1001 Classic Short Stories& Tales

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2025-02-19

  O.HENRY DOUBLE FEATURE: THE SLEUTHS AND WITCHES LOAVES

The Sleuths- A man comes to New York City to find his sister whom he knows is in need of financial help but is led astray by ineffective and expensive detectives. Wictches Loaves-An older woman who owns a bakery takes pity on a regular customer who ord...
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2025-02-16

  DOING CLARENCE A BIT OF GOOD P.G.WODEHOUSE

Bernie Wooster receives a call from an old beau inviting him up to she and her new husband's home in the country and he accepts, but has second thoughts when he finds the purpose of her invitation.
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2025-02-09

  A COLLEGE VAGABOND by ANDY ADAMS

In this 1906 short story by Texas author Andy Adams a young eastern college bound man is offered a trip out west to Texas to check up on his father's investment of property outside of San Antonio. His trip, taken primarily to restore his health, turns ...
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2025-02-02

  ABSENT TREATMENT by P.G. WODEHOUSE

From the creator of "Leave It To Jeeves" comes this short story, narrated by a character very similar to our friend Bernie Wooster- who tries to help his friend out after a marital row. It seems his pal has trouble remembering anything, and this time h...
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2025-01-29

  MRS. TREMAIN by ROBERT BARR

A beautiful woman enjoying an ocean cruise with her much older husband  attracts the attention of two men who end up competing for her attention while our narrator tries to talk sense into the younger man.  The characters are well presented and the sto...
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2025-01-26

  THE CAST-IRON CANVASSER by BANJO PATERSON

In this hilarious short story from Down Under a company which employs door-to-door book salesmen finds itself in serious trouble when , at the end of a long and successful sales push, the salesmen beging quitting dbecause the people are frankly tired o...
2025-01-19

  THE PERISHING OF THE PENDRAGONS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY

Father Brown and his pal Flambeau take a tour of the Cornwall coast and are led to an old pirates home with a lot of legend attached. . They have no idea that they and the owner will be targets of a murder attempt within a few hours. Check out all of o...
2025-01-15

  JEEVES EXERTS THE OLD CEREBELLUM P.G. WODEHOUSE

Bertie helps out an old pal who is trying to extract a bigger allowance from his rich uncle so he can marry a waitress. They turn to Jeeves for a way to talk his uncle into it.
2025-01-08

  THE CREATURES THAT TIME FORGOT (PT 2) RAY BRADBURY

Sim and Lyta join a group of warriors led by Chion who are headed for the other cave clan with the object of taking lives which will add days to theor own. Because those caves are located half way to the wrecked ship Sim believes that will be their onl...
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2025-01-05

  THE CREATURES THAT TIME FORGOT (PT 1) by RAY BRADBURY

Our protagonist is a young man whose family and ancestors have been marooned on a nearly uninhabitable planet with no hope of escaping. Here, because of harmful radiation, they are born they age, and die after 8 days They have the advantage of having i...
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