18 books like Soldiers three, The story of the Gadsbys, In black and white
Under the deodars
Eight short stories of Rudyard Kipling: The Education of Otis Yeere At the Pit's Mouth A Wayside Comedy The Hill of Illusion A Second-rate Woman Only a Subaltern In the Matter of a Private The Enlightenments of Pagett. M. P.
Shares: India, English Short stories, Short Stories
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
This is a collection containing, among other stories, the short story that started the Earthsea series." Along with "The Rule of Names," the story establishes the world and characters of Earthsea. First published in 1964 in an issue of Fantastic, the story can be found in a handful of anthologies but can be hard to lay hands on.
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
A Quiver Full of Arrows
| alt = A Quiver Full of Arrows first edition cover image
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
When God Laughs and Other Short Stories
Released in 1911, When God Laughs, and Other Stories is the eleventh collection of short stories by Jack London. In contrast with most of his other work that had been released at the time, When God Laughs is set in Polynesia. The book consists of twelve short stories that range from humorous to shocking.
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
Indian Fairy Tales
Twenty-nine traditional tales from India include "The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal," "The Lion and the Crane," and "Why the Fish Laughed."
Shares: India, Short Stories
Swords and Deviltry
The first of Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and Grey Mouser series. A collection of short stories.
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
England, my England
A slim collection of short stories, written during the eight years or so previous to its publications date of 1922.
Shares: Manners and customs in fiction, Short Stories
Seven Gothic tales
Originally published in 1934, Seven Gothic Tales, the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" (The Atlantic), is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, and…
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
Piazza Tales
Shares: Manners and customs in fiction, Short Stories
Shares: Manners and customs in fiction, Short Stories
Men Without Women
A collection of short stories, including three or four regarded as among his best. The subjects are varied, with In Another Country about a member of the Ambulance Corps in Italy during WW1, The Killers a taut crime thriller about two hit-men and The Undefeated about a bullfighter in Spain.
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
Told After Supper
This is a ghost story book. Whenever five or six English-speaking people meet round a fire on Christmas Eve, they start telling each other ghost stories. Nothing satisfies us on Christmas Eve but to hear each other tell authentic anecdotes about spectres. It is a genial, festive season, and we love to muse upon graves, and dead bodies, and murders, and blood. There is a good deal of similarity…
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
A set of six
The six stories in this volume are the result of some three or four years of occasional work. The dates of their writing are far apart, their origins are various. None of them are connected directly with personal experiences. In all of them the facts are inherently true, by which I mean that they are not only possible but that they have actually happened. For instance, the last story in the…
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
Plain tales from the hills
Originally written for the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette, the stories were intended for a provincial readership familiar with the pleasures and miseries of colonial life. For the subsequent English edition, Kipling revised the tales so as to recreate as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for those at home. Yet far from being a celebration of Empire, Kipling's stories tell of…
Shares: India, Short Stories
Tales of
The last of the Valerii.--The real thing.--The lesson of the master.--Daisy Miller.
Shares: Manners and customs in fiction, Short Stories
Ancient Sorceries
By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including "The Willows,"…
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
A Twist in the Tale
Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories, A Twist in the Tale, will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget. No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer…
Shares: Short Stories
The Runagates Club
John Buchan’s The Runagates Club is a classic of British interwar short fiction. These twelve stories appeared from 1913 to 1927, when he was at the peak of his powers, and feature Richard Hannay, Edward Leithen, and many newcomers to the Buchan canon.
John Buchan designed The Runagates Club as a showcase for the best of his 1920s magazine fiction. He repurposed these stories with new…
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
A Thief in the Night
First published in 1905, A Thief in the Night is the third collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. In public a popular sportsman, in private a cunning burglar with a weakness for valuable jewelery, Arthur Raffles, with the help of his side-kick Bunny Manders, always manages to thwart the investigations of Scotland…
Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories
About the book Soldiers three, The story of the Gadsbys, In black and white →