophile Gautier

by Elia Wilkinson Peattie