Short Story Books

Back to God's Country and Other Stories

James Oliver Curwood

James Curwood wrote many adventures of the far north. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that provided the inspiration for his wilderness adventure stories. ..

The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories

Edith Wharton

The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories is a collection of American short stories written by Edith Wharton, who was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton..

Tales of Men and Ghosts

Edith Wharton

Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and the last two in the Century Magazine. Despite the title, the..

In Homespun

Edith Nesbit

THESE tales are written in an English dialect—none the less a dialect for that it lacks uniformity in the misplacement of aspirates, and lacks, too, strange words misunderstanded of the reader. In Sou..

American Fairy Tales

L. Frank Baum

This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of ..

Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Almost all the women that she knew admitted unhappiness of one sort or another, and discussed their domestic troubles freely. Margaret had never sunk to that; it would not even have been a relief to a..

Fifty Famous Fables

Lida B. McMurry

The fifty fables in this book have been selected for second grade reading because they are easily comprehended by pupils of that grade, and because they teach lessons which every child should learn.&n..

Tales of Aztlan

George Hartmann

Tales of Aztlan; The Romance of a Hero of Our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a Western Pioneer and Other Tales.A frail bark tossed on life's tempestuous sea -- A per..