Zastrozzi : The Romance is the first gothic novel of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Written when the author was only 17. It was not published until 1810 and was signed only with the...

Who was John Milton? He was a man going about his daily life like any of us in 17th century England, (except that he was a genius of course). Take time to read about a day in his...

Five early stories by one of my favorite SF writers, Mack Reynolds. Medal of Honor is an intriguing look into the mind of someone who is above the law; who cannot commit a crime....

The Zeppelin’s Passenger is a tale of German espionage in England during World War I. Dreymarsh is a fictional “backwater” area in England with no apparent military value....

This short novel of Twain’s, from 1903, is told from the point of view of a loyal and beloved family pet. Themes of heroics, valor and heart-wrenching tenderness fill this work....

It is a multilingual collection of Christmas texts, which contains short stories, essays , poems and passages recorded by a variety of narrators in English, German and Portuguese .

If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with the faculty of speech, or gazelles that...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first set of short stories that were...

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. This story...

As usual, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin finds himself wrongfully accused of murder, and must find the real killer to clear his name.