Dick Baker’s Cat by Mark Twain
Dick Baker’s Cat by Mark Twain was published in the anthology, Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales in 1921
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The Unseen Blushers by Alfred Bester
The Unseen Blushers by Alfred Bester was first published in Astonishing Stories, June 1942. It looks into the world of a fiction writer’s social life and manages to tell a pretty good time travel story at the same time.
The Lay of a Golden Goose by Louisa May Alcott
The Lay of a Golden Goose by Louisa May Alcott, describes a world inhabited by talking geese, ducks, and other birds, but it is an autobiographical poem. It reflects her desire to explore the world and the hardships that can build against people.
Third Class in Indian Railways by M. K. Gandhi
Third Class in Indian Railways by M. K. Gandhi offers a poignant account of his experiences and observations while traveling in the third class compartments of Indian railways during the British occupation.
The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf
The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf was her first published story. It was released in 1917 as part of Two Stories a collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf. Later, in 1921, it also was included part of another collection entitled Monday or Tuesday.
A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury
A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury first in appeared in Galaxy Magazine in 1951 and follows the misadventures of a group of elderly women who have poured their life savings into a final trip to an outer-space paradise.
Ex Oblivione by H. P. Lovecraft
Ex Oblivione by H. P. Lovecraft is a prose poem written in late 1920 or early 1921 and first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips.
Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker
Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker was first published in the short story collection Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories in 1914.
Ningyo No Haka by Lafcadio Hearn
Ningyo No Haka by Lafcadio Hearn first appeared in Gleanings in Buddha-Fields, the third book of Hearn’s Japanese period, published in 1897.
Her Lover by Maxim Gorky
Much of Maxim Gorky writing reflects his own terrible life experiences and suffering. It is in his short stories that he reveals his true genius. Her Lover by Maxim Gorky describes the plight of a lonely, alienated woman who creates an imaginary lover for herself.