Short stories books

Kleine Dichtungen

Robert Walser

Short Stories of Various Types

This collection gathers a dozen short pieces selected especially for early‑high‑school readers, each chosen…

Aufsätze

Robert Walser

Der Band „Aufsätze“ von Robert Walser ist eine Sammlung von Kurzprosa, die sich zwischen persönlichem…

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure

Rex Beach

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure is a collection of short, adventure‑oriented stories by Rex…

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories is a single‑volume anthology assembled for scoutmasters and other…

Adventures in Many Lands

Various

The volume is a mixed collection of short adventure tales aimed at younger readers, each featuring a daring…

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

The piece is a short Christmas story that follows Della, a young woman living in a modest flat, as she…

The Short-story

The volume is a classroom‑crafted anthology that gathers a selection of short stories long used in American…

The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights

Irvin S. Cobb

The work is a crime‑fiction short story that follows the fall of Hobart W.

In Kings' Byways

Stanley John Weyman

In Kings’ Byways is a historical short‑story collection set in post‑Richelieu France, and the opening passage…

Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University

Field, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg); Irwin, Will

Stanford Stories is a collection of short fiction that paints a picture of campus life before the…

The Ape, the Idiot & Other People

W. C. Morrow

The work is a short‑story collection by 19th‑century American writer W. C.

Just so stories

Rudyard Kipling

The collection gathers Rudyard Kip‑Keen’s whimsical “Just‑So” tales, a series of short, animal‑centric fables…

2 B R 0 2 B

Kurt Vonnegut

The piece is a science‑fiction short story by Kurt Von Negut, opening in a bleak, institutional waiting room…

Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Mystic-Humorous Stories

The volume gathers a selection of short, mystic‑humorous tales that hover between the rational and the…

A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays

Willa Cather

This volume gathers a selection of Willa Cather’s essays, short stories, and sketches that portray the social…

A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories

Robert W. Chambers

The volume is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, whose work often captures the rhythms of…

Preview

Frank Belknap Long

Frank Belknap Long’s “Preview” is a short‑story that blends science‑fiction concepts with a meta‑cinematic…

A municipal feud

Ernest Haycox

A municipal feud is a Western short story that follows the uneasy partnership of two itinerant men, Joe…

The vidiot

Ib Melchior

The story opens with a flamboyant claim that the Metropolitan Opera has never before “cast its mantle of…

The Old Lady flies

Raoul Whitfield

The story opens in the gritty world of a post‑war flying circus, where the narrator introduces Russ Healy, a…

The Magic World

E. Nesbit

The Magic World is a whimsical collection of short, magical tales aimed at younger readers, and it opens with…

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

H. C. Andersen

The collection gathers the short, often moral‑laden tales that Andersen first published in Denmark and later…

Borrowed feathers

Ruth Lamb

The work is a short‑story collection aimed at young women, and its opening places the reader in the bustling…