Starfish
There was a man who lived on a beautiful beach, next to a fishing colony.…
The Horla
or Modern Ghosts May 8th. What a lovely day! I have spent all the morning…
The Confession
Marguerite de Thérelles was dying. Although but fifty-six, she seemed like seventy-five at least. She…
Fear
We went up on deck after dinner. Before us the Mediterranean lay without a ripple…
Ghosts
Just at the time when the Concordat was in its most flourishing condition, a young…
WANDERING WILLIE’S TALE
“Honest folks like me! How do ye ken whether I am honest, or what I…
THE COURTING OF T’NOWHEAD’S BELL,
For two years it had been notorious in the square that Sam’l Dickie was thinking…
THE SECOND TALE FROM “ROB ROY”
I. IN THE TOILS OF RASHLEIGH BUT it became more and more evident that Frank’s…
THE THIRD TALE FROM “ROB ROY”
I. IN THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES After the victory of the Highlanders and the drowning…
THE FIRST TALE FROM “THE ANTIQUARY”
THE children lay prone on the floor of the library in various positions of juvenile…