The Open Window
The Open Window by H.H. Munro (SAKI) “My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the…
Arts
A Tragic Actor
It was the benefit night of Fenogenov, the tragic actor. They were acting “Prince Serebryany.” The tragedian himself was playing Vyazemsky; Limonadov, the stage manager,…
Witches’ Loaves
Witches’ Loaves by O. Henry Miss Martha Meacham kept the little bakery on the corner (the one where you go up three steps, and the…
The Vacant Lot
When it became generally known in Townsend Centre that the Townsends were going to move to the city, there was great excitement and dismay. For…
A Vine on a House
A Vine on a House by Ambrose Bierce About three miles from the little town of Norton, in Missouri, on the road leading to Maysville,…
At A Country House
PAVEL ILYITCH RASHEVITCH walked up and down, stepping softly on the floor covered with little Russian plaids, and casting a long shadow on the wall…
Bright Sun and Pale Moon
Bright Sun and Pale Moon (A Tale From West Africa) Long ago, in the earliest days of the world, Sun and Moon were the best…
The Pot Of Gold
The Flower family lived in a little house in a broad grassy meadow, which sloped a few rods from their front door down to a…
An Enigmatic Nature
On the red velvet seat of a first-class railway carriage a pretty lady sits half reclining. An expensive fluffy fan trembles in her tightly closed…
The Cock Of The Walk
Down the road, kicking up the dust until he marched, soldier-wise, in a cloud of it, that rose and grimed his moist face and added…
An Artist’s Story
It was six or seven years ago when I was living in one of the districts of the province of ‘T’, on the estate of…
The Apple Tree
Sam Maddox’s house was like a glaring blot on the tidy New England landscape, for the very landscape had been made to bear evidence to…
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