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by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Published in the Complete Short Stories by Saki in 1930. H.H. Munro’s reputation for wit and satire of Edwardian society fits

by Guy de Maupassant He was slowly dying, as consumptives die. I saw him each day, about two o’clock, sitting beneath the hotel windows on

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Tommy Puffer, sauntering up the street, stopped to look at Miss Octavia’s geraniums. Tommy never could help stopping to look at

by Arthur Quiller-Couch On the outskirts of the village of Gantick stand two small semi-detached cottages, coloured with the same pale yellow wash, their front

by O. Henry One day last summer I went to Pittsburgh–well, I had to go there on business. My chair-car was profitably well filled with

Betrothed by Anton Chekhov IT was ten o’clock in the evening and the full moon was shining over the garden. In the Shumins’ house an

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Betty’s Bright Idea (1875) is a perfect reading selection for Christmas, about the spirit of giving. “Unknown to

by Henry van Dyke No other time of the year, on our northern Atlantic seaboard, is so alluring, so delicate and subtle in its charm,

by O. Henry The May moon shone bright upon the private boarding-house of Mrs. Murphy. By reference to the almanac a large amount of territory

by O. Henry Whenever you visit Austin you should by all means go to see the General Land Office. As you pass up the avenue

by Philip K. Dick Did you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead—that it might possibly love

Beyond the Bayou by Kate Chopin The bayou curved like a crescent around the point of land on which La Folle’s cabin stood. Between the

by Philip K. Dick The slovenly wub might well have said: Many mentalk like philosophers and live like fools. “What’s the matter?” he said. “You’re

by Rudyard Kipling “Love heeds not caste nor sleep a broken bed. I went in search of love and lost myself.” Hindu Proverb. A man

by H. P. Lovecraft I have often wondered if the majority of mankind ever pause to reflect upon the occasionally titanic significance of dreams, and

Beyond the Wall by Ambrose Bierce Many years ago, on my way from Hongkong to New York, I passed a week in San Francisco. A

by W. W. Jacobs Strength and good-nature–said the night-watchman, musingly, as he felt his biceps–strength and good-nature always go together. Sometimes you find a strong

Big Sister Sally by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman IT did seem strange that Sally Patterson, who, according to her own self-estimation, was the least adapted

by W. W. Jacobs Sailormen ‘ave their faults, said the night watchman, frankly. I’m not denying of it. I used to ‘ave myself when I

by Charles Dickens IF I had an enemy whom I hated – which Heaven forbid! – and if I knew of something which sat heavy

by P. G. Wodehouse There’s a divinity that shapes our ends. Consider the case of Henry Pifield Rice, detective. I must explain Henry early, to

Billy and Susy by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Billy and Susy first appeared in Harper’s Bazaar (November, 1907). For years the sisters, Miss Melissa Abbot

by Henry Lawson “‘A what?’ “‘A ventriloquist!’ “‘Go along with yer!’ “‘But he is. I’ve heard of cases like this before; but this is the

by Richard Harding Davis Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make