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The Mark of the Beast
In Tales of Terror
A thrilling collection of spooky and sinister stories of murder, mayhem and mystery awaits within! This anthology collects classics of horr…
Paste
In The Soft Side
Lauded author Henry James, best known for his seminal and highly influential novella The Turn of the Screw and his highly literate trans-con…
The Pen
In The Road
Jack London credited his skill of story-telling to the days he spent as a hobo learning to fabricate tales to get meals from sympathetic str…
"No Use in Signs"
In For Your Sweet Sake
This work is a collection of lyric poems - Summary by Jim Locke
The Penitent
In Fables
Master storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped) brings us an entrancing and at times quite…
Carrie's Marks
In The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls is a delightful anthology that brings together a variety of enchanting tales designed to ins…
Penmaen Pool
In Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…
The Yellow Sign
In The King in Yellow (part 1)
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80's and early 90's, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, sho…
The Knife and the Naked Chalk
In Short Story Collection Vol. 064
This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Contributions include works from Guy de Maupassant, Rud…
A Postal Card Tragedy, by E. F. Bishop
In The Black Cat Vol. 05 No. 03 December 1899
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Rack and thumbscrew
In Man and Maid
A collection of the author's short stories for adults, with some supernatural ones. - Summary by Peter Yearsley
The Mark of the Beast
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 057
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
The Wizard's Touch
In Different Girls
This is a collection of the best short stories about girls published in Harper's Magazine from 1895 to 1906. The girls in these stories are …
The Magic Finger
In Rumbling Wings
From these tales much may be learned concerning the mighty League of the Iroquois-the Men of Men-and of the custom and beliefs of the Nunda …
The Mark on the Wall
In Short Story Collection Vol. 101
[quote]Here we present another diverse collection of short stories. We bring you classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Volodya, a little bit…
The Reading Man
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
The Pointer
In Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 2, September 1899
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
Ch 7 In which Jack Restores the Oblong Yellow Envelope and its Contents to its Owner
In Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 1: A Lucky Deal; or The 'Cutest Boy in Wall Street
A Lucky Deal is a story of a young New York lad who, in the process of looking for a job, becomes a hero and lands a dream job as a messenge…
The Reigate Squires
In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 4)
Dr. Watson sits down again to ruminate over his notes of all the mysteries he has joined Sherlock Holmes in investigating. In the “Memoirs o…
Wheel of Love Chapter 4 The Tale of a Postmark
In Comedies of Courtship
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton