Short Story Books

True Irish Ghost Stories

Anonymous

This book had its origin on this wise. In my Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, published in October 1913, I inserted a couple of famous 17th century ghost stories which described how lawsuits were set ..

Once on a Time

A. A. Milne

Once On A Time is a fairy tale created by A. A. Milne. Written in 1917, Milne's own introduction begins 'This is an odd book', and indeed it is very difficult to classify.Written in 1917, Milne's own ..

The House in the Mist

Anna Katharine Green

The House in the Mist is a mystery story collection written by Anna Katharine Green, an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished h..

Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer

Waldemar Bonsels

Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer is a collection of folk tales written by Waldemar Bonsels, a German writer. Waldemar Bonsels's most famous work is the children's book Die Biene Maja und ihre Ab..

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 9

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885), subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is an English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights (t..

Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories

John William De Forest

Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories is a collection of short stories written by various authors and edited by John William De Forest an American soldier and writer of realistic..

The Chinese Boy and Girl

Isaac Taylor Headland

No thorough study of Chinese child life can be made until the wall of Chinese exclusiveness is broken down and the homes of the East are thrown open to the people of the West. Glimpses of that life ho..

The Lost Valley of Iskander

Robert E. Howard

"The Lost Valley of Iskander" is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard's lifetime, the first publication was in the FAX Collector's Editions hardback The Lost..