Short Story Books

Loco or Love

W. C. Tuttle

Some of Piperock’s prominent citizens come down to see Magpie, and their conversation leads us to believe that we’re incompetent. They hints around that they might ’a’ made a mistake when they elects ..

Next Stop, Nowhere!

Dick Purcell

Meanwhile, the elevator operator, upon finding he could not move the elevator, returned to reassure the occupants. He went to the seventh floor and called down very cheerily, "Everything's all right, ..

Russian Silhouettes

Anton Chekhov

Stories of childhood: The boys. Grisha. A trifle from real life. The cook's wedding. Shrove Tuesday. In passion week. An incident. A matter of classics. The tutor. Out of sorts -- Stories of youth: A ..

The Man With the Golden Eyes

Alexander Blade

He awoke in softness. He opened his eyes and knew he was in bed. He was also aware of three other things—a horrible taste in his mouth—a splitting headache—and the fact he was not alone. He blinked an..

Modern Essays and Stories

Frederick Houk Law

For the advantage of those teachers who wish to combine the teaching of the essay and of the short story, and who may not have at hand any suitable collection of short stories, the book includes not o..

Stepping Westward

M. E. Francis

Mrs Roberts assented, after much murmuring and a good deal of sarcastic comment on the “neshness” of the rising generation.  There was never no talk of newralgy or oldralgy neither when she was a..

A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories

Montague Rhodes James

The curtains of the four-poster in the bedroom were closely drawn round four sides of it, and he put his finger in between them and felt in the bed. He drew the finger back hastily, for it almost seem..

The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield died at Fontainebleau on January 9th 1923, at the age of thirty-four. The title of this volume, “The Doves’ Nest and Other Stories,” is the title which Katherine Mansfield int..