The Defenders by Philip K. Dick
The Defenders by Philip K. Dick first appeared in the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1953 edition.
Short Stories
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The Leopard Man’s Story by Jack London
The Leopard Man’s Story by Jack London is a short mystery story that first appeared in the August 1903 issue of Leslie’s Weekly and was later included in Moon-Face and Other Stories (1906).
The Knife and the Naked Chalk by Rudyard Kipling
The Knife and the Naked Chalk by Rudyard Kipling was first published in 1910. It appeared on his collection of short stories titled Rewards and Fairies.
The Young Tsar by Leo Tolstoy
The Young Tsar by Leo Tolstoy is a short story written in 1894. According to Tolstoy’s diary, he recalled having titled it “The Dream of a Young Tsar”.
The Jackdaw by William Butler Yeats
The Jackdaw by William Butler Yeats appeared in the collection Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry published in 1888
Daisy by W. Somerset Maugham
Daisy by W. Somerset Maugham is one of his earliest short stories written around 1896. It appeared in the collection “Orientations”, which came out in 1899.
Ada by Gertrude Stein
Ada by Gertrude Stein was written in 1910 as a small portrait to honor the triumphs and ordeals of the life of her lover and companion Alice B. Toklas
The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake
The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake was first published in 1961. In space, you still need insurance investigators. And anywhere there’s people, there’s fraud, theft, and murder.
The Book of the Grotesque by Sherwood Anderson
The Book of the Grotesque by Sherwood Anderson was published in 1919 as part of his collection of stories titled Winesburg, Ohio.
The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde
The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde was first published in the newspaper The World in May 1887. In love with a mysterious woman, Lord Murchison one day follows her in order to learn her secrets. But when, after the lady’s death, her secret is revealed, Murchison is left to ponder its meaning