Short Stories

River Legends; Or, Father Thames and Father Rhine

Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Brabourne

River Legends, or Father Thames and Father Rhine, is a sprawling juvenile tale that weaves together the…

The wisdom of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown is a detective story that begins in the tranquil Temple Gardens, where the retired…

The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, February 1904, No. 159.

Various

The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27 (February 1904, No. 159) is a collection of short stories and periodical pieces…

The call of Cthulhu

H. P. Lovecraft

The Call of Cthulhu is a horror tale that begins with a philosophical meditation on humanity’s fragile grasp…

Complete Short Works of George Meredith

George Meredith

The volume gathers George Meredith’s shorter prose, beginning with the exuberant episode “The Ride and the…

The Shunned House

H. P. Lovecraft

The Shunned House is a horror tale set in nineteenth‑century New England, opening with a richly detailed…

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

The volume opens with a stark tableau from “The Torture” by Hope, in which the venerable Grand Inquisitor…

His last bow: Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The work is a Sherlock Holmes adventure, presented as a classic English detective tale set in the…

The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce’s “The Damned Thing,” first published in 1898 as part of his collection In the Midst of Life,…

The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story

The volume gathers the most notable American short stories published in 1917, accompanied by a comprehensive…

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron is a medieval collection of framed tales that begins with a lively dialogue among a group of…

The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories

Algernon Blackwood

The volume gathers a handful of Algernon Blackwood’s ghost tales, each set in an English landscape where the…

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Arthur Conan Doyle

The volume gathers two of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s longer pieces, each presented as a first‑person account…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a late‑Victorian detective narrative that continues the famed…

The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English

The volume is a nineteenth‑ and early‑twentieth‑century anthology that gathers short mystery and detective…

The Ambulance Made Two Trips

Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster’s “The Ambulance Made Two Trips” is a short‑fiction piece that blends science‑fiction…

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes

Edgar Allan Poe

The volume presents the complete oeuvre of Edgar Allan Poe, gathered in five bound parts and indexed for easy…

The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kip‑Khan’s The Phantom ‘Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories opens with a vivid, almost theatrical…

Trial by water

Sewell Peaslee Wright

The story is a compact adventure set in the Canadian wilderness, where a young wife, her husband Jean…

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…

The case-book of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Case‑Book of Sherlock Holmes gathers the twelve short stories Doyle added to the famous detective’s canon…

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 4, June, 1923: The unique magazine

Various

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 4 (June 1923) presents a single, self‑contained story titled “The Evening…

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazine

Various

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1 (March 1923) is a single‑issue pulp magazine that assembles twenty‑two short…

Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant

The volume gathers the complete short stories of Guy de Maupassant, presented here in English translation.