Short Story Books

The Flood

Émile Zola

The Flood is  a short story by Émile Zola, a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism. The story is set in the village of Sai..

Ambrotox and Limping Dick

Oliver Fleming

Ambrotox and Limping Dick is mystery story written by Oliver Fleming, one of the pen names used by the British-born writer Philip Macdonald.Excerpts:Randal Bellamy's country house was a place of ..

The Night of the Long Knives

Fritz Leiber

The Night of the Long Knives is a dystopian science fiction short story written by Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. who was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.Excerpts:The line of ..

Never-Fail Blake

Arthur Stringer

Never-Fail Blake is a detective short story written by Arthur Stringer, a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and poet who later moved to the United States. He published 45 works of fiction and 15 other ..

The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars

L. P. Gratacap

The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars is a science fiction story written by L. P. Gratacap, an American author whose writings include: Philosophy of Ritual, The Analytics of a Belief in a Future Life..

Worms of the Earth

Robert E. Howard

Worms of the Earth is a short story by American fantasy fiction writer Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the magazine Weird Tales in November 1932, then again in 1975 in a collection of..

Roads of Destiny

O. Henry

Roads of Destiny is a collection of American short stories written by O. Henry, an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. His other works include The ..

Revenge!

Robert Barr

Revenge! is a collection of mystery & detective fiction short stories written by Robert Barr, a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist. Elements of the style of Alfred Hitchcock ma..