Literature

Dupre sat at one of the round tables in the Cafe Vernon, with a glass of absinthe before him, which he sipped every now and…

Once upon a time, long long ago, two brothers lived together in Japan. The brothers were as different from each other as night from day.…

In the bad days of Balmeceda, when Chili was rent in twain, and its capital was practically a besieged city, two actors walked together along…

Once upon a time a fisherman and his wife lived peacefully and simply upon an island. One day a stranger from the mainland happened by…

It was in the days when drawing-rooms were dark, and filled with bric-a-brac. The darkness enabled the half-blinded visitor, coming in out of the bright…

Once upon a time there lived a magical silver bird known as the Kaha bird. She was beautiful and had a gigantic wingspan, but most…

“O, underneath the blood-red sun, No bloodier deed was ever done! Nor fiercer retribution sought The hand that first red ruin wrought.” This is the…

In some natures, there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colors. John Bodman was a man who was always at one extreme or the…

Once upon a time, two women met in the marketplace and began to argue about their husbands. “Now my husband is the biggest fool in…

I There was no clumsier looking fellow in church that Sunday morning than Antoine Bocaze-the one they called Tonie. But Tonie did not really care…

One early spring evening, St. Peter, disguised as he usually was when he walked the Earth, stopped at a large, properous farmhouse. The wife was…

Mildred Orme, seated in the snuggest corner of the big front porch of the Kraummer farmhouse, was as content as a girl need hope to…