Short Story Books

The Duel and Other Stories

Anton Chekhov

Known for his plays and short stories, Anton Chekhov also wrote a series of novellas, astonishing for their psychological complexity and compelling human portraiture. In The Duel, the wastrel and libe..

Mother West Wind "How" Stories

Thornton W. Burgess

Peter Rabbit has many questions. How did Howler the Wolf get his name? How did Lightfoot the Deer learn to jump? How did Drummer the Woodpecker come by his red cap? When Peter asks Grandfather Frog, G..

Fifty-One Tales

Lord Dunsany

Fifty-One Tales is very brief, well-crafted stories, many having surprise endings, all steeped in the dye of myth and calling to every reader's neglected imagination.A multitude of very short stories ..

Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants

Denis Diderot

Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants is a French fictional short stories written by Denis Diderot, a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and..

Cum Grano Salis

Randall Garrett

Cum Grano Salis is a short science fiction story written by Randall Garrett, an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines..

In Case of Fire

Randall Garrett

In Case of Fire is a science fiction short story written by Randall Garrett, who was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazi..

From Sand Hill to Pine

Bret Harte

From Sand Hill to Pine is a collection of seven short stories written by Bret Harte, an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and othe..

Island Nights' Entertainments

Robert Louis Stevenson

A marvelous depiction of two sides of South Sea Islands' life through three separate tales. One, the experience of the incoming British keen to live free and exploit the innocent; the other the supern..