PDF Books in Fiction Short Stories
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories
by Anonymous500 of the Best Cockney War Stories narrate the lighter and humorous side of the war time memoirs of fellow soldiers. About 500 stories which are categorized under 5 main themes titled Action, Lull, Hospital, High Seas and Here and There. Most of the stories are illustrated by the artist Bert Thomas, who is remembered as the best war time artist..
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
by Oscar WildeThe Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of five stories written by Oscar Wilde, an Irish writer and dramatist remembered for his plays such as The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance and his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. This book is collection of five stories written for children, which teac..
The Monkey's Paw
by W. W. JacobsThe Monkey's Paw is a short story with horrifying end written by William Wymark Jacobs, an English novelist, well remembered for this horror story, though most of his stories are humorous, notable among them are Deep Waters, Ship's Company, At Sunwich Port and A Master of Craft. The family of Whites Mr. & Mrs. White and their son Herbert wer..
The Shunned House
by H. P. LovecraftThe Shunned House is a horror short story written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, an American writer remembered for his horror fiction works, notable among them are The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Out of Time At the Mountains of Madness. The protagonist and his uncle Dr. Elihu Whipple have been fascinated with an abandoned house, in which the m..
The Red Room
by H. G. WellsThe Red Room is a gothic fiction written as a short story by H. G. Wells, an English novelist known as “The Father Of Science Fiction” for his works such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Time Machine. The narrator bravely announces to an elderly couple working as caretakers of a house, that he has never seen a ghost and is not..
The Story of Blue-Beard
by Charles PerraultBlue Beard is folktale written by Charles Perrault, a French writer who laid the foundations for creation of literary genre folklore. Most of his works were rewritten by Brothers Grimm such as Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty. This folktale narrates the story of BlueBeard, an ugly aristocrat with bl..
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
by Ray CummingsAstounding Stories are a collection of stories which were told about the impossible events or imagination which would be difficult to accept at those times. For example if a story is narrated in 1840 based on the concept that men can talk together without any wire, it was an Astounding Story. In 1490, if a story is narrated saying earth is round an..
Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
by Fyodor DostoyevskyFyodor Dostoyevsky’s short stories are a collection of the most famous stories written by the Russian novelist, who is remembered for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Idiot. This collection contains his noted short stories including An Honest Thief, A Novel in nine letters, Another man’s wife, The peasant marey, The Crocodile, The dream o..