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Rough Beast

Rough Beast

by Roger Dee

Rough Beast is a science fiction short story written by American fantasy novelist Roger D. Aycock  known by his pen name Roger Dee. He has also co-authored many science fiction works with popular science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Among his more than thirty science fiction and fantasy novels notable include Control Group, Traders Risk, The A..

Afloat

Afloat

by Guy de Maupassant

Afloat is an adventure novel by French novelist GUY DE MAUPASSANT, TRANSLATED BY LAURA ENSOR. This Diary contains no story and no very thrilling adventure. While cruising about on the coasts of the Mediterranean last Spring, I amused myself by writing down every day what I saw and what I thought.  I saw but the water, the sun, clouds..

The Door in the Wall

The Door in the Wall

by H. G. Wells

Though the author has achieved his fame as a science fiction novelist, The Door in the Wall   is considered by many as one of the finest short story of Wells.  The Door in the Wall  is based on the theme of conflict between the art and science. Lionel Wallace, a politician on an ill-fate day discovers a door in the wall of his home, ..

The Country of the Blind

The Country of the Blind

by H. G. Wells

Wells' short story The Country of the Blind is one of the few blind literature we could find. A valley gets isolated from the rest of the world and a disease cause them to lose their vision. Generations passed all babies are born as blind. Over the years the community never knowing about what are eyes and vision. A mountaineer accidentally falls in..

Chronicles of Avonlea

Chronicles of Avonlea

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Chronicles of Avonlea is the compilation of Montgomery's 12 short stories set in the fictional village Avonlea, created by the author in her Anne of Green Gables series. Lucy's heroine Anne Shirley's contribution to the story is only limited to first two stories The Hurrying of Ludovic and The Courting of Prissy Strong. Rest of the stories she has ..

Short Stories of Lucy Maud Montgomery (The complete Collection)

Short Stories of Lucy Maud Montgomery (The complete Collection)

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian author and creator of the popular Anne of Green Gables series of novels had written many short stories in her life time.  All the short stories are collected in this single edition from the year 1896 to 1922.  Some of the short stories are below A Correspondence and a ClimaxAn Adventure on Island RockAt Fi..

New Arabian Nights

New Arabian Nights

by Robert Louis Stevenson

New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories written by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson. This collection written in two volumes, while the first volume contains closely connected stories like The Suicide Club and The Rajah's Diamond, second volume contains four stories which are totally isolated from each other. Among all stories, The..

The Adventure of the Dying Detective

The Adventure of the Dying Detective

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Dying Detective is a short story written by English Physician Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr. Watson has been informed by Holmes Landlady Mrs. Hudson, that Holmes is seriously ill due to an unknown disease. On his arrival at Holmes residence, Dr. Watson felt he is ill treated by Holmes, when he was about to touch an ivory bo..