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By: Jim Harmon (1933-2010) | |
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The Last Place on Earth | |
Measure for a Loner |
By: Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1848-1895) | |
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Tales from Two Hemispheres | |
By: Jim Harmon (1933-2010) | |
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The Planet with No Nightmare |
By: Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1848-1895) | |
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Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories | |
A Good-For-Nothing 1876 |
By: Green Peyton (1907-1968) | |
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The Coming of the Ice |
By: Bradner Buckner | |
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The Day Time Stopped Moving |
By: Maud Lindsay (1874-1941) | |
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Mother Stories
"I have endeavored to write, for mothers and dear little children, a few simple stories, embodying some of the truths of Froebel's Mother Play...Most of these stories have been told and retold to little children, and are surrounded, in my eyes, by a halo of listening faces" from the Preface to Mother Stories by Maud Lindsay |
By: James Causey | |
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Teething Ring | |
Competition |
By: Maud Lindsay (1874-1941) | |
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Story-teller
Are you a story teller? Almost all of us are, you know. Well, these 12 stories were written by Maud Lindsay to be told by someone who can weave the magic thread of speech into a performance that will hold the children spellbound. And we don't need to be perfect, just willing to tell a story; that is really all children ask, someone willing to tell a story. 8 of Librivox's Story tellers have volunteered to tell these enchanting tales (and sometimes sing the sweet little melodies that are included... |
By: Walt [Illustrator] Louderback | |
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The Boy Scouts Book of Stories |
By: Margaret Gatty (1809-1873) | |
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Aunt Judy's Tales
This is a collection of six short stories by Margaret Gatty, writing as Mrs. Alfred Gatty. All told by 'an elder girl' in a large family to the 8 little ones gathered around. "There is not a more charming sight in the domestic world, than that of an elder girl in a large family, amusing what are called the little ones. "How could mamma have ventured upon that cosy nap in the arm-chair by the fire, if she had been harassed by wondering what the children were about? Whereas, as it was, she had overheard No... |
By: Max Pemberton (1863-1950) | |
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The Man Who Drove the Car |
By: Dave Dryfoos (1915-2003) | |
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Waste Not, Want | |
Tree, Spare that Woodman |
By: Emilie Kip Baker | |
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Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools |
By: Ed M. Clinton (1926-2006) | |
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Untechnological Employment |
By: Russell R. Winterbotham (1904-1971) | |
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Lonesome Hearts |
By: Arthur Dekker Savage | |
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Trees Are Where You Find Them | |
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By: Russell R. Winterbotham (1904-1971) | |
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The Minus Woman |
By: August William Derleth (1909-1971) | |
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McIlvaine's Star |
By: W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Murray (1840-1904) | |
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A Ride With A Mad Horse In A Freight-Car 1898 |
By: Jack G. Huekels | |
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Advanced Chemistry |
By: Elizabeth Stoddard (1823-1902) | |
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Lemorne Versus Huell |
By: Robert Donald Locke | |
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G-r-r-r...! |
By: Fitz James O'Brien (1828-1862) | |
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The Diamond Lens |
By: Alexander Blade | |
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Zero Hour |
By: Norman Duncan (1871-1916) | |
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Christmas Eve At Swamp's End
Four selected chapters from The Measure Of A Man; A Tale of the Big Woods, by Norman Duncan. What could be more Christmasy than: Babies, especially a homeless one; a woman who loves; a man who protects; a cold night; glittering stars; poor working-men witnesses; gifts. ( Title page and david wales) | |
Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. |
By: John T. Trowbridge (1827-1916) | |
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The Man Who Stole A Meeting-House 1878, From "Coupon Bonds" |
By: Joe Archibald (1898-1989) | |
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Operation Earthworm |
By: James R. Hall | |
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Am I Still There? |
By: Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862-1935) | |
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The Shape of Fear | |
A Mountain Woman | |
A Michigan Man 1891 |
By: Various | |
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O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
In 1918 the Society of Arts and Sciences established the O. Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the previous year with cash prizes. 1921 was a particularly productive year with sterling and brilliantly varied examples of the art of short story writing as are included here. The selection committee struggled to agree on these, but finally, here they are for us to enjoy and record. The length varies but most are sufficiently long for a reader to get their teeth into and enjoy. The stories are listed in a rough order of how they were judged, but all are excellent. |
By: Arthur Feldman | |
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The Mathematicians |
By: Jack Sharkey (1931-) | |
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The Dope on Mars | |
Minor Detail |
By: Richard Wilson (1920-1987) | |
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Double Take |
By: Lily Dougall (1858-1923) | |
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Dozen Ways of Love
This is a collection of (each in their own way) romantic short stories by Lily Dougall. |
By: Allen Kim Lang (1928-) | |
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Blind Man's Lantern | |
The Great Potlatch Riots |
By: Victoria Glad | |
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Each Man Kills |
By: Nelson Slade Bond (1908-2006) | |
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Lighter Than You Think |
By: Charles A. Stearns | |
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The Marooner |
By: Alice Brown (1857-1948) | |
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Tiverton Tales | |
Tiverton Tales |
By: Francis A. (Francis Alexander) Durivage (1814-1881) | |
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The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales |
By: Desmond Winter Hall (1909-1992) | |
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A Scientist Rises |
By: Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925) | |
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The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy |
By: Robert E. Gilbert (1924-1993) | |
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Stopover Planet |
By: Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) | |
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Stories By English Authors: Italy |
By: Annie Hamilton Donnell (1862-) | |
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Rebecca Mary |
By: Harry Stephen Keeler (1890-1967) | |
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John Jones's Dollar |
By: Thornton DeKy | |
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The Ultimate Experiment |
By: Benjamin Ferris | |
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The Invaders |
By: Henry C. Bunner (1855-1896) | |
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Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 |
By: Graph Waldeyer | |
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The 4-D Doodler |
By: Sam Merwin (1910-1996) | |
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Reel Life Films | |
It's All Yours |
By: M. A. (Monette A.) Cummings (1914-) | |
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No Pets Allowed |
By: Will Lillibridge (1878-1909) | |
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Arcadia in Avernus
Unhappy wife leaves marriage of convenience for another man, the couple running away to the Dakota prairie to set up housekeeping. All seems romantically well... until the ex shows up. Surprisingly modern (if a little theatrical) novella from the early 1900's. From the posthumous collection of Lillibridge short stories, A Breath of Prairie, 1911. |
By: Zofia NaĆkowska (1884-1954) | |
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Selected Polish Tales |
By: Frances Jenkins Olcott (1872-1963) | |
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Good Stories for Holidays |
By: Robert Wicks | |
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The Quantum Jump |
By: Bill Garson (1917-) | |
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Acid Bath |
By: T. D. Hamm | |
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The Last Supper | |
Native Son |
By: Arnold Castle | |
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The Perfectionists |
By: Charles E. Fritch (1927-) | |
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I Like Martian Music | |
The Odyssey of Sam Meecham |
By: Wesley Barefoot | |
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The Cuckoo Clock |
By: Frank Banta | |
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Droozle |
By: H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson (1873-1958) | |
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Old Junk |
By: Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels | |
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Short Stories for English Courses |
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: Abbie Walker (1867-) | |
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Sandman's Goodnight Stories
Have you every read a bed time story to a child? Or had one read to you? Fun, isn't it? These 28 delightful, short, well written and whimsical stores by the famous storyteller Abby Phillips just beg to be read aloud by adults or children. With titles like THE REVENGE OF THE FIREFLIES and SALLIE HICKS'S FOREFINGER how can you go wrong? Turn on the nightlight, tuck 'em in, settle down in the rocking chair and ... enjoy. |
By: Anna Fuller (1853-1916) | |
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A Bookful of Girls |
By: Charles B. Cory (1857-1921) | |
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Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales
This is a collection of weird tales inspired from the natural history expeditions of the author, an independently wealthy bird collector, Olympic golfer, writer of many books on birds of the world, and, as evidenced in these pages, a fine storyteller to boot. |
By: Stephen A. Kallis (1937-) | |
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The Untouchable |
By: Allan Howard | |
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It's a Small Solar System |
By: Russell Burton | |
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Weak on Square Roots |
By: Carl Richard Jacobi (1908-1997) | |
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The Long Voyage | |
Made in Tanganyika |
By: Walter S. Tevis (1928-1984) | |
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The Big Bounce |
By: George H. Smith (1922-1996) | |
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Benefactor |
By: Ron Cocking | |
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Warning from the Stars |
By: Edgar Pangborn (1909-1976) | |
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The Good Neighbors |
By: Lucius Daniel | |
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Martians Never Die |
By: Basil Wells (1912-2003) | |
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Moment of Truth | |
Second Sight |
By: Albert Hernhuter | |
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Texas Week | |
The Smiler |
By: Charles A. Gunnison (1861-1897) | |
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In Macao |
By: Stanton Arthur Coblentz (1896-1982) | |
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Flight Through Tomorrow |
By: Teddy Keller | |
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The Plague |