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Master and Man
Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov took seven hundred rubles from his strong box and ordered Nikita to harness the horse. Nikita's wife Martha did not urge Nikita to live at home. Nikita took the driver's...
A Lost Opportunity
A hen belonging to Ivan Scherbakoff's daughter-in-law started laying eggs and the children frightened it. The neighbor's son and Ivan's wife began to abuse each other. Gavryl's wife went round...
A Whisper in the Dark
As we rolled along, I scanned my companion covertly, and saw much to interest a girl of seventeen. I answered readily, and told him about my cousin Guy. Twilight wrapped us in its shadows when I...
Though One Rose From The Dead
The first I knew of the peculiar Alderling situation was shortly after William James's "Will to Believe" came out. Alderling's mother didn't answer very promptly, and she leaned back against the...
The Spy
My going to Valencia was entirely an accident, and I revisited Valencia on some mysterious and secret mission. A young man, hungrily listening to my words, demanded to know why the ship rolled and...
A Presentiment
Over coffee in the Turkish room, Minver censored our several foibles and liked to have Rulledge approach Wanhope from this side. Rulledge suggested that there are two kinds of presentiments, the...
The Murdered Cousin
My mother died when I was an infant, and shortly before my birth my uncle was visited by a gentleman of loose who stated that he had won £4,000. My father received a letter from a person signing...
The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure
Mr. & Mrs. Lee were going off for the day & left their two children John 10 yrs old & Alice 2 yrs old. The younger Lees went down cellar & began to rummage among the rubbish little...
My Two Inventons
A drone with a solar-powered laser-plasma engine is described, highlighting its energy efficiency and potential applications.
An Episode of Cathedral History
The learned gentleman who examined the archives of the Cathedral of Southminster agreed that it was not earlier than the Perpendicular period, but Dean Burscough was very set on the Gothic...
Doorstep Acquaintance
One of my friends is a blithesome troubadour, but prefers with the expanding spring to lay aside his grimy basket. A little old Genoese lady comes to sell us pins, needles, thread, tape, and the...
The Little Glass Bottle
A captain of a small cat boat noticed something floating to the leeward and reached out his hand for it. Inside was a piece of paper that read: "I am John Jones who writes this letter my ship is...