By R. Austin Freeman Table of Contents Title Part 1 – THE ISHMAELITE Chapter 1 – THE FUGITIVE Chapter 2 – THE LEGA TEE Chapter 3 – THE MUTINY ON THE “SPEEDWELL” Chapter 4 – THE PHANTOM MATE Chapter 5 – THE NEW AFTERGUARD Chapter 6 – BETTY MAKES A DISCOVERY Chapter 7 – THE […]
By Richard Kadrey They were taking down Black Boars along Hell’s western edge. Black Boar was what they liked to call the horned demons at the hunting lodge. That or Long Pig. No matter how many times they heard it, it always made them laugh. There was a lot of drinking at the lodge in […]
By Henry James Table of Contents Title Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 1 FROM MISS MIRANDA MOPE, IN PARIS, TO MRS. ABRAHAM C. MOPE, AT BANGOR, MAINE. September 5th, 1879. My dear mother—I have kept you posted as far as Tuesday […]
By Richard O. Lewis Herbert Hyrel settled himself more comfortably in his easy chair, extended his short legs further toward the fireplace, and let his eyes travel cautiously in the general direction of his wife. She was in her chair as usual, her long legs curled up beneath her, the upper half of her face […]
By Guy Newell Boothby Table of Contents Title PROLOGUE–DR NIKOLA Part 1 Chapter 1 – I Determine to Take a Holiday — Sydney and What Befell Me There Chapter 2 – London Chapter 3 – I Visit My Relations Chapter 4 – I Save An Important Life Chapter 5 – Mystery Chapter 6 – I […]
By Nathaniel Hawthorne Hearken to our neighbor with the iron tongue. While I sit musing over my sheet of foolscap, he emphatically tells the hour, in tones loud enough for all the town to hear, though doubtless intended only as a gentle hint to myself, that I may begin his biography before the evening shall […]
By A. A. Wilne Table of Contents Titlepage To Her Introduction I: In Which We Are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees, and the Stories Begin II: In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place III: In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle IV: In Which Eeyore […]
By A. A. Milne Table of Contents Dedication The Red House Mystery I: Mrs. Stevens Is Frightened II: Mr. Gillingham Gets Out at the Wrong Station III: Two Men and a Body IV: The Brother from Australia V: Mr. Gillingham Chooses a New Profession VI: Outside or Inside? VII: Portrait of a Gentleman VIII: “Do […]
By Jules Verne Table of Contents Part 1 Chapter 1 – A Runaway Reef Chapter 2 – The Pros and Cons Chapter 3 – As Master Wishes Chapter 4 – Ned Land Chapter 5 – At Random! Chapter 6 – At Full Steam Chapter 7 – A Whale of Unknown Species Chapter 8 – “Mobilis […]
By Kurt Vonnegut Everything was perfectly swell. There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars. All diseases were conquered. So was old age. Death, barring accidents, was an adventure for volunteers. The population of the United States was stabilized at forty-million souls. One bright morning in the Chicago […]
