Short stories around 9 minutes

A rainy evening, I was driving on the highway at a very crazy speed when suddenly, I thought I had seen something. I halted on the break and reversed the car, but the man turned quickly. The man's...

Dr. Johnson was born on the family Estate in Devonshire, and became acquainted with Mr. Addison and Dr. Swift. He was a full, pursy Man, very ill drest, and of slovenly Aspect. I saw Johnson very...

I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, and I have discovered myself half sucked into a slimy expanse of hellish black mire. I sat thinking or brooding in the stranded boat for...

The idea that Ibid is the author of the Lives is frequently met with, but the truth is that he was a Roman- or at. of the great Anician family. Ibidus was born in 486, held the consulship in 516,...

The Pole Star shines into the North Window of my chamber with uncanny light, but still leers down from the same place in the black vault. When it is cloudy, I can sleep. Once, I saw the city for...

A cat is said to be the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroe and Ophir. In Ulthar, an old cotter and his wife delighted in trapping and slaying cats, but the...

In London, there is a man who screams when the church bells ring and lives alone with his streaked cat. He shuns friends and companions and wishes to answer no questions. It has been a decade since...

A grave, intelligent-looking man showed me into the attic chamber. I drew a pocket electric light out of my pocket and nervously tested its flashes, but the newcomer did not speak. A thin, dark man...

The gods of earth have betaken themselves to unknown Kadath and forbid men to come. Barzai the Wise and Atal went out of Hatheg into the stony desert despite the prayers of peasants, and talked of...

I do not know what has become of Harley Warren. I will not deny that this witness saw us together on the Gainsville pike, but I know nothing beyond what I have told you. Harley Warren's weird...

Men of strength and honour built cabins along the north side of the Street, and thereafter no more Indians troubled the Street. The Street drank in the dreams of a young people and rejoiced as its...

On there stands an olive grove about the ruins of a villa. Two sculptors lived there, Kalos and Musides, and Saios would remain at home. Musides sought the banquet halls of Tegea at night, whilst...