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In Short Science Fiction Collection 060
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Chapter VIII: The Beginning of the Reading Time
In English Literature for Boys and Girls
"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …
Chapter 2
In Transient
Governor Alman Lampley makes an unplanned stop in a small town on the way to his destination. Everything looks familiar yet slightly off. He…
Millie Stevens
In The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …
The Avengers Part IV & V
In Tales of Terror
A thrilling collection of spooky and sinister stories of murder, mayhem and mystery awaits within! This anthology collects classics of horr…
In the Servants Quarters
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
The Readers Corner part 2
In Astounding Stories 19, July 1931
THE DOOM FROM PLANET 4 JACK WILLIAMSON A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an…
The Call
In Recruiting Songs
This rousing collection of poems is sure to bring out patriotic sentiments in us all. These works were written with the glories of victory i…
The Gift of the Magi
In The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their on…
Mimsy's Joke
In Short Science Fiction Collection 073
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Love Among the Robots
In Short Science Fiction Collection 082
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Our Post-Office Box
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 08, Dec. 23, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Time and the tradesman. The little city. The unpasturable fields
In Fifty-one Tales (version 2)
A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometime…
The Hour
In Poems of the Great War
At a time when the need for courage and tenacity of the British people was at its peak, these poems published at the outset of the First Wor…
Lee's Last Campaign
In American Civil War Collection, Volume 1
Explore the profound impact of the American Civil War through a curated collection of poems and short literary works. This anthology brings …
King John and the Abbott
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 034
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 034: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Phipps
In One-Act Play Collection 009
Ninth volume of one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members. A Dramatic Evening Narrator: April6090 Mr Thaddeu…
The Readers' Corner, Part C
In Astounding Stories 15, March 1931
This issue includes "When the Mountain Came to Miramar" by Charles W. Diffin, "Beyond the Vanishing Point" by Ray Cummin…
I am the Lad in the Blue and White
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 19, March 9, 1880
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…
A Newspaper Story
In Whirligigs
A collection of short stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer