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Timeless collection of the greatest American short stories. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to a novel often involves a major investment of time and daily distractions, and tasks interfere with the ability...

The works of Guy de Maupassant, the undisputed master of the short story, are still among the most widely read masterpieces of French literature today. This comprehensive eBook presents Maupassant’s complete novels, stories, poetry and non-fiction, with numerous illustrations, introductions and...

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

The Breckenridge Elkins Stories is the collection of western short stories By Robert E. Howard. Breckenridge Elkins is a fictional character created by the American writer Robert E. Howard in a collection of Western short stories, came on the heels of Steve Costigan, and he is initially cut from the...

Timeless collection of 10 selected horror short stories. The stories have variety in style and subject, but are all masterpieces with enduring quality of writing. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to...

Timeless collection of 10 selected mystery & thriller short stories. The stories have variety in style and subject, but are all masterpieces with enduring quality of writing. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing...

Timeless collection of 10 selected ghost short stories. The stories have variety in style and subject, but are all masterpieces with enduring quality of writing. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to...

The Short Ghost Stories Of Charles Dickens. The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In...

REVIEWS "The first time I read "The Dark Snow," I found it almost unbearingly suspenseful and immediately selected it for "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Year." It stayed with me so powerfully that a few years later I used in "The Best American Mystery...

The pioneering novelist and short story writer, Sherwood Anderson strongly influenced American writing in the Interwar period, producing works notable for their subjective and self-revealing content. His modernist prose style, based on everyday speech and derived from the experimental writing of Gertrude...

‘His tact and pacing, in the individual sentence and the overall story, are beautiful … McLaverty’s place in our literature is secure.’ Seamus Heaney Michael McLaverty, one of Ireland’s most important short story writers, painted with acute precision and intensity...

Timeless collection of 10 selected science fiction short stories. The stories have variety in style and subject, but are all masterpieces with enduring quality of writing. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself...

Timeless collection of 10 selected romance short stories. The stories have variety in style and subject, but are all masterpieces with enduring quality of writing. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to...

Timeless collection of hidden of lesser known short stories from the Golden Age of science fiction. The stories have variety in style and subject, but are all masterpieces with enduring quality of writing. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many...