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The Readers Corner part 1
In Astounding Stories 19, July 1931
THE DOOM FROM PLANET 4 JACK WILLIAMSON A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an…
Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Frequently Asked Questions (March, 2024)
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 103
"When money gives out, sense ensues." This pithy saying is from Yugoslav Proverbs, one of the twenty reader-chosen selections in v…
Chapter 2
In 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 o…
Home for the Holidays
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 026
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 026: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Brewster's Début
In The Arrival of Jimpson
This offering, "The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys About Boys" contains eleven short stories by the prolific autho…
The Letter Patricia Wrote
In Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery
A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one o…
Traitor's Choice
In Three SF Short Stories by Paul W. Fairman
Deadly City: He opened his eyes, but this made no difference. The blackness remained. The pain in his head brightened and he reached up and …
The Reading Man
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
Warren's Address by John Pierpoint
In Poems of American Patriotism
This book is a collection of patriotic poems by many authors. - Summary by Hannah Shaver
12 - As a Candidate
In A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
Section 1- The Curious Republic of Condour
In The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches
As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from poli…
Pilgrims
In Lyrics and Legends of Christmas-Tide
American author and poet, Clinton Scollard, presents a charming collection of poetry to brighten the Christmas season. - Summary by Larry Wi…
Outpost on Io
In Short Science Fiction Collection 086
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Russell Kincaid
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Warren's Address, by John Pierpont
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 2)
The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…
Andrew's proposal
In Doxie Dent
Following the short story collections, Clog Shop Chronicles and Beckside Lights, John Ackworth completed the adventures of clogger Jabez Cle…
Excerpts from the Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 16
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Reader's Corner, Part 2
In Astounding Stories 11, November 1930
Astounding Stories is a captivating anthology that transports listeners to the realms of imagination and innovation through a collection of …
Off Course
In 20 Short Science Fiction Stories
Compilation of 20 Science Fiction Short Stories - Summary by Kirk Ziegler
Past One at Rooney's
In Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characte…