Short stories books

Christmas Every Day and Other Stories

William Dean Howells

The volume is a collection of William Dean Howells’s short stories, and it opens with a sprawling,…

On the dodge

Will James

The story opens with a gritty, first‑person account of a cowboy whose prized buckskin horse has been stolen…

Frances Kane's Fortune

L. T. Meade

Frances Kane’s Fortune is a short‑story collection centered on a young woman’s practical life in a rural…

Dracula's Guest

Bram Stoker

Dracula’s Guest is a modest volume of short fiction assembled by Bram Stoker’s widow after his death,…

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Leo Tolstoy

The volume gathers a selection of Tolstoy’s short fiction, each introduced by a reflective essay on…

Twice-told tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Twice‑told Tales gathers a series of short stories that plunge the reader into the turbulent world of…

Studying the short-story Sixteen short-story classics with introductions, notes and a new laboratory study method for individual reading and use in colleges and schools.

The work is a scholarly anthology that gathers sixteen short‑story classics, each accompanied by a detailed…

The Red Room

H. G. Wells

The piece is a short‑story by H. G. Wells that begins in a dimly lit, ancient house where three decrepit…

Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens

Margaret W. Eggleston

Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens is a collection of short, didactic tales aimed at adolescent girls,…

El libro de las tierras vírgenes

Rudyard Kipling

El libro de las tierras vírgenes reúne en un solo volumen las dos colecciones que originalmente se publicaron…

A battle piece

Ernest Haycox

This work is a historical short‑story set amid the Revolutionary War, focusing on the night before the Battle…

The Eyes Have It

Philip K. Dick

The piece is a short, humor‑laden science‑fiction story that opens with a narrator’s accidental discovery of…

The surprise party

Erle Stanley Gardner

The story opens on a rain‑slick night in a nameless city, where a lone figure known only as the High Collar…

Uncanny Tales

Various

Uncanny Tales gathers a selection of short horror stories, each designed to unsettle the reader with a blend…

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4

Edgar Allan Poe

The piece is a short‑fiction narrative that opens with a tongue‑in‑cheek “historian’s” preface, in which the…

Mountain men

Eugene Cunningham

Eugene Cunningham’s Mountain Men is a gritty Western short‑story collection that opens with a high‑stakes…

The Game of Rat and Dragon

Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

The piece is a science‑fiction short story that plunges the reader into a future where interstellar travel…

Und die ihr alle meine Brüder seid

Ida Frohnmeyer

Der Band ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, die das ländliche Leben in Bayern aus der Sicht einer…

The schoolmistress, and other stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The volume gathers Anton Chekhov’s short stories, and it begins with a vivid, almost cinematic sketch of a…

The Piazza Tales

Herman Melville

The work is a short‑story collection by Herman Melville that opens with a rambling, almost lyrical sketch of…

Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose, and to develop ability and originality in writing

This volume is a practical guide that pairs short, modern essays with a selection of short stories, all aimed…

Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading

Frances Jenkins Olcott

Good Stories for Great Holidays is a curated anthology designed for both children’s independent reading and…

Literature and Life (Complete)

William Dean Howells

Literature and Life (Complete) gathers the varied essays, sketches, and short stories of William Dean Howells…

The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories

H. G. Wells

The collection gathers H. G. Wells’s short fiction, ranging from speculative science‑fiction to whimsical…