Short Story Books

Flappers and Philosophers

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald followed up his smash hit debut novel This Side of Paradise with this 1920 collection of short stories, Flappers and Philosophers, that contains many signature pieces like Bernice ..

The Machine Stops

E.M. Forster

The Machine Stops is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review, the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other S..

Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely connected short stories by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series about the titl..

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Edgar Allen Poe's masterful short tales which first appeared in 1840 in the collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque". The story follows an unnamed nar..

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849), a short story writer and poet, was master of the macabre and one of America's great literary geniuses. His collection of poems and short stories not only helped to defin..

The Seven Poor Travellers

Charles Dickens

The Seven Poor Travellers is a short and inspirational work by Charles Dickens written as a Christmas story. Outshined by Dickens much more well known Christmas story, this short story has received sc..

Tom Tiddler's Ground

Charles Dickens

Tom Tiddler's Ground is the name of an 1861 short story by Charles Dickens, and the phrase "Tom Tidler's ground" appears in his novels Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield and Dombey and Son. "Tom Tid..

Some Christmas Stories

Charles Dickens

Some Christmas Stories is a collection of short stories for young readers by Charles Dickens. Stories in this collection areA Christmas TreeWhat Christmas is as we Grow OlderThe Poor Relation’s S..