Short Story Books

Viewpoint

Randall Garrett

Viewpoint is a short science fiction story written by American fantasy novelist Randall Garrett, one of the key contributing author of Astounding stories Magazine.Excerpts:There was a dizzy, sickening..

Southern Lights and Shadows

William Dean Howells

Southern Lights and Shadows is a collection of American short stories written by carious authors and edited by William Dean Howells And Henry Mills Alden. The most noticeable characteristic of th..

The Red Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Red Fairy Book is the second in a series of twelve books known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Books. The series was immensely popular and proved of great influence in chi..

The Log of the "Jolly Polly"

Richard Harding Davis

The Log of the "Jolly Polly" is a short man-woman relationship story written by Richard Harding Davis, an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war ..

The Status Civilization

Robert Sheckley

The Status Civilization is a short science fiction story written by American author Robert Sheckley and was published under the title Omega in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, published by Ziff-Davis...

The Story of a Dewdrop

John R. Macduff

The Story of a Dewdrop is a short allegory written by John Ross Macduff, a Scottish divine and a prolific author of religious essay who had published many practical and devotional works which attained..

The Descent of Man and Other Stories

Edith Wharton

The Descent of Man and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by American novelist and playwright. Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtship and mar..

Folk Lore

James Napier

Folk Lore, Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century is a collection of folk tales written by James Napier, who is also the author of Manufacturing Art in Ancient Times, N..