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BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY by ZANE GREY

Breaking into fast company" is an old expression for a pitcher who makes the big leagues

I led my party into Morrisey's private box in the grand stand of the Chicago American League grounds. We had c…

Published on 1 day, 1 hour ago

THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE and THE CHOICE OF HERCULES (JAMES BALDWIN)

The Husband Who Was To Mind The House- is a folk talestory in which a husband complains tohis wife for not having dinner ready when he comes in from work- so she convinces him to switch jobs the next…

Published on 4 days, 7 hours ago

THREE WISE GUYS by DAMON RUNYAN

METhe Three Wise Men by Damon Runyan tells the story of three mobsters who stop to help a woman having a baby, and find unexpected redemption for their troubles.

Damon Runyan, a New York city sports …

Published on 5 days, 19 hours ago

THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS

The real story of the two Winnie-The-Poohs!

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MAMMON AND THE ARCHER by O. HENRY

A young man of means expreeses frustration to his wealthy father over not being able to find alone time with the girl of his interests due to her busy social schedule.  His mother believes that chanc…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

A BLACKJACK BARGAINER by O.HENRY

A hopeless drunk and failed attorney finds redemption in this well written tale by O.Henry..  

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Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

THE PURLOINED LETTER EDGAR ALLAN POE

The Purloined Letter is one of Poe's ,three detective stories featuring the very sharp crime solver M. Dupin, who accepts the challenge of finding a hidden letter which has become an impossible feat …

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

COOL AIR by H.P.LOVECRAFT

In New York City in the early twenties a writer finds a baely livable apartment in a rroming house.soon finding that directly above himlives an eccentric old doctor who requires an extremely cold liv…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

THE KIDNAPPED PRIME MINISTER by AGATHA CHRISTIE

A great Hercule Poirot mystery from Agatha Christie. Poirot is given a little more than 24 hours to find England;s kidnapped Prime Minister. He is given a team of detectives who are convinced that Th…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

THE STRANGE CRIME OF JOHN BOULNOIS from THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN

 Reporter Calhoun Kidd of the Western Sun is off to interview John Boulnois, a philisopher, at his home, Grey Cottage at the edge of Pendragon Park. But he comes across a murder, but who is the guilt…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago