Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf
Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf was first published privately in 1919, and was included in the short story collection Monday or Tuesday, published in 1921.
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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving was first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America who meets mysterious Dutchmen, drinks their strong liquor and falls into a deep in the Catskill Mountains.
The Occupant of the Room by Algernon Blackwood
The Occupant of the Room by Algernon Blackwood appears in the 1917 Short Story Collection, Day and Night Stories.
The Tomb by H. P. Lovecraft
The Tomb by H. P. Lovecraft was written in 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells the story of Jervas Dudley, who becomes obsessed with a tomb near his childhood home.
Vanka by Anton Chekhov
Vanka by Anton Chekhov was published in 1886. It tells the story of a young orphan boy, Vanka, who has been apprenticed to a cobbler in Moscow.
The Madman by Kahlil Gibran
The Madman by Kahlil Gibran was published in in 1918. The Madman, His Parables and Poems is a thought provoking and inspiring collection of 35 short moral stories and poems.
The Courtship of Susan Bell by Anthony Trollope
The Courtship of Susan Bell by Anthony Trollope was written in 1859. Set in Saratoga Springs, New York, it tells the tale of young Susan Bell who lives there with her widowed mother and sister.
Red by W. Somerset Maugham
Red by W. Somerset Maugham appears in the short story collection, The Trembling of a Leaf which was published in 1921.
Three Guesses by David Goodis
Three Guesses by David Goodis was published in the magazine Hooded Detective in 1942. It tells the story about a Private Investigator fishing for clues to the murder of a lawyer.
The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne was first published in 1850. The story later appeared in the collection, The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales in 1852.