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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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Gaudissart II
by Honoré de Balzac
The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and the Masterpiece
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa
by Fred C. (Frederick Carruthers) Cornell
Deserted Sailor's Knots, Part 1.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Money Box Odd Craft, Part 1.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Double Dealing Sailor's Knots, Part 11.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Rattle of bones
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 27, 1920
by Various Authors
Cuentos y crónicas Obras Completas Vol. XIV
by Rubén Darío
A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes
by Edgar Saltus
The walls
by Keith Laumer
Northern Lights, Volume 1.
by Gilbert Parker
No Substitutions
by Jim Harmon
Contes, Nouvelles et Recits
by Jules Gabriel Janin
Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 11
by Jean de La Fontaine
Star of Rebirth
by Bernard Wall
Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 24
by Jean de La Fontaine
Contes à la brune
by Armand Silvestre
Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 14
by Jean de La Fontaine
A Message From Our Sponsor
by Henry Slesar
The Four Million
by O. Henry
The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country
by Elma Ehrlich Levinger
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 08 Negligible Tales, On With the Dance, Epigrams
by Ambrose Bierce
Four Weird Tales
by Algernon Blackwood
Lulu's Library, Volume 3 (of 3)
by Louisa May Alcott
Nonsense Novels
by Stephen Leacock
The room in the tower, and other stories
by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
by Frank R. Stockton
Tales of the Argonauts
by Bret Harte
Witty Pieces by Witty People A collection of the funniest sayings, best jokes, laughable anecdotes, mirthful stories, etc., extant
by Various Authors
Youth and the Bright Medusa
by Willa Cather
Tales of the Unexpected
by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Contes de la Becasse
by Guy de Maupassant
Vertellingen van vroeger en later tijd
by J. van (Jacob) Lennep
The Jumble Book: A Jumble of Good Things
by David Cory
Red shadows
by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Tales of the Chesapeake
by George Alfred Townsend
Edward Fane's Rosebud (From "Twice Told Tales")
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Robert Merry's Museum, Volumes I-II (1841)
by Various Authors
Christmas Roses and Other Stories
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
A Little Book for Christmas
by Cyrus Townsend Brady
May Flowers
by Louisa May Alcott
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Delectable Duchy
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sugar and Spice: Comical Tales Comically Dressed
by James Johnson
Some Haunted Houses of England & Wales.
by Elliott O'Donnell
The Fascinating Stranger, and Other Stories
by Booth Tarkington
For The Honor Of France 1891
by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
Hanging by a Thread
by Randall Garrett
Death of a Spaceman
by Walter M. Miller
Dixon's Return Odd Craft, Part 10.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Shadowy Third, and Other Stories
by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
Dirty Work Deep Waters, Part 11.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
An Adulteration Act The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 10.
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
by John Charles Dent
Le Chat Maltais
by Rudyard Kipling
Whilomville Stories
by Stephen Crane
Sketches New and Old, Part 4.
by Mark Twain
Stories by American Authors, Volume 7
by Various Authors
A cup of sweets, that can never cloy: or, delightful tales for good children
by Elizabeth Sandham, active 1804-1816 Elizabeth Semple
Baron Olson och andra historier
by Sigge Strömberg
Fun o' the Forge: Stories
by Brian O'Higgins
The Star Mouse
by Fredric Brown
Easy come, easy go
by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
Northern Lights, Volume 5.
by Gilbert Parker
The man who talked too much
by Roy Norton
Children of the Tenements
by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
Starlight Ranch, and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier
by Charles King
Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte
by Horacio Quiroga
Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street
by Virginia Woolf
Cane
by Jean Toomer
Some Chinese Ghosts
by Lafcadio Hearn
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2
by Edith Wharton
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
by Stephen Leacock
Pygmalion's Spectacles
by Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum
Tales from the Fjeld: A Second Series of Popular Tales
by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
The Old Man in the Corner
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Frog Prince and Other Stories
by Walter Crane
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
by Various Authors
Two Stories
by Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf
Tales of Wonder
by Lord Dunsany
Original Short Stories — Volume 09
by Guy de Maupassant
Joe Wilson and His Mates
by Henry Lawson
A Desperate Character and Other Stories
by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Children of the Bush
by Henry Lawson
The ninth vibration and other stories
by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck
The Three Golden Apples (From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys")
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
by Anna Katharine Green
Further Foolishness
by Stephen Leacock