France, England, South America, the Mediterranean, are the background for A. E. W. Mason’s magical tales of drama and horror. From the story of what lovely Joan Winterbourne...

Short story collection.Mr. Hector Ratichon—onetime aide to Robespierre and confidant of Napoleon Bonaparte—is a rascal and rogue of the highest order. Nevertheless,...

Skin o’ My Tooth, aka Patrick Mulligan, was created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and appeared in several stories which were collected in Skin o’ My Tooth.Mulligan is an...

The collection of short stories: “Ensign Knightley”, “The Man of Wheels”, “Mr. Mitchelbourne’s Last Escapade”, “The Coward”,...

When the dumbest woman on the planet sets her eyes on the nearest asteroid, she ignores all logical problems and tries to claim it for herself. But will she manage to launch a...

La terza parte del racconto erotico " L'inserviente mi ha messo sotto"

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been...

A collection of mysteries and adventures from A. E. W. Mason.

Tom Langley Sharpe III is a teenager who probably has it all. He is an only child in a wealthy family that owns a ranch that trains race horses. When he was still a teenager, he...

Contents    The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- The Lauson tragedy / J. W. DeForest -- The iron shroud / William Mudford -- The bell-tower / Herman...