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07 - The Water World Visited

In Life in a Thousand Worlds

Read by Alex Buie


William Shuler Harris


A jolly romp, which could be perhaps be described as Gulliver’s Travels Through Our Solar System and Beyond, as written by a great admirer o…

The Hawk, the Kite and the Pigeons

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)

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Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Chapter 20

In Oliver Twist

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Charles Dickens


Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial.Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to ca…

04-05 Savareen's Disappearance - Chapter 5

In The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales

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John Charles Dent


John Charles Dent, the author of the following remarkable stories, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, in 1841. His parents emigrated …

Section 01

In Police Operation

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H. Beam Piper


H. Beam Piper (1904–1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his e…

Letter B

In The Foolish Dictionary

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Gideon Wurdz and Charles Wayland Towne


"The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 190…

13 - The Amazing Meeting in the Shadows of the Old Courtyard - part 1

In The Abandoned Room

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Wadsworth Camp


The mystery of a secret room, scene of many murders, is unraveled by Carlos Paredes, the Panamanian Sherlock Holmes. (Summary by manybooks.n…

George Washington and his Hatchet

In Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)

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James Baldwin


Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy,…

The Frost

In Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories

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Various


Since this series of books is intended for all young people from oneto one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSERHYMES…

The Invisible Man

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H. G. Wells


The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story…

A House Of Pomegranates

Read by Alex Lau


Oscar Wilde


A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prin…

The Gearheart

Read by Alex White


Alex White


Jonathan Andrews, Initiate in the Seekers of the Arcane Unknown, joined the society two years ago with the hopes of protecting the secrets o…

The Gearheart: Maiden Flight of the Avenger

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Alex White


Agent Augustus Elsworth is a Seeker of the Arcane Unknown, mechanic, pilot and thief... or so he believes. When he is caught trying to steal…