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.
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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.
The Quicksand by Edith Wharton
The Quicksand by Edith Wharton was first published in The Descent of Man in 1904. It portrays the self-examination of the wealthy Mrs. Quentin as she reaches out to help her son and his girlfriend.
Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe
Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe was first published in the Southern Literary Messenger in 1835. The story is narrated by Egaeus, who is preparing to marry his cousin Berenice.
The House of Cobwebs by George Gissing
The House of Cobwebs by George Gissing is one of fifteen stories that make up the collection “The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories”, published in 1906.