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Back to SearchTHE WENDIGO by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD (Part 1)
"The Wendigo" Pt 1 by Algernon Blackwood: Blackwood used the legend of the wendigo to create a terrifying tale of a group of hunters in the Canadian …
9 years, 5 months ago
HEARTS AND HANDS by O.HENRY
"Hearts and Hands" by O.Henry: This episode contains TWO stories from O'Henry: HEARTS AND HANDS: A young lady is traveling on a train from Denver whe…
9 years, 5 months ago
THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER" by CHARLES DICKENS
Charles Dickens had heard the news of the wreck of the Royal Charter in Wales in October of 1859 and traveled to that area during Christmas. The salv…
9 years, 6 months ago
THE SHIPWRECK by CHARLES DICKENS
This story by Charles Dickens is a part of a larger story about the 1859 wreck of The Royal Charter, a steam powered clipper on its way from Australi…
9 years, 6 months ago
THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER by WASHINGTON IRVING
This tongue-in-cheek tale of a greedy man who makes a deal with the devil to broker a pirate's treasure by becoming a stingy moneylender is a Washing…
9 years, 6 months ago
THE VENDETTA by MAUPASSANT
Guy de Maupassant often dealt with horror genre stories, which earned him the nickname of the French Edgar Allen Poe. In this story, an old woman wre…
9 years, 8 months ago
THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX
A tale of Greek mythology that tells the story of how Oedipus became the King of Thebes. Also this story first comes from Egypt, the Greek version ha…
9 years, 8 months ago
MY RED CAP by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
This story from American writer Louisa May Alcott recalls her personal experience with a wounded Maine veteran while was serving as a nurse in Washin…
9 years, 9 months ago
SOMEONE MUST PAY
This old tale tells of a thief, who, upon unlawfully entering a house and breaking his leg on a weak window sill while climbing in, brashly goes to c…
9 years, 9 months ago
A SOUND OF THUNDER by RAY BRADBURY
In this excellent sci-fi short storyby Ray Bradbury, a hunter named Eckels pays $10,000 to a time machine safari service to bag the ultimate trophy. …
10 years, 4 months ago