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A Maine regiment passed through Boston in the third year of the late war, and Tom and I promised to tell Joe's mother how finely the regiment went off. Joe Collins proved himself a good soldier by...

The Reverend Ernest Lindley, aged twenty-seven, was first vicar of Aldecross. On Sunday morning, the whole family went down the lane to church. Mr Lindley went down to Aldecross with a packet of...

A foolish boy takes a chance on impressing a Princess and wins her love.

Often cited as the first detective story. The genre arrives pretty much fully formed: a brilliant detective, the bumbing police officer and

Because my head is a magnet for bullets, I am spending the day indoors. I stuffed myself into the reliquary, and I am finding movement difficult, but I would not dream of dancing in this outfit.

Tommaso Tonelli was rich but his heart was still young, but he was a fickle lover. Tonelli's life on holidays was varied. She dined with the notary, and her parrot had almost as much freedom as...

A Grizzled Personage in velveteen was found smoking a pipe at the door of a wooden house on wheels. Mr. Magsman was a un-common small man, and always in love. One day at Egham Races, Chops sent for...

An investigator is put on the case when a mad philologist steals a new weapon.

The papa was on a visit to the grandfather and he lay quiet a while before saying, "It's about a Prince and a Princess". The fairy godmother of Prince was so severe with the dirt she found that she...

A writer becomes obsessed with a portrait of a young girl.

Tonomoli, a young warrior, joins a council to fight Osmadaan's invasion, facing battles and alliances in a fantasy world.

A son returns home from war to find his mother facing eviction. He confronts her new partner and seeks refuge at his ex-wife's house.