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By: Alex James | |
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The Shining Cow |
By: Edward G. Robles | |
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See? |
By: Charles Franklin Carter | |
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Old Mission Stories of California | |
By: Sam McClatchie (1915-) | |
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Mother America |
By: Walt Richmond (1922-1977) | |
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Poppa Needs Shorts |
By: Robert W. Haseltine | |
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Prelude to Space |
By: Richard Olin | |
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All Day Wednesday |
By: Rog Phillips (1909-1965) | |
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The Unthinking Destroyer |
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: Edna Lyall (1857-1903) | |
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The Autobiography of a Slander
The Autobiography of a Slander exposes the consequences of reckless words or, even worse, intentionally disparaging words. In this moral tale, told from the point of view of "the slander", Edna Lyall (pseudonym used by Ada Ellen Bayley) reveals her ideals and goals in life and relationships. |
By: Stanley Gimble | |
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Breakaway |
By: Robert W. Lowndes (1916-1998) | |
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The Troubadour |
By: Benjamin A. (Benjamin Alexander) Heydrick (1871-1932?) | |
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Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day |
By: Anne Walker | |
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A Matter of Proportion |
By: Taylor H. Greenfield | |
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The Sword and the Atopen |
By: Arthur Porges (1915-2006) | |
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Revenge |
By: Edmund Mitchell (1861-1917) | |
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Tales of Destiny |
By: David Mason | |
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Something Will Turn Up |
By: Theodore Pratt (1901-1969) | |
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The Hohokam Dig |
By: Mann Rubin | |
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The Second Voice |
By: Don Berry | |
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Sound of Terror |
By: F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith (1865-1937) | |
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A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories |
By: Charles K. (Charles Kellogg) Field (1873-) | |
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Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University |
By: William Gerken | |
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Stopover |
By: Victor A. Endersby (1891-1988) | |
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Disowned |
By: Richard F. Thieme | |
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Pleasant Journey |
By: Joseph Tinker | |
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Tinker's Dam |
By: Edwin Lefevre (1871-1943) | |
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The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" |
By: Herbert B. Livingston | |
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Daughters of Doom |
By: Anderson Horne | |
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The Day of the Dog |
By: Margery Verner Reed | |
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Futurist Stories |
By: Kenneth Harmon | |
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The Passenger |
By: Arnold Marmor | |
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Spies Die Hard! |
By: Michael Barrett (1848-) | |
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Up in Ardmuirland |
By: George (Henry George August) Hartmann (1852-1934) | |
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Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales |
By: Nathaniel Gordon | |
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The Golden Judge |
By: Alvin Heiner | |
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The Stowaway |
By: Bascom Jones | |
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Blind Spot |
By: Greye La Spina (1880-1969) | |
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Old Mr. Wiley |
By: Frank W. Coggins | |
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Say "Hello" for Me |
By: Fanny Coe [editor] (1866-1956) | |
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The Book of Stories for the Storyteller
This is a delightful collection of 43 fairy tales (both old and new), folk lore, myths and real life stories by a variety of authors, brought together by writer Fanny E Coe. They are mostly short and are fun to listen to by children and adults and most teach valuable lessons about life. Some of the stories are: A Legend of the North Wind; How the Robin's Breast became Red; The Little Rabbits; St Christopher; The Necklace of Truth; A Night with Santa Claus; The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe; Pocahontas and How Molly spent her Sixpence |
By: Mary Gaunt (1861-1942) | |
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The Moving Finger |
By: Nataly von Eschstruth (1860-1939) | |
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The Gray Nun |
By: Gene Hunter | |
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Field Trip |
By: Arthur G. Hill | |
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The Terrible Answer |
By: J. B. Woodley | |
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With a Vengeance |
By: William J. Smith | |
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The Last Straw |
By: Vivia Hemphill (1889-1934) | |
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Down the Mother Lode |
By: Dick Purcell | |
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Mr. Chipfellow's Jackpot |
By: Annie Trumbull Slosson (1838-1926) | |
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Story-Tell Lib |
By: Ellen Robena Field | |
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Buttercup Gold And Other Stories
A charming collection of short stories and verses for young children. First published by the Bangor, Maine Kindergarten Association. |
By: Mary E. (Mary Ellen) Bamford | |
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Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East |
By: M. (Arnaud) Berquin (1747-1791) | |
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The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror |
By: Edward William Thomson (1849-1924) | |
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Old Man Savarin and Other Stories |
By: Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873) | |
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The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes |
By: Lorimer Stoddard (1864-1901) | |
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The Indian's Hand 1892 |
By: George Paul Goff | |
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Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches |
By: Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870) | |
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A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" |
By: Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884) | |
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The Man In The Reservoir |
By: Horace Smith (1836-1922) | |
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Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses |
By: Charlotte Niese (1854-1935) | |
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The Story Of The Little Mamsell |
By: Augustus Allen Hayes (1837-1892) | |
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The Denver Express From "Belgravia" for January, 1884 |
By: Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) | |
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English Fairy Tales
Jack the Giant-Killer, Tom Thumb, Goldilocks and The Three Bears, Henny Penny, Dick Whittington, The Three Little Pigs, Red Riding Hood and a host of immortal characters are found in this delightful collection of English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. The book made its first appearance in 1890 and has remained a firm favorite with both young and old ever since. Fairy tales have traditionally emanated from France and Germany. The famous compilations by La Fontaine and the Brothers Grimm have overshadowed children's literature for centuries... |
By: Unknown | |
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories
An entertaining selection of “modern” ghost stories selected “to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of modern ghosts, as well as to show the art of individual stories.”Sure to please the love of the supernatural in all of us! | |
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
A collection of folklore stories accumulated during the Islamic Golden Age, The Arabian Nights Entertainments has entertained and fascinated readers for centuries. The book centers on a frame story concerning the sultan Shahrayah and his wife Scheherazade, who cleverly narrates captivating stories to her husband each night in order to save herself from his retribution and live another day. As a result the book encourages the literary technique of a story within a story. The frame story begins when the sultan Shahrayar learns of his brother’s adulterous wife and subsequently discovers his own wife is guilty of infidelity... | |
The Lilac Fairy Book
Published in 1910, The Lilac Fairy Book is the last book in the series of fairytale collections known as Andrew Lang's “Coloured” Fairy Books and features stories from various folklores and cultures including Welsh, Portuguese, Scottish, Italian, and many other foreign literary branches. Moreover, the collection is a gem in the short story genre due to the fact that Lang collected some of the featured stories from foreign languages and made them available to English audiences. Featuring 33 stories, The Lilac Fairy Book offers a different perspective to the happy-ever-after fairytales most people are accustomed to and expect... |
By: Anonymous (1821-1890) | |
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The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found for the collection, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her... |
By: Various | |
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Best Russian Short Stories
In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th century Russian literature. As a survey of famous authors at the height of the powers, as well as some writers who have been unjustly neglected, this anthology is indispensable. |
By: Anonymous | |
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Child’s New Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. |
By: Various | |
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Brazilian Tales
“Brazilian Tales” is a collection of six short stories selected by Isaac Goldberg as best representative of the Brazilian Literature of his period – the end of the 19th century. His comprehensive preface aims at familiarizing the reader with a literature that was – and still is – virtually unknown outside the boundaries of its own land, and the pieces chosen by Goldberg to be translated belong to writers that reached popularity and appreciation while still alive. This “pioneer volume”, as the translator himself puts it, still keeps its charm and interest as a way of offering to the English speaking public some “sample cases” of Brazilian Literature. |
By: Anonymous | |
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Tiny Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. |
By: Various | |
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections of books, the collection offers, before each chapter, a short essay about the author or subject in question... | |
Yiddish Tales (יידיש מעשה)
A collection of 48 wonderful English language stories from Sholem Alechem, I. L. Perez, Shalom Asch, and others. Tales of humour and drama, tragedy and pathos set mostly in the Jewish communities of 19th-century eastern Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine. Translated from Yiddish by Helena Frank. |
By: Harry Harrison (1925-) | |
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The Misplaced Battleship
"It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship ... but interstellar space is on a different scale of magnitude. But a misplaced battleship—in the wrong hands!—can be most dangerous." The world class con man and thief known as the Stainless Steel Rat (diGriz) has another very big problem to solve and this science fiction novella by the great Harry Harrison will see if he can solve it and perhaps four or five more like it before this fascinating and funny tale is finished. 'Use a thief to catch a thief' sounds great but it sometimes has unexpected results. |
By: Unknown | |
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Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales
The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stories is as complex, charismatic and clever as a cat. |
By: Asa Don Dickinson (1876-1960) | |
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The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This book claims to be just that and nothing more. Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is fraught with the true Christmas spirit. It is hoped that the collection will prove equally acceptable to parents, teachers, and librarians. |
By: Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) | |
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The Amateur
On the steamer on his way to London, Austin Ford meets a young woman, who is going to London to find her missing husband. Being a specialist in finding people, Mr. Ford agrees to help her in her quest. However, something appears to be not quite right about the lady and her story... |
By: Harry Harrison (1925-2012) | |
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The Repairman
This is a collection of 3 of Harry Harrison marvelous early stories that were published in Galaxy, Analog and Fantastic Universe. The Repairman (1958) is a straight fun SF story of a man getting a job done. It is most typical of his later style in series like the Stainless Steel Rat; Toy Shop (1962), a short piece exploring bureaucratic blindness and one ingenious way around it and The Velvet Glove (1956), my favorite for its writing style, fun perspective, sly social commentary on the scene in 1956 and just plain delightful imagination. And he manages to pack excitement and mystery in at the same time. |
By: Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) | |
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The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales
A collection of nine enchanting short stories filled with curious beasts and unexpected endings. Included are The Bee-Man of Orn; The Griffin and the Minor Canon; Old Pipes and the Dryad; The Queen's Museum; Christmas Before Last: Or, The Fruit of the Fragile Palm; Prince Hassak's March; The Battle of the Third Cousins; The Banished King; and The Philopena |
By: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
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Wessex Tales
Wessex Tales is a collection of six short stories written by Hardy in the 1880’s. If you’ve never read Hardy they’ll serve as a good introduction to his writing. Though not as comprehensive as his major works they do contain all the ingredients that make him instantly recognisable. (Introduction by T. Hynes.) |
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) | |
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Twice Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name. (Introduction by Wikipedia) |
By: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) | |
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New Arabian Nights
New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories which include Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest fiction as well as those considered his best work in the genre. The first and longest story stars Prince Florizel of Bohemia who appears in the later collection of stories "More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter." |
By: Alfred Edgar Coppard (1878-1957) | |
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The Best British Short Stories of 1922
Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. |
By: Barry Pain (1864-1928) | |
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Eliza
A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of anecdotes following the life of the main character and his wife, Eliza. |
By: Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) | |
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The Lost House
Austin Ford, the London correspondent of the New York Republic, is spending some idle time in the American Embassy chatting with the Second Secretary, when suddenly a note is brought in. This note is an appeal for help, found in the gutter in a dark alley. The writer claims to be a young girl, who is kept against her will locked up in a lunatic asylum by her uncle. Although the Second Secretary tries to convince him that there is nothing to it, the journalist is determined to follow the lead... |
By: Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) | |
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In a German Pension
The first collected volume of short stories of the New Zealand modernist. Inspired by her own travels, Mansfield begins to refine her craft with a series of tales which depict German life at the brink of the first world war. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik) |
By: Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) | |
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The Make-Believe Man
Adventure was what our protagonist was looking for, when he boarded the steamer "Patience" for his holiday, and when one has a man with such a vivid imagination like Joseph Forbes Kinney as a travel companion, who seems to find adventures at every turn of the road (and if not, he manufactures them), the two travellers are sure to stumble into trouble... |
By: William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) | |
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Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
Thomas Carnacki was a detective of the supernatural, created for a series of short stories by Wiliam Hope Hodgson. Hodsgon, also a noted photographer and bodybuilder, might have created more stories for this intrepid sleuth of the occult, but he unfortunately died at the youthful age of 40 in World War I. (Introduction by Samanem) |
By: Murray Leinster (1896-1975) | |
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The Ambulance Made Two Trips
Big Jake Connors is taking over his town through violence, inimidation and bribery but Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald can only grind his teeth in frustration. The gangsters seem to have everything going their way until the day that a little dry cleaning establishment declines their offer of 'protection' and strange things start to happen. Murray Leinster gives us another wonderful product of 'what if' from his limitless imagination to enjoy in this gem of a story. Listen and smile. |
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) | |
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Our Old Home
These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a series of travel articles for The Atlantic Monthly.In these writings, he displays his humor, his empathetic nature, his pride in his country, and sometimes his sharp judgment of others. He shares with us the difficulties of being a consul in the 1850’s, takes us on a tour with him through rural England and Scotland, shows us the splendors of London, and the horrors of the poverty that so many suffered. (Introduction by Margaret) |
By: Edna Ferber (1885-1968) | |
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One Basket
This sparkling collection of 7 short stories by Ferber including some that are considered her all time best like The Woman Who Tried To be Good and The Maternal Feminine. Writing for and about women, Edna Ferber touches the very heart and soul of what it means to be human; to make good choices and bad; to be weak and strong. This was a very popular book when published in 1913 |
By: Andrew Lang (1844-1912) | |
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The Olive Fairy Book
Andrew Lang’s Olive Fairy Book (1907) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was one of many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books. |
By: A. A. Milne (1882-1956) | |
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Once a Week
A collection of short stories by famed Winnie the Pooh author, A.A. Milne. This charmingly humorous work from Milne's earlier writing period was first published in Punch magazine. |
By: Cal Stewart (1856-1919) | |
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Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories
A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. |
By: A. A. Milne (1882-1956) | |
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Not That It Matters
More of the witty, wry, and deliciously wicked essays and articles written by Milne. Most people know him as the creator of Winnie The Pooh, but he worked for many years as editor of Punch Magazine and these are some of his best. Not That It Matters is a collection of over 40 of these short stories and articles. Not That It Matters collects his columns for Punch, which include poems, essays and short stories, from 1912 to 1920. Most of his writing pokes fun, both gentle and not so gentle at a variety of topics... |
By: Charles Knight (1791-1873) | |
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Mind Amongst the Spindles
Lowell Massachusetts was founded in the 1820s as a planned manufacturing center for textiles and is located along the rapids of the Merrimack River, 25 miles northwest of Boston. By the 1850s Lowell had the largest industrial complex in the United States. The textile industry wove cotton produced in the South. In 1860, there were more cotton spindles in Lowell than in all eleven states combined that would form the Confederacy. Mind Amongst the Spindles is a selection of works from the Lowell Offering, a monthly periodical collecting contributed works of poetry and fiction by the female workers of the textile mills... |
By: Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846-1916) | |
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Famous Stories Every Child Should Know
The group of stories brought together in this volume differ from legends because they have, with one exception,no core fact at the centre, from myths because they make no attempt to personify or explain the forces or processes of nature, from fairy stories because they do not often bring to the stage actors from a different nature from ours.... The stories which make up this volume are closer to experience and come, from the most part, nearer to the every-day happenings of life. |
By: Unknown (1870-1916) | |
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Reginald in Russia and other sketches
Reginald in Russia is the title story in a collection of fifteen witty and satirical stories, sketches and one "playlet" by that master of the short story H. H. Munro, better Known as Saki. The stories are: Reginald in Russia -- The Reticence of Lady Anne -- The Lost Sanjak -- The Sex That Doesn't Shop -- The Blood-feud of Toad-Water -- A Young Turkish Catastrophe -- Judkin of the Parcels -- Gabriel-Ernest -- The Saint and the Goblin -- The Soul of Laploshka -- The Bag -- The Strategist -- Cross Currents -- The Baker's Dozen (A Playlet) -- The Mouse. |