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A coffee shop worker and night warden uses lies to connect with people, leading to misunderstandings and strained relationships.

James Burne Worson, a shoemaker who lived in Leamington, Warwickshire, England, undertook a run all the way to Coventry and back for a stake of one sovereign. He went on very well, at an easy gait,...

A man and his daughter come accross an apparently mad, ill woman in a London park.

The fight between Generals Sherman and Johnston near Dallas, Georgia, is buried in the official reports of the victors and ignored by General Sherman in his memoirs. A subordinate officer knew...

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

When Max was killed and buried and a shallow grave, he thought his troubles would be over. He was wrong. He’s just realized he’s a vampire, and he sucks at it.

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

The misadventures of a group of reluctant soldiers during the American civil war - in many ways, this story anticipates Catch 22.

Mrs. Grove called from the door that opened towards the garden, but no answer came. She went to the foot of the stairs and called again, but there was no reply, so she went up stairs to looks for...

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...

Shorthouse persuaded me to lend him my company after a sudden change in my attitude. One of the stablemen saw a dark substance hanging down from one of the rafters and raised his face from the gun...

The two girls took the farm together, but were left alone. March gave them their hot food at night, but from. One evening, March was walking slowly after Banford when she became aware that Banford...