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The Inconsiderate Waiter

William's lapse into ingratedom began when he brought me oysters, and I was taken aback by his manner. A girl saw William and nodded three times to him, and William's face grew white as a...

35 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

A Wicked Woman

A young woman is forced to reveal the terrible sin she has committed.

15 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

My Pentagon

The military came together on paper under glass to shine on me!

< 1 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Pumpkin-Glory

The papa had told the story so often that the children knew just what to expect the moment he began. One of the little pumpkin seeds wanted to grow into the biggest pumpkin ever. The farmer was...

25 min read · Rating: G · Read story

The Two Husbands

Walter Gray was altogether dissimilar from Jane Emory, but they were friends and in many respects intimate. Cara Linton was seen with Charles Wilton and Walter Gray, and Walter was pleased with...

34 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

The Continence Of King Francis The First

King Francis was taken to Madrid by Emperor Charles V and kept there until Queen Marguerite was sent to him. Adrian VI found himself harder pressed by unsatisfied desire than he had ever been...

10 min read · Rating: G · Read story

A Case Of Metaphantasmia

A stranger was a guest at Halson's and was better known to Minver than to the rest of our little group. He lighted a cigar and heaved a sigh of fond reminiscence and looked round for sympathy. The...

24 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

Notes by Flood and Field

My horse gave up all ambitious effort, and told me that the boundary line of the old Spanish grant was a creek. George rode powerful native roan, wild-eyed, and woke me up the next morning. The...

41 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

The Phantom Coach

A man becomes lost on a moor in heavy snow and is rescued by a strange, reclusive academic.

26 min read · Rating: G · Read story

Killer aspects (Part one)

It's about the importance that underlies Nuns' and Fathers' under the umbrella of a flying soul in Düga island.

33 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts

Twenty ladies and five hundred gentleman sat in a row in the hall, and Dr. Turner's theories were accepted at once. August Bopp, the new leader of the class, invented huskings, apple-bees,...

65 min read · Rating: PG-13 · Read story

Red Nasturtium

Why should suffering suffuse us with shame? Ecstasy if seen as the red nasturtium hidden deep under round leaves. Blush turned outward, we could also unfold.

< 1 min read · Rating: G · Read story