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Gallegher was short and broad in build, wore a happy smile, and was good at amusing the Press's young men. He loved crime. Gallegher's knowledge of aliases led him to the Burrbank murder, but the...

A young Englishman recalls his time on a kibbutz

Mary finds a cursed watch that brings a monster. Centuries later, Karen faces the same curse but helps break it with a blue-eyed monster's aid.

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...

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...

A visit to an old friend takes an unexpected turn.

When the head of the king popped off the royal body, the lackey thought about historical necessity. That was the first sentence. Because of it, the story ground to a halt. The famous writer...

A young deer witnesses poachers kill its mother, leading to an emotional escape and reflection on loss.

Kung fu dubbee and would-be actress, Ally gets one last chance.

The Young Electrician was arguing with his young friend when the Youngish Girl laughed explosively and caught up the latent amusement in the Young Electrician's face. Martha learned her table...

Mary Boyne and her husband, requiring a country home in England after a business windfall, acquire a reputedly haunted house.

The High Street of the town consists of two rows of one-storeyed hovels, squeezed close one against another. At the end of the street stood an old, long, two-storeyed house, kept by a retired...