Short Stories
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In the Midst of Life
These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six…
The Captain of the Polestar
The Captain of the Polestar is a captivating collection of early short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, showcasing his diverse storytellin…
The Point of Honor
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor i…
Tales of Men and Ghosts
Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and …
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
A Christmas Carol
The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. B…
The Dancing Girls
The Dancing Girls is just one of the 4 excellent short stories in this recording. All written by the master, Edna Ferber for magazines betwe…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
The Lady With the Dog
Anton Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. …
Plain Tales from the Hills
Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, set against the backdrop of British India during the height …
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Sea Stories
Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirat…
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
Step into the world of Arsène Lupin, a master thief with a flair for the dramatic and a heart of gold. In this collection of short st…
The Greater Inclination
This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriag…
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Step into the eerie world of Thomas Carnacki, a detective who specializes in the supernatural. Created by William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki nav…
Five Beloved Stories
O. Henry wrote over 600 short stories. Naturally I have my personal top 20 stories that just seem to stand out because of their form, writin…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
The Best American Humorous Short Stories is a delightful collection that brings together eighteen short stories from a diverse array of auth…
Can Such Things Be?
24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling…
Selected Short Stories
Ranging in tone from humor to sentimentality, these stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald are set against a backdrop of jazz, flappers, and the cha…