Bartleby, the Scrivener
Bartleby, the Scrivener Short Story by Herman Melville “A Story of Wall-street.” I AM a rather elderly man. The…
Hop-Frog
Hop-Frog Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe I NEVER knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the…
Berenice
Berenice Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe MISERY is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the…
A Descent Into the Maelstrom
A Descent Into the Maelstrom Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe WE had now reached the summit of…
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as…
A Horseman in the Sky
A Horseman in the Sky Short Story by Ambrose Bierce “In this Civil War story, Carter Druse, a young…
A Baffled Ambuscade
A Baffled Ambuscade Short Story by Ambrose Bierce Connecting Readyville and Woodbury was a good, hard turnpike nine or…
A Baby Tramp
A Baby Tramp Short Story by Ambrose Bierce If you had seen little Jo standing at the street corner…
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Short Story by Ambrose Bierce “Set during the American Civil War, “An Occurrence…
The Angel of the Odd
The Angel of the Odd Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe It was a chilly November afternoon. I…