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Introduction. By Edward J. O'Brien, Editor
In The Best Short Stories of 1917
I deny that the American short story is at a low ebb, and I offer the present volume as a revelation of the best that is now being done in t…
The Unknown Quantity
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 014
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Candid Narrative
In Introducing Irony (Version 2)
Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …
Preface
In The Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)
This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seab…
A Novelist's Allegory
In The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy
This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, a…
00 - Preface
In The Violet Fairy Book
Step into a world of enchantment with The Violet Fairy Book, a captivating collection of fairy tales curated by Andrew Lang. First published…
"Suppose"
In New Year's Tangles and Other Stories
This is a collection of 40 short (some VERY short) stories from Christian author Pansy. They seem to have been taken from her magazine for c…
A New Regime
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…
The Deep
In Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 3, October 1900
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief …
Introduction, by Edward J. O'Brien, Editor
In The Best Short Stories of 1915
It seems advisable to undertake a study of the American short story from year to year as it is represented in the American periodicals which…
XII. The duke. A fiction of the future: 2
In The Seen and the Unseen
Is it true that people can literally be scared to death ? Is it possible to photograph astral projections ? What happens if you play with a …
A Norsk Story
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 12, Jan. 20, 1880
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction an…
In September
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 45, September 7, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
Our Post-Office Box
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 33, June 15, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
Tides
In One-Act Play Collection 005
Explore the art of drama with this diverse collection of ten one-act plays, showcasing the talents of renowned playwrights such as James M. …
Preface
In His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "T…
The Preternatural in Fiction
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07
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…
Pronounced Fantasy
In Introducing Irony
Subtitled 'A Book of Poetic Short Stories and Poems', this collection reads years ahead of its time. Set mainly in Jazz Age New York City, t…
2 B R 0 2 B
In 2 B R 0 2 B (Dramatic Reading)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, su…
Preface
In A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children
This is a book of simple, classic stories for beginning readers. It is included in Year 1 of the Ambleside reading list. There are short lis…