Short Story Books
The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle
Annie Fellows JohnstonThe Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle is a short story for children written by Annie Fellows Johnston whose other writings includes "The Little Colonel" Series, "Big Brother," "The St..
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
H. C. BunnerThis volume does not aim to contain all the best American humorous short stories there are many other stories equally as good, I suppose, in much the same vein, scattered through the range of American..
A Simple Act of Piety
Achmed AbdullahA Simple Act of Piety is a short written by Achmed Abdullah which is published as part of the book The Best Short Stories of 1918 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story...
After London; Or, Wild England
Richard JefferiesAfter London; Or, Wild England is dystopian science fiction story written by Richard Jefferies. The meadows were green, and so was the rising wheat which had been sown, but which ..
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
Andrew LangThe Book of Dreams and Ghosts is a collection of stories by Andrew Lang. The chief purpose of this book is, if fortune helps, to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected.&n..
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton
Edith WhartonThe Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton is a collection of short stories published in ten volumes collection. ..
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
AnonymousThe story of Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale that is included in A Thousand and One Nights, and is the story of a poor boy in a Chinese city. Aladdin is convinced by a sorcerer to fetch a magic ..
The Dead
James JoyceThis novella is the final story in Joyce’s collection Dubliners. It describes a Christmas party given by Kate and Julia Morkan, two elderly Dublin ladies, that is attended by their nephew, Gabriel Con..