A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather
A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather was first published in Everybody’s Magazine in February 1904. In 1906, it appeared in Cather’s first published collection of short stories, The Troll Garden.
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The Salt of the Earth by George Gissing
The Salt of the Earth by George Gissing is one of fifteen stories that make up the collection “The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories”, published in 1906.
Death at the Excelsior by P. G. Wodehouse
Death at the Excelsior by P. G. Wodehouse was the author’s only attempt at a detective story, which he pulls off with his signature comic twists and turns.
The Happy Unfortunate by Robert Silverberg
The Happy Unfortunate by Robert Silverberg was published in Amazing Stories in 1957 and explores the angst caused when the human race reaches into space but at the cost of needing to breed a new species. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Happy…
The Country of the Blind by H. G. Wells
The Country of the Blind by H. G. Wells was first published in the April 1904 issue of The Strand Magazine and included in a 1911 collection of Wells’s short stories, The Country of the Blind and Other Stories.
The Star Child by Oscar Wilde
The Star Child by Oscar Wilde is short fantasy story for children. It was first published in 1891 as part of the anthology House of Pomegranate.
Whiskaboom by Alan Arkin
Few people realize it today, but famed actor Alan Arkin wrote two science fiction short stories in the 1950s, beginning with “Whiskaboom” in 1955 and “People Soup” in 1958. Enjoy Whiskaboom by Alan Arkin
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle, is the seventh story of twelve in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand magazine, January 1892.
The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch. It is a work of satire, an unusual but amusing tale about a man swallowed by a crocodile with a serious message about economics and communism.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson was first published in 1886. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.