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Back to SearchBEYOND THE WALL by AMBROSE BIERCE
Although Ambrose Bierce is best known for his Civil War stories, this story, probably sold to a magazine like Colliers, which was popular for stories with Victorian style romance, is a shining exampl…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL (PT 2 OF 2) A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE
In part two of the Priory School Holmes and Watson dive into work to solve the mystery of a missing prep school boy who is the son of a Duke. This was one of Arthur Conan Doyle's top ten personal fav…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL (PT 1 OF 2) A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE
In part one of the Priory School Holmes and Watson are drawn to a mystery of a missing prep school boy who is the son of a Duke. This was one of Arthur Conan Doyle's top ten personal favorite stories…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
THE YOUNG BLUE JAY WHO WAS NOT BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE AFRAID by CLARA D. PIERSON
This tale from author Clara D. Pierson's collection of Forest Tales tells of a brash young Blue Jay with an inflated sense of courage who ignores his parent's warnings and comes face to face with a r…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT and AFTER 20 YEARS by O'HENRY
Two great short stories from O'Henry- both about New York City around 1912. These stories provide an excellent insight to the way life was in the melting pot we know to be New York City- where peopl…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
CHRIS FARRINGTON ABLE SEAMAN by JACK LONDON
In the great Jack London story, a 17 year old American working on a seal boat off the coast of Japan finds he needs to show his worth among his older shipmates, and finally the opportunity comes in t…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
THE BRAVE BRETHREN OF JUDEA by CHARLOTTE YONGE
It was 180 years before Christ in Judea. It seemed that all they knew was war- war to be free from Romans, from attacking Syrians, from kings and ever- larger armies that came and never stopped. Unt…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS....WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST...THE BACK STORY
The story of the Orson Welles radio broadcast that sent a portion of the NY/NJ area into a panic on Oct. 30, 1938. Followed by the actual radio broadcast over at 1001 Radio Days. Really GOOD radio e…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS by O.HENRY
Two men, both having been cast down from their positions in New York society, share hunger and a park bench in turn of the century New York City. O. Henry's twist is terrific. Episode contains racial…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
ANCIENT LIGHTS by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
One of the terror writers that inspired H.P. Lovecraft and others, Algernon Blackwood was a master craftsman at terror. he could take an ordinary man and place him in a frightening situation at the t…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago