June 2009

Two Military Executions

In the spring of the year 1862 General Buell’s big army lay in camp, licking itself into shape for the campaign which resulted in the victory at Shiloh.read the short story

story type: 
Horror
Author: 
Ambrose Bierce

The Watkinson evening

The Watkinson eveningMrs. Morland, a polished and accomplished woman, was the widow of a
distinguished senator from one of the western states, of which, also,
her husband had twice filled the office of governor. Her daughter
having completed her education at the best boarding-school in
Philadelphia, and her son being about to graduate at Princeton, the
mother had planned with her children a tour to Niagara and the lakes,read the short story

story type: 
Humour
Author: 
Eliza Leslie

The Frog Prince

frog prince short storyOne fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water, that rose in the midst of it, she sat herself down to rest a while.read the short story

story type: 
Children's
Author: 
Brothers GRIMM
Page: 
2
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The Dowry

dowryThe marriage of Maitre Simon Lebrument with Mademoiselle Jeanne Cordier was a surprise to no one. Maitre Lebrument had bought out the practice of Maitre Papillon; naturally, he had to have money to pay for it; and Mademoiselle Jeanne Cordier had three hundred thousand francs clear in currency, and in bonds payable to bearer.read the short story

story type: 
Other
Author: 
Guy de Maupassant
Page: 
3

The little Frenchman and his water lots

the-little-frenchmanHow much real comfort every one might enjoy if he would be contented
with the lot in which heaven has cast him, and how much trouble would
be avoided if people would only "let well alone." A moderate
independence, quietly and honestly procured, is certainly every way
preferable even to immense possessions achieved by the wear and tear
of mind and body so necessary to procure them.read the short story

story type: 
Humour
Author: 
George Pope Morris
Page: 
3

The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet

The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet“Holmes,” said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, “here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone.”read the short story

story type: 
Adventure
Author: 
Sir Arthur Conan DOYLE
Page: 
18

The Ultimate Experiment

experiment-ultimate-storyNo living soul breathed upon the
earth. Only robots, carrying on the
last great order.read the short story

story type: 
Sci-Fi
Author: 
Thornton DEKY
Page: 
2

Two Gallants

two-gallants-james-joyce-storyThe grey warm evening of August had descended upon the city and a mild warm air, a memory of summer, circulated in the streets. The streets, shuttered for the repose of Sunday, swarmed with a gaily coloured crowd.read the short story

story type: 
Fiction
Author: 
James Joyce
Page: 
7

The Tell-Tale Heart

tell-tale-heartTRUE!--nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but
why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses--not destroyed--not dulled them.
Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell.read the short story

story type: 
Horror
Author: 
Edgar Allen Poe
Page: 
4
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The Lagoon

lagoon-storyThe white man, leaning with both arms over the roof of the little house in the stern of the boat, said to the steersman—
"We will pass the night in Arsat's clearing. It is late."read the short story

story type: 
Romance
Author: 
Joseph Conrad
Page: 
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