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All Gold Canyon

It was the green heart of the canyon, where the walls swerved back from the rigid plan and relieved their…

Anecdote (1)

Wit Inspirations Of The “Two-Year-Olds”

All infants appear to have an impertinent and disagreeable fashion nowadays of saying “smart” things on most occasions that offer,…

Classic (9)

Wit Inspirations Of The “Two-Year-Olds”

All infants appear to have an impertinent and disagreeable fashion nowadays of saying “smart” things on most occasions that offer,…

6 min

Classic Humor Satire

Adventure Classic Western

Borrowing a Match

You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But any man who has ever…

78 min

Classic Literary Fiction Moral Tale

All Gold Canyon

It was the green heart of the canyon, where the walls swerved back from the rigid plan and relieved their…

11 min

The Father

THE man whose story is here to be told was the wealthiest and most influential person in his parish; his…

Dystopian (1)

The Hanging Stranger

At five o’clock Ed Loyce washed up, tossed on his hat and coat, got his car out and headed across…

Essay (1)

Wit Inspirations Of The “Two-Year-Olds”

All infants appear to have an impertinent and disagreeable fashion nowadays of saying “smart” things on most occasions that offer,…

Fable (2)

5 min

Fable Moral Tale

Fable Folktale Japanese Literature

The Patient Cat

HEN the spotted cat first found the nest, there wasnothing in it, for it was only just finished. So she…

9 min

Fable Folktale Japanese Literature

The Aged Mother

Long, long ago there lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and his aged, widowed mother. They…

Folktale (1)

9 min

The Aged Mother

Long, long ago there lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and his aged, widowed mother. They…

Horror (2)

Classic Horror Supernatural

The Hanging Stranger

At five o’clock Ed Loyce washed up, tossed on his hat and coat, got his car out and headed across…

40 min

The Monkey’s Paw

“Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.” — Anonymous Part I Without, the night was cold and wet,…

Humor (3)

Humor Satire Sci-Fi

The Eyes Have It

A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But…

Wit Inspirations Of The “Two-Year-Olds”

All infants appear to have an impertinent and disagreeable fashion nowadays of saying “smart” things on most occasions that offer,…

6 min

Classic Humor Satire

Fable Folktale Japanese Literature

Borrowing a Match

You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But any man who has ever…

Japanese Literature (1)

9 min

The Aged Mother

Long, long ago there lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and his aged, widowed mother. They…

Literary Fiction (4)

The Night Came Slowly

I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions. Some one has…

Classic Literary Fiction Moral Tale

The Man With The Trumpet

I stated it as definitely as I could. I was in a room with them. They had tongues like me,…

11 min

Classic Literary Fiction Tragedy

The Father

THE man whose story is here to be told was the wealthiest and most influential person in his parish; his…

92 min

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The cot the man lay on was in the wide shade of a mimosa tree and as he looked out…

Moral Tale (3)

5 min

Fable Moral Tale

Classic Literary Fiction Moral Tale

The Patient Cat

HEN the spotted cat first found the nest, there wasnothing in it, for it was only just finished. So she…

11 min

Classic Moral Tale Victorian Fiction

The Father

THE man whose story is here to be told was the wealthiest and most influential person in his parish; his…

27 min

An Angel in Disguise

Idleness, vice, and intemperance had done their miserable work, and the dead mother lay cold and still amid her wretched…

Realism (3)

The Night Came Slowly

I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions. Some one has…

The Man With The Trumpet

I stated it as definitely as I could. I was in a room with them. They had tongues like me,…

29 min

Classic Realism Tragedy

The Necklace

The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip…

Romance (1)

21 min

Classic Romance

The Gift of the Magi

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and…

Satire (2)

Humor Satire Sci-Fi

The Eyes Have It

A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But…

6 min

Classic Humor Satire

Borrowing a Match

You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But any man who has ever…

Sci-Fi (2)

Humor Satire Sci-Fi

The Eyes Have It

A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But…

Classic Horror Supernatural

The Hanging Stranger

At five o’clock Ed Loyce washed up, tossed on his hat and coat, got his car out and headed across…

Supernatural (1)

40 min

The Monkey’s Paw

“Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.” — Anonymous Part I Without, the night was cold and wet,…

Tragedy (2)

29 min

Classic Realism Tragedy

Classic Literary Fiction Tragedy

The Necklace

The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip…

92 min

Classic Moral Tale Victorian Fiction

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The cot the man lay on was in the wide shade of a mimosa tree and as he looked out…

Victorian Fiction (1)

27 min

An Angel in Disguise

Idleness, vice, and intemperance had done their miserable work, and the dead mother lay cold and still amid her wretched…

Weird Fiction (1)

Adventure Classic Western

The Hanging Stranger

At five o’clock Ed Loyce washed up, tossed on his hat and coat, got his car out and headed across…

Western (1)

78 min