Classicly Books
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 10
Ambrose BierceThe novel is a snow plant; it has no root in the permanent soil of literature, and does not long hold its place. It is of the lowest form of imagination—imagination chained to the perch of probability..
The magic of jewels and charms
George Frederick KunzJewels, gems, stones, superstitions and astrological lore are all so interwoven in history that to treat of either of them alone would mean to break the chain of association linking them one with the ..
The Voyage of Vanishing Men
Stanley MullenWhen Braun's big break came, you heard about it from someone else, since Braun was far away, at a planet-base circling a star that was just a number in a catalog. There were no formal goodbyes out the..
We Were There at the Normandy Invasion
Clayton KnightThe town of Ste. Mère Église sits almost in the middle of what is called the Cherbourg Peninsula. Most of the Norman people are farmers or dairymen. Some are fishermen, but the Nazis would not let the..
A Man-Sized Pet
W. C. TuttleHe had started to make a deprecatory gesture with his right hand, which had suddenly come into contact with fur. Also the fur moved. Magpie took one look and then swallowed his tobacco. A wildcat was ..
A Point of Testimony
Simon PokagonClearbrook was a small settlement of well-to-do society people, who wished to live near but not in New York. The houses were rather pretentious, with well-kept grounds, and picturesque flower-beds, bu..
At the Queen’s Mercy
Mabel Fuller BlodgettA curious woven strip falling from one 8shoulder over the right breast bound his middle. Save for this, the man was naked, and I saw that some strange torture had twisted and distorted his wrists and ..
Augustus - The Life and Times of the Founder of the Roman Empire
E. S. ShuckburghAugustus has been much less attractive to biographers than Iulius; perhaps because the soldier is more interesting than the statesman; perhaps because the note of genius conspicuous in the Uncle was w..