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Carmilla  by SHERIDAN LE FANU

31 October 2006
Vol. 6, No. 3
novella, classic, horror

But I was not comforted, for I knew the visit of the strange woman was not a dream; and I was awfully frightened.

The Dream of Little Tuk  by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON

Yes, they called him Little Tuk, but it was not his real name; he had called himself so before he could speak plainly, and he meant it for Charles. It was all very well for those who knew him, but not for strangers.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier  by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON

Each man shouldered his gun, kept his eyes well to the front, and wore the smartest red and blue uniform imaginable. The first thing they heard in their new world, when the lid was taken off the box, was a little boy clapping his hands and crying, "Soldiers, soldiers!"

Hand Shaking Jesus  by NOAH MCGEE

She hadn't said anything about the cancer, even though Rayna had talked to her every day.

The Furnished Room  by O. HENRY

Restless, shifting, fugacious as time itself is a certain vast bulk of the population of the red brick district of the lower West Side. Homeless, they have a hundred homes.

The Gift of the Magi  by O. HENRY

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents.

Requiem for Sammy  by MAAZA MENGISTE

The day her husband died, her period stopped. It just shut itself off and left her, left the blood building and boiling inside, fermenting into this rage that she could only release at the piano. It wasn't supposed to happen like that…

The Last Leaf  by O. HENRY

In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called "places." These "places" make strange angles and curves. One Street crosses itself a time or two.

The Garden Party  by KATHERINE MANSFIELD

And after all the weather was ideal.

Bliss  by KATHERINE MANSFIELD

Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to bowl a hoop, to throw something up in the air and catch it again, or to stand still and laugh at—nothing—at nothing, simply.

A Dill Pickle  by KATHERINE MANSFIELD

And then, after six years, she saw him again.

The Substitute  by FRANÇOIS COPPÉE

He was scarcely ten years old when he was arrested for the first time for vagabondage.

Wandering Willie's Tale  by SIR WALTER SCOTT

28 November 2005
Vol. 5, No. 3
short story, classic

What his wife mentioned of his being a tale-teller as well as a musician now occurred to me; and as, you know, I like tales of superstition, I begged to have a specimen of his talent as we went along.

Darryl's 1890  by TRIPP READE

The antiques on the wall were real, not reproductions like you see in chain joints these days. In fact, even the seating was antique: scarred tables from long-demolished hotels and diners, railcar berths, an old-timey elevator.

Crow  by ERICH R. SYSAK

When Alethea came over after school she wanted to know if my grandmother was a witch.

All Points West  by ADAM GREENFIELD

1 November 2005
Vol. 5, No. 3
short story

She is already experimenting with the accent as she draws herself up to me. She collects her body like a sharecropper and lays out her insane demands.

The Outcasts of Poker Flat  by FRANCIS BRET HARTE

12 October 2005
Vol. 5, No. 3
classic

As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty-third of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night.

Petrovesky and Pollarbywall  by CRISPIN ODUOBUK

During the long holiday of 1978, a man named Petrovesky came to live in our neighbourhood. Petrovesky was a giant who always wore a long black coat and carried a short black cane with a gold tip. He had a long nose, big blue eyes and a red beard that reached all the way down to his knees. He also had giant wings…

The Dead  by JAMES JOYCE

Lily, the caretaker's daughter, was literally run off her feet.

Boule de Suif  by GUY DE MAUPASSANT

For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town. They were mere disorganized bands, not disciplined forces.

Caravaggio's Rothko  by BRIAN WILLEMS

You've always feared that modern art was a sham, that a bunch of apes with Crayolas could do the same, if not better. I can prove otherwise in spades.

The Confidential Mechanic  by ALICE WHITTENBURG

In the morning her postcard lay in the mail safe, a little apart from the other mail, singing, "Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think."

Dressing Sophia  by SUSAN PORTER

2 December 2004
Vol. 4, No. 4
short story

It's 10 a.m. on Sunday morning when Doug calls to tell me that Captain Fun is having a sale on its entire stockpile of mannequins.

I'm Warning You  by DORENE O'BRIEN

So you get fired for making another offensive comment to a coworker who actually is a fat slob with a bad attitude and fuck that eating disorder and clinical depression bullshit, and fuck your boss, too…

 

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