Short Story Books

A Tale of Two Monkeys, and other stories

Anonymous

There is a story, in a beautiful book called The Queens of England, about a little girl who saved her father’s life. It happened a long time ago, when a woman named Mary was queen. Lord Preston, the f..

It's Raining Frogs!

Stephen Marlowe

The Bikini suit was not in style this year, but Myra wore it because she knew she looked good in it. George watched her run toward him and watched her shake her dark hair loose after she removed the b..

The Ultimate Quest

Hal Annas

Fillmore felt the blood rising to his pale cheeks. "I didn't make any special effort," he denied. "Anyway, I'm very presentable. Just under nine feet tall and weigh close to a hundred. My forehead is ..

Short Stories. Early October, 1923

Hapsburg Liebe

The other magazines are "The World's Work," 1/- monthly, "Radio-Broadcast," 1/- monthly, "The Health Builder," 1/- monthly, and "The Garden Magazine," 1/- monthly, and I think a short description will..

Synthetic Hero

Erik Fennel

The idea of building a spaceship did not enter George Carlin's mind until after he contracted the dread—and at that time incurable—Matson's Disease. And then he thought of it only as the most spectacu..

Maid—To Order

Hal Annas

The blonde smiled wryly. "She is only a half-ounce under the specifications, to be exact. Perhaps you have not carefully read your requirements. Let me remind you, Mr. Cornith, the Foundation probed y..

The Builders

Fox B. Holden

The only trouble was, there seemed to be fewer and fewer new plans as the years went by. And now, even when you found some, you had to check its potentialities exhaustively before you started building..

The Vengeance of Toffee

Henry Farrell

In heavy martyrdom Marc lifted his eyes to the ceiling. What was the use? Why go through it all again? He'd explained to her a million times that he no longer had any reason to go to the office. The a..