Short stories books

The Mummy's Foot

Théophile Gautier

The story opens in a cluttered antiquarian shop where the narrator, a collector of curios, is led through a…

Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools

This volume is a deliberately assembled anthology of contemporary short fiction intended for secondary‑school…

Betrachtung

Franz Kafka

Der Text ist eine kurze Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die in einer ländlichen Sommerlandschaft beginnt.

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Arthur Dekker Savage

The story opens on a restless evening in the sprawling, neon‑lit park of C Sector, where Allen Kinderwood, a…

Sixteen to One on Friday

W. C. Tuttle

Sixteen to One on Friday is a Western yarn that blends humor with a rough‑and‑tumble frontier setting.

Mrs. Spring Fragrance

Sui Sin Far

Mrs. Spring Fragrance is a collection of short stories that centers on Chinese‑American life in the Pacific…

A military interlude

Ernest Haycox

A gritty slice of Revolutionary‑War life, Ernest Haycox’s short‑story collection opens with a stark winter…

A collection of short-stories

This volume serves as a scholarly guide to the short‑story, opening with a concise statement of the form’s…

Famous Modern Ghost Stories

The volume gathers a selection of modern ghost stories, each illustrating how the specter has evolved from a…

Stories of gypsy life

Konrad Bercovici

Konrad Bercovici’s collection of short stories presents a vivid tableau of life in a Moldavian village…

Taras Bulba, and Other Tales

Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

The volume gathers Nikolai Vasil’evich Gogol’s short stories, the most famous of which is the eponymous…

The man from Oregon

Mary B. Arbuckle

The opening of The Man from Oregon places the reader squarely in a bleak ranch household where the Brownlie…

Great short stories, Volume 2 (of 3): Ghost stories

This volume gathers a series of nineteenth‑century ghost tales, each steeped in the uneasy blend of religious…

Tales of the Jazz Age

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tales of the Jazz Age is a collection of short stories by F.

Great short stories, Volume 1 (of 3): Detective stories

This volume opens with a self‑conscious preface that frames the three tales as a deliberately constructed…

Carry On, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

The work is a collection of comic short stories set in the world of British high society, featuring the…

Love of Life, and Other Stories

Jack London

Love of Life, and Other Stories is a Jack London collection that plunges the reader straight into the bleak,…

Stories from Hans Andersen

H. C. Andersen

This volume gathers a selection of Hans Christian Andersen’s short, fairy‑tale narratives, beginning with a…

Bound south

Ernest Haycox

Bound south is a short‑story western that opens with a vivid, almost lyrical portrait of the frontier in late…

續子不語

Mei Yuan

The Chronicles of Clovis

Saki

The Chronicles of Clovis gathers Saki’s short‑story satire into a single volume, opening with a reflective…

Tales of Unrest

Joseph Conrad

Tales of Unrest gathers five of Joseph Conrad’s early adventure tales, each a compact foray into distant…

Micromegas

Voltaire

Voltaire’s Micromegas is a short, philosophical tale that blends science‑fiction travel with sharp satire.

Tales from the German, Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors

This volume is a curated anthology of short German tales rendered into English, deliberately avoiding any…