All Gold Canyon


Jack London - 1905
    Here all things rested. Even the narrow stream ceased its turbulent down-rush long enough to form a quiet pool. Knee-deep in the water, with drooping head and half-shut eyes, drowsed a red-coated, many-antlered buck.

The Fall of Edward Barnard


W. Somerset Maugham
    

The Wife of the Kenite


Agatha Christie - 1923
    Unusually for Agatha Christie it was a horror short story which is not normally associated with the Great Author. The story was retrieved from the Italian Magazine on the 19th June 2013 and is only 9 pages in length. In normal circumstances, nine pages is not enough to justify a printed version of this little known and recently discovered Agatha Christie work. This book attempts to celebrate the fact that a 'new' work by the Great Author has been discovered and the fact that it can be classified as a horror short story adds to what we know about the Great Lady. The book gives some background to the story in addition to faithfully reproducing the actual Italian translation from the magazine. The English translation follows and the ends with further reference to ensure a full understanding of the story.

Flight


John Steinbeck - 1938
    

Evidence


Isaac Asimov - 1946
    It was first published in the September 1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the collections I, Robot (1950), The Complete Robot (1982), and Robot Visions (1990).Many people choose to see Asimov's treatment of technophobia as an allegory to the antisemitism with which he was bitterly familiar; he wrote Evidence during Army service shortly after World War II.

A Walk in the Dark


Arthur C. Clarke - 1950
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The Man Who Traveled In Elephants


Robert A. Heinlein - 1948
    Written may 1948.First published in Saturn, October 1957 as The Elephant Circuit.First collected into The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, 1959.

The Heart of a Broken Story


J.D. Salinger - 1941
    

The Murderer


Ray Bradbury - 1953
    One man's rebellion against the sensory overload brought on by ubiquitous electronics.

Two Gallants


James Joyce - 1914
    His eyes. Twinkling with cunning ENJOYMENT. Have glanced the at every Moment towards HIS companion's face vs' ' When he was quite sure that the narrative had ended he laughed noiselessly for fully half a minute. Then he said: Well ...! That takes the biscuit! 'James Joyce's naturalistic. unflinching portrayal of ordinary working people in his Dubliners stories was a literary landmark. These four stories from that collection offer glimpses of defeated lives - an unremarkable death. a theft. a desperate plan. a failed writer's dream - yet each creates a compelling and ultimately redemptive vision of a city and of human experience. This book includes: Two Gallants. The Sisters. The Boarding House. and A Little Cloud.

Christmas at Red Butte (Illustrated)


L.M. Montgomery - 1909
    A delightful tale of a Christmas sacrifice by renowned storyteller Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables.Beautifully Illustrated short story.

THE DARKNESS


Stephen King - 2019
    King. Do not let the lack of light stop you from discovering more adventures and stories that will keep you up at night and ignite the imagination. There is no place to hide in, THE DARKNESS!

Conjure


Alice Hoffman - 2014
    The weather had been extreme that month: days of drenching rain, sudden showers of hail, temperatures passing record highs. Local children whispered that an angel had fallen to earth in a thunderstorm. There were roving groups who swore they had found signs. Footprints in the grass, black feathers, a campfire in the woods behind the high school where there were sparks of shimmering ash. One neighborhood boy vowed that he had seen a man in a black cloak rise above the earth and walk on air, and although no one believed his account, mothers began to keep their children home. They locked the doors, called in the dogs, kept the lights on after dusk..."Alice Hoffman is the New York Times bestselling author of Practical Magic, The Dovekeepers, and The Marriage of Opposites. Hoffman’s work has been published in more than twenty translations and more than one hundred foreign editions. Her novels have received mention as notable books of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, Library Journal, and People Magazine. She has also worked as a screenwriter and is the author of the original screenplay “Independence Day,” a film starring Kathleen Quinlan and Diane Wiest. Her teen novel Aquamarine was made into a film starring Emma Roberts. Her short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest, Harvard Review, Ploughshares and other magazines.Flyleaf Journal Issue #15December 2014Illustrated by Timothy TangHand Lettering by Heidi Unkefer

The Exit Door Leads In


Philip K. Dick - 1979
    And when one had been in the vicinity small valuable objects disappeared. A robot's idea of order was to stack everything into one pile. Nonetheless, Bibleman had to order lunch from robots, since vending ranked too low on the wage scale to attract humans.

Law of the Desert


Louis L'Amour - 1983
    Now all he can do is fight for his life. Grubline Rider tells the story of drifter Kim Sartain who happens upon a piece of grassland, and sets off a chain reaction when he decides to homestead on that range. Matt Sabre is a young gunfighter in Ride, You Tonto Riders. Forced to shoot a man, he's shocked when, on his deathbed, the man gives him $5,000 to take to his wife. Guilt, regret and a fierce will to do the right thing lead Matt Sabre to make that ride.