Fantasy Anthologies
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:P. N. Elrod

ESCOTT DROVE US to Bawks House; Miss Weaver—Mabel now, she insisted—sat next to him. I had the backseat to myself, slumping low in case she noticed I wasn’t reflecting in ...
( Category: Anthologies March 23,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-12-03 | Author:Rudyard Kipling [Kipling, Rudyard]

Chapter XI Table of Contents Give the man who is not made To his trade Swords to fling and catch again, Coins to ring and snatch again, Men to harm ...
( Category: Action & Adventure March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:William Hodgson

X ~ Hands That Plucked Directly we reached the deck, the Second Mate gave the order: “Mizzen t’gallant clewlines and buntlines,” and led the way up on to the poop. ...
( Category: Anthologies March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-07-15 | Author:Robert W. Chambers

Chapter X At The Ritz When Victor Cleves telegraphed from St. Augustine to Washington that he and his wife were on their way North, and that they desired to see ...
( Category: Classics March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lord Dunsany

THE IDLE CITY .................. THERE WAS ONCE A CITY which was an idle city, wherein men told vain tales. And it was that city’s custom to tax all men that ...
( Category: Anthologies March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-08-10 | Author:L. Frank Baum

“I imagine it will taste like nutmegs,” said the Lion. “No,” said the Tiger, “I’ve an idea it will taste like gumdrops.” They turned a corner, but met no one, ...
( Category: Classics March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-20 | Author:Erckmann-Chatrian

CHAPTER XIII. Sperver had gone, bearing the body of poor Lieverlé in his cloak. I had declined to follow; my sense of duty kept me by this unhappy woman, and ...
( Category: Short Stories March 21,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-06-21 | Author:Richard Garnett

THE REWARDS OF INDUSTRY In China, under the Tang dynasty, early in the seventh century of the Christian era, lived a learned and virtuous, but poor mandarin who had three ...
( Category: Mythology & Folk Tales March 20,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-12-09 | Author:Edgar Allan Poe [Poe, Edgar Allan]

But these other apartments were densely crowded, and in them beat feverishly the heart of life. And the revel went whirlingly on, until at length there commenced the sounding of ...
( Category: Short Stories March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lord Dunsany

In The Twilight THE LOCK WAS QUITE crowded with boats when we capsized. I went down backwards for some few feet before I started to swim, then I came spluttering ...
( Category: Dark Fantasy March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-10-13 | Author:Stuart Dodgson Collingwood [Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson]

(5) “Plain Facts for Circle-Squarers,” which is nearly complete, and gives actual proof of limits 3.14158, 3.14160. (6) A symbolical Logic, treated by my algebraic method. (7) “A Tangled Tale.” ...
( Category: Letters March 19,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-06-21 | Author:Charles Kingsley

CHAPTER V “Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead’s most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology March 18,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-21 | Author:L. Frank Baum [Unbekannt]

In order to avoid the threatening arms overhead, which followed them as they swam, our friends kept near to the bottom of the sea, which was here thickly covered with ...
( Category: Mythology & Folk Tales March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-08-13 | Author:Piers Anthony [Anthony, Piers]

Author 's Note This concludes Tweet Story #5, "Forbidden Fruit." Those who are tired of spinning their wheels in this mortal life are welcome to be alert for strange magic ...
( Category: Mashups March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-13 | Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne [Hawthorne, Nathaniel]

"Pray, who are you, beautiful creature?" inquired Pandora. "I am to be called Hope!" answered the sunshiny figure. "And because I am such a cheery little body, I was packed ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology March 16,2020 )