Conspiracy on Callisto by Frederik Pohl
Originally published under his pseudonym James MacCreigh, Conspiracy on Callisto by Frederik Pohl appeared in Planet Stories Winter 1943 edition
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The Wrong House by Guy de Maupassant
The Wrong House by Guy de Maupassant centers on a case of mistaken identity and the unsettling consequences that follow.
A Foreign Office Romance by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Foreign Office Romance by Arthur Conan Doyle is a short story that was first published in The Indianapolis News in November 1894.
The Ball at Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac
The Ball at Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac is one of the oldest texts of la Comédie Humaine. The first edition of this novella was published in 1830 in the Scènes de la vie privée.
The Revolutionist by Mikhail Artsybashev
Written in 1915, The Revolutionist by Mikhail Artsybashev depicts how a revolutionary is born and how he allows his conscience to die as he avenges the death of innocents.
On The Weather by Jerome K. Jerome
On The Weather by Jerome K. Jerome appears in the collection of humorous essays Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886.
Missing Link by Frank Herbert
Missing Link by Frank Herbert is one of two short stories starring Field Agent Lewis Orne. In the tale, he is sent to investigate a missing ship and runs into ‘native’ trouble on the planet Gienah III.
The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe
The horror short story, The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe was published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. Its main character expresses understandable concern about being buried alive.
The Man without a Temperament by Katherine Mansfield
The Man without a Temperament by Katherine Mansfield was first published in Arts and Letters in Spring 1920, and later included the collection Bliss and Other Stories.
The Holly Tree by Charles Dickens
The Holly Tree by Charles Dickens was published in 1855. A traveler finds himself snowed in at The Holly Tree and entertains himself by recording the stories he hears from his fellow tenants