Short Story Books

The Passenger from Calais

Arthur Griffiths

An army officer, and a mysterious lady with a maid and baby in tow, are the only passengers on the Engadine express from Calais. The lady is afraid that someone is following her. Who is she? And what ..

The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales

Amy Walton

The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales is a collection children stories written by Amy Walton.These are three stories that will delight your heart and soul. The little girl Ruth in the first story is very p..

Code Three

Rick Raphael

Code Three is a science fiction short story written by Rick Raphael, an American writer and journalist who began publishing science fiction with "A Filbert is a Nut" for Astounding (magazine..

The Vertical City

Fannie Hurst

The Vertical City is a collection of mystery and detective stories written by Fannie Hurst, an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post-World War I..

Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm - A Tale of Zululand

W.H.G. Kingston

Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand is an adventure story set in the South African farm life background written by William Henry Giles Kingston, often credited as W. H. ..

Gigolo

Edna Ferber

Gigolo is a collection of short stories written by Edna Ferber, an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, Gia..

Pagan Passions

Gordon Randall Garrett

Pagan Passions is a science fiction novella written by Gordon Randall Garrett and Laurence Mark Janifer. In this novel, the The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome had returned to Earth—with..

The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales is a historical fiction stories collection written by Arthur Conan Doyle,an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. “The ..