Sarrasine by Honoré de Balzac
Sarrasine by Honoré de Balzac is a novella first published in 1830 in the Revue de Paris. It is part of his Comédie humaine.
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The Storm by Kate Chopin
The Storm by Kate Chopin was written in 1898 but not published during her lifetime. The story takes place during a huge storm in the Southern United States
Gibbet Hill by Bram Stoker
Gibbet Hill by Bram Stoker was first published in Dublin’s Daily Express in 1890. This gothic horror tale was forgotten about until its rediscovery in 2016.
God Sees The Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy
God Sees The Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy was published in 1872. The tale, about a man wrongly imprisoned for murder, takes the form of a parable of forgiveness.
Mr. Lismore and the Widow by Wilkie Collins
Mr. Lismore and the Widow by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1883. The story follows the life of Mr. Lismore, a wealthy and successful businessman, who falls in love with a beautiful widow named Mrs. Farnaby.
Up in Michigan by Ernest Hemingway
Up in Michigan by Ernest Hemingway was written in 1921 and revised in 1938. It is collected in Three Stories and Ten Poems.
Jikininki by Lafcadio Hearn
Jikininki by Lafcadio Hearn appears in his collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things published in 1904. In this strange folktale, the Jikininki are corpse eating Japanese ghosts.
The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft was written in the summer of 1926. It was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1928.
The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin
The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin is part of his short story collection A Slav Soul, and Other Stories which was published in English in 1916.
The Siege of Berlin by Alphonse Daudet
The Siege of Berlin by Alphonse Daudet was published in 1871 and is set during the Franco-Prussian War. It follows a group of French soldiers as they attempt to survive a brutal winter in Berlin.