Short Story Books

The Mcwilliams Special

  [english | 1900]  

Frank Spearman

Summary: [Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6 1859 - December 29 1937) was an American author. He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. Although he wrote prolifically about railroads his actual career was that of a bank president in McCook Nebraska and did not himself work for a railroad. Spearman was also a ...]
Genres: [short story | fiction and literature] Downloads: 169

The Sewing Machine Story

  [english | 1906]  

Frank Spearman

Summary: [Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6 1859 - December 29 1937) was an American author. He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. Although he wrote prolifically about railroads his actual career was that of a bank president in McCook Nebraska and did not himself work for a railroad. Spearman was also a ...]
Genres: [short story] Downloads: 80

A Modern Idyll

  [english | ]  

Frank Harris

Summary: [Elder Conklin.--The sheriff and his partner.--A modern idyll.--Eatin crow.--The best man in Garotte.--Gulmore the boss.]
Genres: [short story] Downloads: 324

Elder Conklin

  [english | ]  

Frank Harris

Summary: [Elder Conklin.--The sheriff and his partner.--A modern idyll.--Eatin crow.--The best man in Garotte.--Gulmore the boss.]
Genres: [short story] Downloads: 420

The Lady Or The Tiger

  [english | 1882]  

Frank Stockton

Excerpts: [... notes asking for this one. If you have others to add to it, perhaps a collection will be in order. The Lady, or the Tiger. by Frank R. Stockton. January ...... of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant ...... places. Among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had become ...]
Genres: [short story | fiction and literature | audiobook] Downloads: 269

Say Hello For Me

  [english | 1953]  

Frank Coggins

Excerpts: [... 2009 [EBook #30382]. Twenty years is a long time to live in anticipation. At least, essor Pettibone thought so-until the twenty years were up. Say ...... went out into the open. He stood erect, bronzed, magnificent, faced distant Earth, and recited:. Good morning, bright sunshine, We're glad you are ...... and used it to keep from losing his power of speech. The ritual finished, he ...]
Genres: [short story | science fiction | post 1930] Downloads: 380

The Lost Child

  [english | 1894]  

Franois Coppe

Excerpts: [... is so important he is of greater influence than M. Jean-Baptiste Godefroy, millionaire banker, director of the Comptoir Gnral de Crdit, administrator ...... Malesherbes, where the htel Godefroy is situated, with a powdered coating, the great magician sun amused himself by transforming the branches into ...... this leading light in the financial and political worlds, indulged in the ...]
Genres: [short story] Downloads: 375

The Long Arm

  [english | 1937]  

Franz Habl

Summary: [Not Long for this World is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1948 and was the authors third collection published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 2067 copies. Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.]
Genres: [short story | post 1930 | horror] Downloads: 163

Der Mord

  [german | 1918]  

Franz Kafka

Excerpts: [... Der Mord. Author: Franz Kafka. Illustrator: Ludwig Meidner. Produced by Jana Srna. [ Anmerkungen zur Transkription:. Der Text stammt ...... des Originaltextes wurden ?bernommen. ]. Franz Kafka: Der Mord. Es ist erwiesen, da? der Mord auf folgende Weise erfolgte:. Schmar, der M?rder, ...... jene Gasse einbiegen mu?te, in der er wohnte. Kalte, jeden durchschauernde Nachtluft. Aber ...]
Genres: [short story] Downloads: 98

Ein Hungerknstler

  [german | 1922]  

Franz Kafka

Summary: [The judgement -- The metamorphosis -- A report to an Academy -- A hunger artist.]
Genres: [short story | fiction and literature] Downloads: 342

Grosser Lrm

  [german | 1912]  

Franz Kafka

Summary: [Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 ? 3 June 1924) was a German-language novelist one of the most influential of the 20th century whose works came to be regarded after his death as one of the major achievements of world literature. The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language. Kafka was born to middle class German-speaking Jewish parents in Prague Bohemia now part of the Czech Republic in what was ...]
Genres: [short story] Downloads: 324

Rex Ex Machina

  [english | 1954]  

Frederic Max

Summary: [Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940) was an English novelist biographer memoirist and short story writer known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred.]
Genres: [short story | science fiction | post 1930] Downloads: 115

Happy Ending

  [english | 1957]  

Fredric Brown

Summary: [Sometimes the queerly shaped Venusian trees seemed to talk to him but their voices were soft. They were loyal people.]
Genres: [short story | science fiction | post 1930] Downloads: 41

Jubilation U S A

  [english | 1959]  

G Vandenburg

Summary: [Youve heard Im sure about the two Martians who went into a bar saw a jukebox flashing and glittering and said to it Whats a nice girl like you doing in a joint like this? Well heres one about two Capellans and a slot-machine....]
Genres: [science fiction | short story | post 1930] Downloads: 455

Martian V F W

  [english | 1959]  

G Vandenburg

Excerpts: [... Washington Square with the agility of a quarterback. He had his hands full organizing marchers, locating floats, placing the many brass bands in ...... one of the ants approached him. It seemed friendly enough, so Mr. Cruthers stood his ground. My group is waiting for their assignment. The ...... of Sciences that the Martian V.F.W. is to participate in this parade? The Martian-!! ...]
Genres: [science fiction | short story | post 1930] Downloads: 262

The Observers

  [english | 1959]  

G Vandenburg

Summary: [You cant be too suspicious when security is at stake. When everybody who is after a key military job wears a toupee it is obviously a bald case of espionage.]
Genres: [short story | science fiction | post 1930] Downloads: 176

Plain Jane

  [english | 1903]  

G George

Summary: [Plain Jane by G M George. Plain Jane is presented here in a high quality kindle edition. This popular classic work by G. M. George is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of G. M. George then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.]
Genres: [poetry | young readers | short story] Downloads: 255

A Gentle Spirit

  [english | ]  

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Summary: [Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky 1821-1881 was a Russian novelist and writer of fiction whose works including Crime and Punishment 1866 and The Brothers Karamazov 1880 have had a profound and lasting effect on intellectual thought and world literature. His literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political social and spiritual context of ...]
Genres: [short story] Downloads: 164

The Crocodile

  [english | ]  

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Summary: [Lyle Lyle Crocodile is a childrens book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1965. It is the sequel to The House on East 88th Street published in 1962. The book is the second in the Lyle the Crocodile series. The fictional series follows the life of Lyle a city-dwelling crocodile who lives in a Victorian brownstone with a family named the Primms. The story begins with Lyle and Mrs. Primms ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature | short story] Downloads: 49

The Grand Inquisitor

  [english | 1881]  

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Summary: [Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 ? 9 February 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist best known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevskys literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. Considered by many as a founder or precursor of 20th-century existentialism ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature | short story] Downloads: 390