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2024-Oct 27th _ [THE GHOST OF LANCELOT BIGGS by Nelson S. Bond]

2024-Oct 27th _ [THE GHOST OF LANCELOT BIGGS by...

Folks say I'm hard-boiled; well, maybe so. My mama told me a long time ago—when I was a brat in three-cornered britches—that if you keep your upper lip rigid and...

2024-Oct 27th _ [THE GHOST OF LANCELOT BIGGS by...

Folks say I'm hard-boiled; well, maybe so. My mama told me a long time ago—when I was a brat in three-cornered britches—that if you keep your upper lip rigid and...

2024-Oct 20th _ [THE MORTAL IMMORTAL by Mary Shelly]

2024-Oct 20th _ [THE MORTAL IMMORTAL by Mary Sh...

July 16, 1833.--This is a memorable anniversary for me; on it I complete my three hundred and twenty-third year! The Wandering Jew?--certainly not. More than eighteen centuries have passed over...

2024-Oct 20th _ [THE MORTAL IMMORTAL by Mary Sh...

July 16, 1833.--This is a memorable anniversary for me; on it I complete my three hundred and twenty-third year! The Wandering Jew?--certainly not. More than eighteen centuries have passed over...

2024-Oct 13th _ [THE MONKEY’S PAW by W. W. Jacobs]

2024-Oct 13th _ [THE MONKEY’S PAW by W. W. Jacobs]

I. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at...

2024-Oct 13th _ [THE MONKEY’S PAW by W. W. Jacobs]

I. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at...

2024-Oct 6th _ ["THE DAMNED THING" by Ambrose Bierce]

2024-Oct 6th _ ["THE DAMNED THING" by Ambrose B...

  I By THE light of a tallow candle, which had been placed on one end of a rough table, a man was reading something written in a book. It...

2024-Oct 6th _ ["THE DAMNED THING" by Ambrose B...

  I By THE light of a tallow candle, which had been placed on one end of a rough table, a man was reading something written in a book. It...

2024-Sep 29th_[ANTHEM by Ayn Rand- Parts 7-12]

2024-Sep 29th_[ANTHEM by Ayn Rand- Parts 7-12]

PART SEVEN It is dark here in the forest. The leaves rustle over our head, black against the last gold of the sky. The moss is soft and warm. We...

2024-Sep 29th_[ANTHEM by Ayn Rand- Parts 7-12]

PART SEVEN It is dark here in the forest. The leaves rustle over our head, black against the last gold of the sky. The moss is soft and warm. We...

2024-Sep 22nd_[ANTHEM by Ayn Rand-Parts 1-6]

2024-Sep 22nd_[ANTHEM by Ayn Rand-Parts 1-6]

PART ONE It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are...

2024-Sep 22nd_[ANTHEM by Ayn Rand-Parts 1-6]

PART ONE It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are...