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Survival & Adventure (142 stories)
1
Richard Connell · The Most Dangerous Game
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2
Jack London · To Build a Fire
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3
Stephen Crane · The Open Boat
Free
4
Rudyard Kipling · Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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29
Leo Tolstoy (tr. Nathan Haskell Dole) · Stories of my Dogs
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42
Washington Irving · Rip Van Winkle
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50
Hans Christian Andersen (tr. Hans Lien Brækstad) · The Wild Swans
Free
59
Charles Perrault (tr. Charles Welsh) · Hop-o'-My-Thumb
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71
Edgar Allan Poe · MS. Found in a Bottle
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74
Leo Tolstoy (tr. Louise Maude) · How Much Land Does a Man Need?
Free
105
Leo Tolstoy (tr. Aylmer Maude) · The Prisoner of the Caucasus
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106
Nikolai Gogol (tr. Claud Field) · May Night, or the Drowned Maiden
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108
Paul Verne (tr. George M. Towle) · A Drama in the Air
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115
Ernest Thompson Seton · Lobo, the King of Currumpaw
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118
Joseph Conrad · Youth
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131
Anton Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett) · Gusev
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173
Hans Christian Andersen (tr. Susanna Mary Paull) · The Travelling Companion
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176
Honoré de Balzac (tr. Ernest Dowson) · A Passion in the Desert
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179
Leo Tolstoy (tr. Leo Wiener) · The Wood-Felling
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196
Rudyard Kipling · Red Dog
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208
Nathaniel Hawthorne · The Great Carbuncle
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211
Rudyard Kipling · Letting in the Jungle
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215
Robert Louis Stevenson · The Isle of Voices
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216
Robert E. Howard · The Shadow Kingdom
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218
H. G. Wells · In the Avu Observatory
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219
Vladimir Korolenko (tr. Marian Fell) · The Murmuring Forest
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220
Rudyard Kipling · The Undertakers
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221
Rudyard Kipling · The King's Ankus
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231
Robert Louis Stevenson · A Lodging for the Night: A Story of Francis Villon
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232
Nikolai Leskov (tr. Alfred Edward Chamot) · The Man on Watch
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233
Rudyard Kipling · .007
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234
Jack London · Bâtard
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240
William Thomas Stead · How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic by a Survivor
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250
Kenneth Grahame · The Reluctant Dragon
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254
Rudyard Kipling · The Miracle of Purun Bhagat
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255
Rudyard Kipling · How Fear Came
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256
Rudyard Kipling · The Spring Running
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259
Jack London · The Great Interrogation
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260
H. G. Wells · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
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261
Hans Christian Andersen (tr. Susanna Mary Paull) · Ib and Little Christina
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269
Jack London · The Shadow and the Flash
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285
H. G. Wells · The Valley of Spiders
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291
Jack London · The Apostate
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294
Arthur Conan Doyle · How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear
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295
Jack London · A Hyperborean Brew
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296
Jack London · When the World Was Young
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297
Jack London · Like Argus of the Ancient Times
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311
William Hope Hodgson · The Derelict
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317
Robert E. Howard · Sailor's Grudge
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318
Robert E. Howard · The Bull Dog Breed
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319
Robert E. Howard · The Pit of the Serpent
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340
Jack London · The Banks of the Sacramento
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343
Henry Lawson · The Drover's Wife
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346
Jack London · The Story of Jees Uck
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347
Jack London · The One Thousand Dozen
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348
Jack London · The House of Mapuhi
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349
Jack London · The Strength of the Strong
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354
Mary Lamb · Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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358
Mary Lamb · As You Like It
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360
Nathaniel Hawthorne · My Visit to Niagara
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361
Jack London · The Faith of Men
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362
Jack London · Too Much Gold
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363
Jack London · The Marriage of Lit-lit
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364
Jack London · The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn
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367
Jack London · A Relic of the Pliocene
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369
Jack London · The Hobo and the Fairy
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370
Jack London · To Repel Boarders
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377
L. Frank Baum · Aunt ’Phroney’s Boy
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379
Hall Caine · Charlie the Cox
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381
Isabel Gordon Curtis · The Début of “Dan’l Webster.”
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384
Alice Hegan Rice · A Strange Pocket-book
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385
Carroll Watson Rankin · The Lateness of Prudence
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386
Elliott Flower · An Officer of the School
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389
Arthur Conan Doyle · How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa
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395
Robert E. Howard · Champ of the Forecastle
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398
Mary Lamb · The Tempest
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409
Algernon Blackwood · Ancient Lights
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410
Ambrose Bierce · The Boarded Window
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412
Rudyard Kipling · "Stalky"
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413
Ambrose Bierce · A Baby Tramp
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424
Kate Chopin · After the Winter
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425
Ambrose Bierce · Four Days in Dixie
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426
Henry Lawson · Shooting The Moon
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430
Henry Lawson · Another of Mitchell's Plans
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431
Henry Lawson · Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack
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432
Arthur Conan Doyle · How Copley Banks slew Captain Sharkey
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435
Arthur Conan Doyle · How the Governor of Saint Kitt's came Home
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436
Robert E. Howard · Spear and Fang
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440
H. G. Wells · Jimmy Goggles the God
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445
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Blighting of Sharkey
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446
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
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447
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce
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455
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Green Flag
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457
Henry Lawson · Our Pipes
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459
Robert E. Howard · The Lost Race
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460
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Man from Archangel
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475
George Marston · A Pony Watch
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485
Nathaniel Hawthorne · The Ambitious Guest
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491
H. G. Wells · Under the Knife
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495
Edgar Allan Poe · A Descent into the Maelström
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497
Edgar Allan Poe · The Gold-Bug
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499
Joseph Hergesheimer · Tol'able David
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502
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Brigadier in England
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503
Arthur Conan Doyle · How Etienne Gerard said good-bye to his master
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504
O. Henry · Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking
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506
Antoine Galland · The Story of the Third Callender
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508
Antoine Galland · The Story of the Envious Man, and of him that he Envied
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509
Antoine Galland · The fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
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525
Rudyard Kipling · The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
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530
Rudyard Kipling · The Bold 'Prentice
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546
H. G. Wells · Æpyornis Island
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547
Frank Cowper · The Eve of St John in a Deserted Châlet
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551
Henry Lawson · A Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper
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556
Andy Adams · A Question of Possession
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558
Henry Lawson · An Oversight of Steelman’s
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565
Leo Tolstoy (tr. Nathan Haskell Dole) · Yermak, The Conqueror of Siberia
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571
Washington Irving · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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583
Robert Louis Stevenson · The Bottle Imp
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590
Nikolai Leskov (tr. Isabel Florence Hapgood) · The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea
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597
Anton Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett) · The Post
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599
L. Frank Baum · A Kidnapped Santa Claus
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603
Robert E. Howard · Red Shadows
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617
H. G. Wells · The Sea Raiders
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625
Henry Lawson · A Double Buggy at Lahey's Creek
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627
Henry Lawson · The Bush Undertaker
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629
Jack London · The King of Mazy May
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639
Joaquin Miller · An Old-time California Burglar
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644
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Striped Chest
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645
Charles Dickens · The Wreck of the Golden Mary
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648
Antoine Galland · The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
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649
Antoine Galland · The Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother
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652
Stephen Crane · "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"
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668
Charles E. Van Loan · By a Hair
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672
Charles E. Van Loan · The Redemption Handicap
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681
Ralph Henry Barbour · His First Assignment
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684
Ralph Henry Barbour · A Race with the Waters
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691
Jack London · The Chinago
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692
Jack London · Make Westing
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694
Jack London · A Curious Fragment
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695
Jack London · The Night-Born
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697
Jack London · Bunches of Knuckles
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698
Jack London · War
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Sports (53 stories)
5
Zane Grey · The Redheaded Outfield
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6
Jack London · A Piece of Steak
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7
Jack London · The Mexican
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8
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Croxley Master
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9
Zane Grey · The Rube
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375
Horace Bleackley · The Magic Bat
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657
Zane Grey · The Rube's Pennant
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658
Zane Grey · The Rube's Honeymoon
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659
Zane Grey · The Rube's Waterloo
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660
Zane Grey · Breaking Into Fast Company
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661
Zane Grey · The Knocker
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662
Zane Grey · The Winning Ball
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663
Zane Grey · False Colors
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664
Zane Grey · The Manager of Madden's Hill
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665
Zane Grey · Old Well-Well
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666
Charles E. Van Loan · Levelling with Elisha
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667
Charles E. Van Loan · Playing Even for Obadiah
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669
Charles E. Van Loan · The Last Chance
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670
Charles E. Van Loan · Sanguinary Jeremiah
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671
Charles E. Van Loan · Eliphaz, Late Fairfax
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673
Charles E. Van Loan · Egyptian Corn
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674
Ring Lardner · A Busher's Letters Home
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676
Ring Lardner · A New Busher Breaks in
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677
Ring Lardner · The Busher's Kid
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678
Ring Lardner · The Busher Beats It Hence
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679
Ralph Henry Barbour · The New Boy at Hilltop
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680
Ralph Henry Barbour · Patsy
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682
Ralph Henry Barbour · Pemberton's Fluke
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686
Ralph Henry Barbour · The Triple Play
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687
Ralph Henry Barbour · The Dub
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688
Robert E. Howard · Crowd-Horror
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700
Charles E. Van Loan · Gentlemen, You Can't Go Through
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701
Charles E. Van Loan · Little Poison Ivy
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703
Charles E. Van Loan · A Mixed Foursome
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704
Charles E. Van Loan · "Similia Similibus Curantur"
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705
Charles E. Van Loan · A Cure for Lumbago
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706
Charles E. Van Loan · The Man Who Quit
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707
Charles E. Van Loan · The Ooley-Cow
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708
Charles E. Van Loan · Adolphus and the Rough Diamond
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709
Charles E. Van Loan · The Sporting Doctor
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710
Charles E. Van Loan · One-Thirty-Three Ringside
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713
Charles E. Van Loan · No Business
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714
Charles E. Van Loan · Out of His Class
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716
Charles E. Van Loan · Easy Picking
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717
Charles E. Van Loan · For the Pictures
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718
Charles E. Van Loan · The National Commission Decides
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720
Charles E. Van Loan · The Squirrel
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721
Charles E. Van Loan · I O U
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722
Charles E. Van Loan · The Bone Doctor
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723
Charles E. Van Loan · His Own Stuff
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724
Charles E. Van Loan · Excess Baggage
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725
Charles E. Van Loan · Nine Assists and Two Errors
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726
Charles E. Van Loan · Mister Conley
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Mystery (64 stories)
10
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Red-Headed League
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11
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Speckled Band
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12
Edgar Allan Poe · The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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31
Jack London · To Kill a Man
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43
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Man with the Twisted Lip
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45
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
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46
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Empty House
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48
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
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51
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
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52
Arthur Conan Doyle · A Case of Identity
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53
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Boscombe Valley Mystery
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54
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Second Stain
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56
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of Black Peter
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58
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
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60
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
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61
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Priory School
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63
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Resident Patient
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64
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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65
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
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66
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
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68
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Problem of Thor Bridge
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69
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
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72
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
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75
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Dying Detective
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77
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
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78
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
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82
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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85
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
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95
Anton Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett) · The Bet
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129
Leo Tolstoy (tr. Aylmer Maude) · God Sees the Truth, but Waits
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137
Anton Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett) · Dreams
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146
Robert Louis Stevenson · Markheim
Free
160
Anton Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett) · The Horse-Stealers
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171
O. Henry · After Twenty Years
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188
Anton Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett) · The Murder
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241
G. K. Chesterton · The Blue Cross
Free
247
Machado de Assis (tr. Isaac Goldberg) · A Cartomante
Free
252
Jack London · Winged Blackmail
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268
Jack London · The South of the Slot
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275
Henry James · The Real Right Thing
Free
290
Jack London · Semper Idem
Free
313
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Ring of Thoth
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315
Maurice Leblanc · The Red Silk Scarf
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339
Ambrose Bierce · One of Twins
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366
Jack London · Just Meat
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406
Arthur Conan Doyle · A Foreign Office Romance
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421
H. G. Wells · A Slip Under the Microscope
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423
Ambrose Bierce · A Watcher by the Dead
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496
Edgar Allan Poe · The Man of the Crowd
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513
Otis Adelbert Kline · The Malignant Entity
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517
Rodrigues Ottolengui · The Nameless Man
Free
539
William MacHarg · The Man Higher Up
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541
William MacHarg · The Eleventh Hour
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542
William MacHarg · The Hammering Man
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569
Arthur Conan Doyle · A Scandal in Bohemia
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572
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Five Orange Pips
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573
Edgar Allan Poe · The Purloined Letter
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574
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
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575
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
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576
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
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577
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
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580
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of the Creeping Man
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620
H. G. Wells · The Stolen Bacillus
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696
Jack London · The Benefit of the Doubt
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Horror & Suspense (122 stories)
13
Edgar Allan Poe · The Tell-Tale Heart
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14
Edgar Allan Poe · The Cask of Amontillado
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15
W. W. Jacobs · The Monkey's Paw
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16
Ambrose Bierce · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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17
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · The Yellow Wallpaper
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32
Rudyard Kipling · The Mark of the Beast
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40
Edgar Allan Poe · The Black Cat
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41
Edgar Allan Poe · The Masque of the Red Death
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44
H. P. Lovecraft · The Call of Cthulhu
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49
Edgar Allan Poe · The Fall of the House of Usher
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55
Edgar Allan Poe · Berenice
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57
Edgar Allan Poe · Ligeia
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62
H. P. Lovecraft · Dagon
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70
Edgar Allan Poe · William Wilson
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73
Edgar Allan Poe · The Oval Portrait
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76
Edgar Allan Poe · The Premature Burial
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79
Edgar Allan Poe · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
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83
Edgar Allan Poe · Morella
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87
H. P. Lovecraft · The Music of Erich Zann
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88
Edgar Allan Poe · Metzengerstein
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89
H. P. Lovecraft · Pickman's Model
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90
H. P. Lovecraft · The Statement of Randolph Carter
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91
H. P. Lovecraft · The Cats of Ulthar
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92
H. P. Lovecraft · Herbert West—Reanimator
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94
H. P. Lovecraft · The Tomb
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98
H. P. Lovecraft · The Terrible Old Man
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100
Edgar Allan Poe · The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
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101
H. P. Lovecraft · The Temple
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102
H. P. Lovecraft · The Outsider
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103
Edgar Allan Poe · The Imp of the Perverse
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104
H. P. Lovecraft · The Festival
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107
H. P. Lovecraft · Polaris
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109
H. P. Lovecraft · The Hound
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110
H. P. Lovecraft · The Doom that Came to Sarnath
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112
H. P. Lovecraft · The Lurking Fear
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114
H. P. Lovecraft · Cool Air
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116
H. P. Lovecraft · The Alchemist
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125
H. P. Lovecraft · In the Vault
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128
H. P. Lovecraft · The Moon-Bog
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154
Charles Dickens · The Signal-Man
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157
H. P. Lovecraft · Hypnos
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164
Edgar Allan Poe · The Assignation
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168
H. P. Lovecraft · What the Moon Brings
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206
Ambrose Bierce · An Inhabitant of Carcosa
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214
H. P. Lovecraft · The Horror at Martin's Beach
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227
M. R. James · 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
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242
Ambrose Bierce · The Damned Thing
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245
Henry James · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes
Free
246
George MacDonald · The Gray Wolf
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251
Bram Stoker · The Judge's House
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263
Bram Stoker · Gibbet Hill
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264
Ambrose Bierce · The Man and the Snake
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266
Nathaniel Hawthorne · The Hollow of the Three Hills
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279
Guy de Maupassant (tr. E. P. Robins) · Who knows?
Free
281
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Silver Mirror
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282
Ambrose Bierce · A Resumed Identity
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283
H. P. Lovecraft · The Electric Executioner
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287
Ambrose Bierce · The Death of Halpin Frayser
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288
Ambrose Bierce · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
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301
Robert E. Howard · Skulls in the Stars
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321
Lafcadio Hearn · Diplomacy
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323
Henry James · Owen Wingrave
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324
Henry James · Sir Edmund Orme
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330
Robert E. Howard · The Dream Snake
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335
Ambrose Bierce · The Realm of the Unreal
Free
336
H. G. Wells · The Temptation of Harringay
Free
337
H. P. Lovecraft · Two Black Bottles
Free
338
Ambrose Bierce · A Tough Tussle
Free
342
Barbara Baynton · The Chosen Vessel
Free
344
Ambrose Bierce · The Stranger
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345
Ambrose Bierce · Beyond the Wall
Free
368
Jack London · The Eternity of Forms
Free
391
Robert E. Howard · Rattle of Bones
Free
393
Ambrose Bierce · A Diagnosis of Death
Free
396
Ambrose Bierce · The Secret of Macarger's Gulch
Free
407
Ambrose Bierce · A Psychological Shipwreck
Free
408
Leonid Andreyev (tr. W. H. Lowe) · Silence
Free
418
Ambrose Bierce · A Jug of Sirup
Free
420
Stephen Crane · Manacled
Free
438
Ambrose Bierce · Staley Fleming's Hallucination
Free
439
Robert E. Howard · In the Forest of Villefère
Free
442
Ambrose Bierce · John Bartine's Watch
Free
448
Sheridan Le Fanu · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh
Free
450
William Hope Hodgson · The Gateway of the Monster
Free
461
Ambrose Bierce · The Night-Doings at "Deadman's"
Free
464
William Hope Hodgson · The Searcher of the End House
Free
465
Lafcadio Hearn · The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi
Free
469
Edward Lucas White · Lukundoo
Free
473
Ambrose Bierce · Chickamauga
Free
488
Edgar Allan Poe · The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case
Free
510
Robert E. Howard · The Fearsome Touch of Death
Free
511
H. G. Wells · The Moth
Free
520
D. H. Lawrence · The Prussian Officer
Free
522
William Harrison Ainsworth · The Spectre Bride
Free
527
Algernon Blackwood · The Wood of the Dead
Free
528
Gertrude Atherton · The Bell in the Fog
Free
545
H. G. Wells · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
Free
550
Algernon Blackwood · A Case of Eavesdropping
Free
553
Algernon Blackwood · A Haunted Island
Free
559
Algernon Blackwood · Smith: An Episode in a Lodging-House
Free
561
Rudyard Kipling · At the End of the Passage
Free
568
Algernon Blackwood · The Empty House
Free
579
John William Polidori · The Vampyre
Free
585
H. P. Lovecraft · The Beast in the Cave
Free
586
H. P. Lovecraft · The Tree
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587
H. P. Lovecraft · Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
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589
Arthur Conan Doyle · Lot No. 249
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591
Bram Stoker · Dracula's Guest
Free
605
H. G. Wells · The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost
Free
614
Bram Stoker · A Dream of Red Hands
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619
Bram Stoker · The Secret of the Growing Gold
Free
630
Francis Marion Crawford · The Upper Berth
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641
Bram Stoker · A Gipsy Prophecy
Free
655
William Hope Hodgson · The Haunted Jarvee
Free
727
Edgar Allan Poe · The Pit and the Pendulum
Free
728
Algernon Blackwood · The Willows
Free
729
Washington Irving · The Adventure of the German Student
Free
730
Edgar Allan Poe · Hop-Frog
Free
731
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · Green Tea
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732
Robert Louis Stevenson · The Body Snatcher
Free
733
H. G. Wells · The Red Room
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734
Edith Wharton · Afterward
Free
Science Fiction (26 stories)
18
H. G. Wells · The New Accelerator
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19
H. G. Wells · The Country of the Blind
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20
H. G. Wells · The Star
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81
H. P. Lovecraft · The Colour Out of Space
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111
H. P. Lovecraft · Celephaïs
Free
121
Edgar Allan Poe · The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
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165
H. G. Wells · The Crystal Egg
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166
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Horror of the Heights
Free
167
H. G. Wells · The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Free
182
Edgar Allan Poe · Mesmeric Revelation
Free
194
Hans Christian Andersen (tr. H. P. Paull) · The Galoshes of Fortune
Free
195
H. G. Wells · The Stolen Body
Free
199
H. G. Wells · A Dream of Armageddon
Free
204
Jack London · The Unparalleled Invasion
Free
239
H. P. Lovecraft · The Crawling Chaos
Free
274
Robert E. Howard · The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
Free
284
H. G. Wells · The Plattner Story
Free
286
Jack London · The Dream of Debs
Free
453
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Great Brown-Pericord Motor
Free
474
Ambrose Bierce · John Smith, Liberator
Free
540
Fitz James O'Brien · The Diamond Lens
Free
543
Abraham Grace Merritt · The People of the Pit
Free
544
H. G. Wells · The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes
Free
581
H. P. Lovecraft · The Silver Key
Free
592
Arthur Conan Doyle · When the World Screamed
Free
646
George Allan England · The Thing from—Outside
Free
Twists & Humor (105 stories)
21
O. Henry · The Gift of the Magi
Free
22
Saki · The Open Window
Free
23
Frank R. Stockton · The Lady, or the Tiger?
Free
24
O. Henry · A Retrieved Reformation
Free
25
Mark Twain · The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Free
36
Mary Lamb · The Taming of the Shrew
Free
97
Hans Christian Andersen (tr. Hans Lien Brækstad) · Blockhead Hans
Free
99
Edgar Allan Poe · The Devil in the Belfry
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