Short Story Books

Book Of Pirates

Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle's Book Of Pirates is a collection of short stories recounting the rip-roaring adventures of swashbuckling pirates and buccaneers in the Spanish Main..

With No Strings Attached

Randall Garrett

With No Strings Attached is a science fiction short story written by Randall Garrett. A man will always be willing to buy something he wants, and believes in, even if it is impossible, rathe..

Beyond Lies the Wub

Philip K. Dick

Beyond Lies the Wub is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was his first published genre story, originally appearing in Planet Stories in July 1952. It was first collec..

The Moving Finger

Mary Gaunt

The Moving Finger is a collection of short stories written by Mary Gaunt. The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on; nor all your piety and wit Shall lore it back to cancel half a..

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Arthur Conan Doyle

Tales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of horror short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Tales of TerrorThe Horror of the HeightsThe Leather FunnelThe New CatacombThe Case of Lady Sanno..

Pigeons from Hell

Robert E. Howard

Pigeons from Hell is a short story by Robert E. Howard written in late 1934 and published posthumously by Weird Tales in 1938. The story title derives from an image present in many of Howard's grandmo..

The adventures of Buster Bear

Thornton W. Burgess

Gentle morality lessons, delightfully taught, in a tale about an amiable bear who comes to live in the Green Forest. Large. Easy-to-read type and charming illustrations...

The National Nursery Book

Various Authors

The National Nursery Book with 120 illustrations contains stories like Red Riding-Hood, Puss-in-boots, Mother Hubbard, Cock Robin's death, Jack and the bean-stalk, Tom Thumb, Cinderella, The thre..