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By: Owen Wister (1860-1938) | |
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The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories
This is the fifth published book of Owen Wister, author of the archetypical Western novel, The Virginian. Published in 1900, it comprises eight Western short stories. |
By: P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) | |
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A Man of Means
A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories all star Roland Bleke, a nondescript young man to whom financial success comes through a series of “lucky” chances, the first from a win in a sweepstake he had forgotten entering. Roland, like many a timid young man seeks love and marriage. In this pursuit his wealth is regularly a mixed blessing. The plot of each story follows its predecessor, sometimes directly, and occasionally refer back to past events in Bleke’s meteoric career... | |
The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 8, 1917 by Methuen & Co., London, and in the United States in 1933 by A.L. Burt and Co., New York. All the stories had previously appeared in periodicals, usually the Strand in the UK and the Red Book magazine or the Saturday Evening Post in the US. It is a fairly miscellaneous collection — most of the stories concern relationships, sports and household... | |
By: Padraic Colum (1881-1972) | |
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The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Golden Fleece. He also includes the stories of Atalanta, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and others. |
By: Pansy (1841-1930) | |
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Divers Women
A collection of short stories, highlighting some of the best and worst characteristics we women are capable of in our Christianity and in our home life. |
By: Patrick Fahy | |
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The Mightiest Man |
By: Paul Ernst (1899-1985) | |
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The Radiant Shell |
By: Paul Lohrman | |
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The Big Tomorrow |
By: Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (1913-1966) | |
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The Game of Rat and Dragon |
By: Paul W. Fairman (1916-1977) | |
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The Beasts in the Void |
By: Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926) | |
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The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories | |
Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories | |
Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories |
By: Perley Poore Sheehan (1875-1943) | |
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Ten-foot Chain
True love can survive anything. Or can it? Four popular authors were lunching with an editor and the question came up: "What mental and emotional reaction would a man and a woman undergo, linked together by a ten-foot chain, for three days and nights?" The 4 very popular authors each had strong but divergent opinions of what would happen to such a couple chained together for 3 days and nights. The result was these fascinating stories. Does true love scoff at the small difficulty of constant proximity?... |
By: Peter Baily | |
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Accidental Death |
By: Phaedrus (c. 15 BC - c. AD 50) | |
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The Fables of Phaedrus
The fable is a small narrative, in prose or verse, which has as its main characteristic the aim of conveying a moral lesson (the “moral”), implicitly or, more normally, explicitly expressed. Even though the modern concept of fable is that it should have animals or inanimated objects as characters – an idea supported by the works of famous fabulists such as Aesop and La Fontaine – Phaedrus, the most important Latin fabulist, is innovative in his writing. Although many of his fables do depict animals or objects assuming speech, he also has many short stories about men, writing narratives that seem to the modern eye more like short tales than fables... |
By: Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) | |
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They Twinkled Like Jewels |
By: Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) | |
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The Crystal Crypt & Beyond the Door
Two early science fiction stories by the wonderful craftsman, Philip K. Dick. In the Crystal Crypt, taken from the 1954 Planet Stories, the war between Mars and Terra is about to erupt and earth has only merchants and salesmen to fight; can they carry out their mission? Beyond the Door is a story that asks and answers the question: what lives beyond the door? And is it dangerous? | |
The Gun | |
Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull
Two stories in the inimitable Philip Dick style. What is a Wub? A 400 pound slovenly, fat, ungainly, drooling animal that looks like a cross between a walrus and an enormous hog? Well, yes that is pretty much what he looks like and for 50 cents, a good bargain no matter how he tastes. The hungry spaceship crew expect to find out. Of course the Wub may not entirely agree but it doesn't have much to say about it. The second story, The Skull, is a skilful mesh of time travel, unscrupulous governments, prisoners, and religion. With an assassin thrown in for good measure. Enjoy! | |
The Skull | |
Beyond the Door |
By: Poul William Anderson (1926-2001) | |
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The Valor of Cappen Varra | |
Duel on Syrtis |
By: Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870) | |
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How The Redoubt Was Taken 1896 |
By: R. R. Merliss | |
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The Stutterer |
By: Rabindranath Tagore | |
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Mashi and Other Stories
A collection of short stories written iin English by the Nobel prize winning Bengali writer. | |
The Hungry Stones and Other Stories
This is a collection of short stories written by the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The stories contained in this volume were translated by several hands. The version of The Victory is the author's own work. The seven stories which follow were translated by Mr. C. F. Andrews, with the help of the author's help. Assistance has also been given by the Rev. E. J. Thompson, Panna Lal Basu, Prabhat Kumar Mukerjii, and the Sister Nivedita. |
By: Ralph Sholto | |
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The Clean and Wholesome Land |
By: Randall Garrett (1927-1987) | |
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The Destroyers | |
Belly Laugh | |
Fifty Per Cent Prophet |