Written in 1908, Lord Dunsany’s short story ‘The Ghosts’ was first published in his collection ‘The Sword of Welleran & Other Stories’. The story’s narrator recounts a ghostly encounter one winter night, as he debates the existence of the supernatural while sojourning in a decaying English mansion…
American writer and artist Robert William Chambers (strongly admired by H. P. Lovecraft and friends) first published the short story ‘The Key to Grief’ in 1897…
A haunting short story written by Franz Kafka in 1919, ‘In the Penal Colony’ is set in the anonymous eponymous penal colony, where a strange & elaborate execution machine is to be used for the last time…
‘My Favorite Murder’ is a short story by American writer Ambrose Bierce (1842-c.1914; known chiefly for his satirical ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’), first published in 1916…
Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is now chiefly remembered for his popular fairy tales, despite his broader output as a prolific author of novels, travelogues, plays & poems. The story featured here, ‘The Old Grave-Stone’, has also been translated as ‘The Old Tombstone’ & was originally published in 1852.
Nikolai Gogol’s classic short story, ‘Diary of a Madman’, in its entirety…
‘Hoboes that Pass in the Night’ was first published in the December 1907 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, and recounts the ingenious tricks and harsh realities of the hoboes…
‘The Selfish Giant’ is a classic fairytale by Oscar Wilde, first published in his book ‘The Happy Prince and Other Tales’, in 1888…
Enjoy Philip K. Dick’s first published short story, first printed in the July 1952 edition of ‘Planet Stories’ magazine…
Some special announcements from the mysterious Ava Hall – a warning to a church congregation…
A dark classic from the Brothers Grimm – be careful what you wish for; you might just get it…
Take a minute to review the historical rave document that is the Spiral Tribe manifesto…