Pan's garden: A Volume of Nature Stories

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James

M. R. James’s Ghost Stories of an Antiquary gathers together a handful of his celebrated English horror…

Paul the minstrel, and other stories

Arthur Christopher Benson

Arthur Christopher Benson’s collection gathers short stories that emerged from a “very happy time” in his…

The Talking Horse, and Other Tales

F. Anstey

The volume is a collection of short stories by F. Anstey, a 19th‑century English humorist, and it opens with…

The mysterious Mr. Quin

Agatha Christie

The story opens in a winter‑time country house where a small, eclectic group of guests has gathered for New…

The Happy Prince, and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde

The collection gathers Oscar Wilde’s fairy‑tale narratives, beginning with a whimsical yet melancholy episode…

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago

Arthur Conan Doyle

The volume gathers a series of short adventure and historical tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, and it opens with…