In The Coach-House It was between nine and ten o’clock in the evening. Stepan the coachman, Mihailo the house-porter, Alyoshka the coachman’s grandson, who had come up from…
The Most Dangerous Game “Off there to the right somewhere is a large island,” said Whitney.” It’s rather a mystery” “What island is it?” Rainsford asked. “The old charts…
Ex Oblivione Ex Oblivione by H. P. Lovecraft When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness…
In Exile Old Semyon, nicknamed Canny, and a young Tatar, whom no one knew by name, were sitting on the river-bank by the camp-fire; the other three…
The Coyotes’ Curse The Coyotes’ Curse (A Native American Tale From the Caddo) When the world began, death did not exist. Everyone lived forever. As time passed, more…
The Cage Man All-day long they kept Horace Nimms in a steel-barred cage. For twenty-one years he had perched on a tall stool in that cage, while various…
The Cuckoos’ Rebellion The Cuckoos’ Rebellion (An Australian Aboriginal Legend) In the land, we know as Australia, spring is arriving as it does each year at this time.…
In Passion Week Go along, they are ringing already; and mind, don’t be naughty in church or God will punish you. My mother thrusts a few copper coins…
Terrible Epps I The blueprints and specifications in the case of Tidbury Epps follow: Age: the early thirties. Status: bachelor. Habitat: Mrs. Kelty’s Refined Boarding House, Brooklyn.…
The Boy And The Filberts by Aesop The Boy And The Filberts by Aesop A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts. But he…
In A Strange Land Sunday, midday. A landowner, called Kamyshev, is sitting in his dining-room, deliberately eating his lunch at a luxuriously furnished table. Monsieur Champoun, a clean, neat,…
Mr. Braddy’s Bottle I “This,” said Mr. William Lum solemnly, “is the very las’ bottle of this stuff in these United States!” It was a dramatic moment. He…