The Clock Strikes Twelve and Other Stories
The Clock Strikes Twelve and Other Stories

Author: H. R. Wakefield

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2021-02-03

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 145663657X

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THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE was H. R. Wakefield's first collection of original supernatural fiction since 1929's OLD MAN'S BEARD, and was to be the last book the author had published in Britain during his lifetime. Originally consisting of fourteen stories, the book contained some of Wakefield's most memorable supernatural tales, such as 'Lucky's Hrove', 'From Outer Darkness', 'The First Sheaf', and 'Farewell Performance'.

Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories
Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories

Author: Henry Harland

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 87

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Mademoiselle Miss by Henry Harland is about a young girl finding her way into Paris, her new home. Excerpt: "Paris is the gloomiest town in Christendom today,—though it is a lovely day in April, and the breeze is full of softness, and the streets are gay with people,—and the Latin Quarter is quite the dullest bit of Paris: Mademoiselle Miss left last night for England."

Villa Rubein, and Other Stories
Villa Rubein, and Other Stories

Author: John Galsworthy

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-04

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Villa Rubein, and Other Stories" by John Galsworthy. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories
For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories

Author: F. Marion Crawford

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-22

Total Pages: 176

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For the Blood is the Life and Other Stories by Marion F. Crawford is a collection of blood-curdling stories for the most steady horror fans. Crawford writes a riveting collection about vampires, murders, and unexplored crypts. Excerpt: "SIR HUGH OCKRAM smiled as he sat by the open window of his study, in the late August afternoon. A curiously yellow cloud obscured the low sun, and the clear summer light turned lurid as if it had been suddenly poisoned and polluted by the foul vapors of a plague."

Makar's Dream, and Other Stories
Makar's Dream, and Other Stories

Author: Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-07-21

Total Pages: 199

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This book is a collection of short stories written by Vladimir Korolenko, a Ukrainian-born Russian writer, journalist, human rights activist, and humanitarian of Ukrainian and Polish origin. One of the stories featured shares the same title as the book itself and is a story based on a dying peasant's dream of heaven.

Old Man Savarin, and Other Stories
Old Man Savarin, and Other Stories

Author: Edward William Thomson

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 172

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Old Man Savarin by Edward William Thomson is a collection of short stories about an old lady who goes fishing, an old grandfather who proposes to lend someone some money, a poor couple with twelve young children to feed, and more. Excerpt: "Yes, indeed, my grandfather was once in jail," said old Mrs. McTavish, of the county of Glengarry, in Ontario, Canada; "but that was for debt, and he was a ferry honest man whatever, and he would not break his promise—no, not for all the money in Canada."

Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories

Author: Sherwood Anderson

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 166

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'The Triumph of the Egg' is a short story collection by the American author Sherwood Anderson. The book contains 15 stories preceded by photographs of seven clay sculptures by Anderson's wife at the time, sculptor Tennessee Mitchell, that were inspired by characters in the book.

Bliss, and Other Stories
Bliss, and Other Stories

Author: Katherine Mansfield

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 316

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Bliss and Other Stories by Elizabeth Mansfield is a collection of short stories portraying an individual's most private and sensitive moments. These short stories are rich in the everyday emotions of bliss, betrayal, grief, exclusion, and more. Excerpt: "There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother's lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance."

The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars
The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars

Author: Harold Frederic

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-05

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars" by Harold Frederic. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural

Author: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-05-28

Total Pages: 118

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The Presented here book is a collection of psychological horror stories typical of the Victorian era. The collection contains the stories: "The Wind in the Rose-Bush," "The Shadows on the Wall," "Luella Miller," "The Southwest Chamber," "The Vacant Lot," "The Lost Ghost."