Zeph: A posthumous story

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

The King in Yellow is a late‑nineteenth‑century American collection of short stories that blends speculative…

In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim

Frances Hodgson Burnett

In this domestic vignette by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the narrative opens on a horse‑riding rider who, after…

John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein

Frank R. Stockton

Frank R. Stockton’s “John Gayther’s Garden and the Stories Told Therein” is a sprawling, episodic work of…

The Forsaken Inn: A Novel

Anna Katharine Green

The novel opens on a rain‑swept stretch of road between Albany and Poughkeepsie, where the weary narrator, on…

Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches

H. C. Bunner

Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches is a series of short, observational vignettes that…

The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories

Joaquin Miller

The work is a 19th‑century American tale of frontier life, set among the gold‑seeking families of the Sierra…