The Signalman by Charles Dickens
The Signalman by Charles Dickens was first published as part of Mugby Junction, the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. It was titled “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signal-Man.”
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Aunt Kipp by Louisa May Alcott
Originally published in 1868, Aunt Kipp by Louisa May Alcott  is a lively tale of family comedy and inheritance, in which a spirited young woman named Polly must navigate the whims of a difficult rich aunt while longing for freedom and fun.Â
Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick
Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick was first published in the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe. A cuckoo clock takes on a life of its own in this darkly ironic tale of jealousy and suburban dysfunction.
Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky first appeared in 1873 in Diary of a Writer. The story consists of a dialogue between recently deceased occupants of graves in a cemetery, most of whom are fully conscious.
The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy
The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy was first published in Longman’s Magazine and Harper’s Weekly in March 1883. It later it became the first of five stories in Hardy’s 1888 short story collection Wessex Tales.
The Story Of Ming-Y by Lafcadio Hearn
The Story of Ming-Y by Lafcadio Hearn is a mesmerizing Chinese ghost tale about love, illusion, and the supernatural. It was published in Hearn’s collection, Some Chinese Ghosts in 1887.
The Bookshop by Aldous Huxley
The Bookshop by Aldous Huxley appears in his first collection of short fiction Limbo published in 1920. The book consists of five short stories, a novelette and a play.
The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in The Saturday Evening Post on May 22, 1920. It’s a tale about a southern girl, warm and vivacious, who thinks she has to get away from it all and go North.
Twenty Six and One by Maxim Gorky
Twenty Six and One by Maxim Gorky is the title story of his 1899 collection Twenty Six and One and Other Stories. It follows twenty-six men toiling in a cellar bakery, scorned by those around them.
The Adventure of the Empty House by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Empty House by Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in 1903, it forms part of the collection The Return of Sherlock Holmes.