Earthmen Bearing Gifts
Literature

Earthmen Bearing Gifts

Mars had gifts to offer and Earth had much in return if delivery could be arranged! Dhar Ry sat alone in his room, meditating. From…
The Oval Portrait
Literature

The Oval Portrait

The chateau into which my valet had ventured to make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night…
Two Timer
Literature

Two Timer

Here is a brace of vignettes by the Old Vignette Master… short and sharp …like a hypodermic! Experiment “The first time machine, gentlemen,” Professor Johnson…
The Dog’s Life
Literature

The Dog’s Life

The Dog’s Life (Based on a Fable by Aesop) One day in midsummer, as the sun began to set, the heat of the day waned…
The Premature Burial
Literature

The Premature Burial

There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. These the mere…
The Sea King
Literature

The Sea King

The Sea King (A Finnish Tale From the Kalevala) Long ago a fisherman and his wife lived on a tiny island known as Ahtola. Matte…
Hodja’s Fine Coat
Literature

Hodja’s Fine Coat

Hodja’s Fine Coat (A Tale From Turkey) Long ago Nasreddin Hodja, the famous preacher, was beloved by everyone in Turkey, especially the people of Akshehir.…
Keep Out
Literature

Keep Out

With no more room left on Earth, and with Mars hanging up there empty of life, somebody hit on the plan of starting a colony…
The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh
Literature

The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh

The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh by H.H. Munro (SAKI) In the first-class carriage of a train speeding Balkanward across the flat, green Hungarian plain two…
The Oblong Box
Literature

The Oblong Box

Some years ago, I engaged passage from Charleston, S. C, to the city of New York, in the fine packet-ship “Independence,” Captain Hardy. We were…
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older
Literature

What Christmas Is As We Grow Older

What Christmas Is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like…
Hall Of Mirrors
Literature

Hall Of Mirrors

It is a tough decision to make whether to give up your life so you can live it over again! For an instant you think…
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