Short stories books

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2

Edgar Allan Poe

The volume gathers Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, fantasy fiction, and horror tales, all rooted in…

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Maurice Leblanc

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman‑Burglar is a collection of French short stories that…

Dubliners

James Joyce

James Joyce’s Dubliners is a collection of short stories that paints a vivid portrait of everyday life in the…

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

The work is a collection of short stories set in the Indian jungle, populated by animals that speak and act…

Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur

Maurice Leblanc

Ce premier volume des Aventures extraordinaires d’Arsène Lupin se présente comme une collection de nouvelles…

Hungry Hearts

Anzia Yezierska

Hungry Hearts is a collection of short stories that foregrounds the lives of Jewish immigrants on New York’s…

Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship

The collection opens with George Egerton’s “A Little Grey Glove,” a sprawling, first‑person narrative that…

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 Gay Cockade

Temple Bailey

The Gay Cockade is a collection of short stories first published in 1921, and it opens with a lively sketch…

The Big Fix

George O. Smith

The Big Fix is a short‑story collection that centers on a single, razor‑sharp episode of telepathic intrigue…

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…

Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole

Fannie Hurst

Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole is a collection of short stories by Fannie Hurst, first…

Trial by water

Sewell Peaslee Wright

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

The Missing Will

Agatha Christie

The story opens with Miss Violet Marsh, a determined young woman, seeking the help of Hercule Poirot to…

The Plymouth Express Affair

Agatha Christie

The story opens aboard the Plymouth Express, where a nervous Lieutenant Simpson discovers a concealed…

Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 2

Gottfried Keller

Der Band 2 von Gottfried Kellers „Die Leute von Seldwyla“ ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, die das…

The Hunter's Lodge Case

Agatha Christie

The Hunter’s Lodge Case is a compact detective story that places the celebrated Belgian sleuth, Hercule…

Happy Days

A. A. Milne

Happy Days is a miscellany of short pieces that blurs the line between theatrical sketch and prose vignette.

Daisy Ashford: Her Book

Ashford, Daisy; Ashford, Angela

This volume gathers the remaining short fiction of Daisy Ashford, the child author whose early work “The…

Sundry Accounts

Irvin S. Cobb

Sundry Accounts is a collection of short stories that paints a portrait of a small American town through the…

The Undersea Tube

L. Taylor Hansen

The Undersea Tube is a science‑fiction short story by L. Taylor Hansen that opens with a survivor’s formal…

From Place to Place

Irvin S. Cobb

The work is a short‑story collection by Irvin S. Cobb, and it opens with a meticulous portrait of Tobias…