Short Story Books

Serbian Fairy Tales

Elodie L. Mijatovich

Serbian Fairy Tales is a collection of tales compiled by Elodie L. Mijatovich and the titles includeTHE GOLDEN APPLE-TREE AND THE NINE PEAHENSPAPALLUGA; OR, THE GOLDEN SLIPPERSATAN’S JUGGLINGS AN..

The Light Machine

Ray Cummings

It was a large room with endless row of bottles upon tiers of shelves lining its walls. Several long tables stood about, and Tubby saw they were crowded with curious apparatus—little tubes in racks, m..

An Art Shop in Greenwich Village

Ray Cummings

When he had left the room I stood again before the canvas, partly enveloped in the great folds of the heavy window portieres. On the stairs outside I could hear the dragging footsteps of the old man a..

Tales of the clipper ships

Cicely Fox Smith

A maidservant had come in and lighted the gas in the dining-room, lowered the drab venetian blinds in the bay window, and drawn the heavy stamped plush curtains which hung stiffly under the gilt corni..

Belgian Fairy Tales

William Elliot Griffis

The horse stopped and sniffed the air; but at the strange uniform, halted, even while he cocked his ear, awaiting further developments. Emile took in the situation at once, for he too had “horse sense..

Out of the Woods

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

When Ethel Taylor came home, at nineteen, her grandmother seemed like a little ghost from the past, utterly unconnected with her present life. She still went to visit the old lady, and sat in the fami..

The Big Idea

Ray Cummings

Jimmy Rand was by nature a dreamer. He had imagination, which, to one who mines coal, is neither necessary nor desirable. It was not the hours of active work in the mine that proved irksome to him. St..

Chit-chat, or Short Tales in Short Words

Maria Elizabeth Budden

The two girls were good friends, and it was rare for them to frown or scold: one day, to be sure, they had a few harsh words, and Kate gave Blanche a blow on the face. The blow hurt Kate's heart more ..