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The story of a young mermaid who falls in love with a prince from above the waves.

A man, half his age and a different-looking person, slipped out of his seat and said to the young man, "I do not know Sir Jarge." The young man's face changed and he was introduced as his cousin...

What do an horrific dream and the name 'Catharine Larue' have to do with a man found dead in the hills around the Nappa Valley?

Andrew learns the value of spending time with loved ones after his grandfather's death.

A Buddy Holly tribute band hits trouble when the County Fair pitches its tents.

Aristid Kuvalda had a two-storied house at the end of the main street, where the captain passed most of his time sitting on a kind of bench or else in the eating-house of Egor Yavilovitch. The...

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

The Assistant is lost again in a grid city, feeling disconnected from the world. The sound has been switched off. She likes being an assistant. She admires her employers for their belief in...

Paul Anderson chartered a furnished room for a week, and made his usual round of calls. He arose early on Monday morning to avoid his landlady. When he finally reached The Intelligencer...

I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. Our fireplaces are on opposite sides, but our flue is separate throughout. The main reason of this style of chimney building is...

Dr Ragin is honest and intelligent but lacks the strength of character to see to it that life around him is honest and intelligent - which h

The Sire Imbert de Bastarnay had no confidence in the female of man, but found Bertha really a maiden and got her with a child two months after marriage. Bastarnay was not a smart young fellow of...