Inspirational Stories

Hop-Frog Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe I NEVER knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the king was.…

Berenice Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe MISERY is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon…

A Descent Into the Maelstrom Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe WE had now reached the summit of the loftiest…

The Cask of Amontillado Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best…

A Horseman in the Sky Short Story by Ambrose Bierce "In this Civil War story, Carter Druse, a young soldier from…

A Baffled Ambuscade Short Story by Ambrose Bierce Connecting Readyville and Woodbury was a good, hard turnpike nine or ten miles…

A Baby Tramp Short Story by Ambrose Bierce If you had seen little Jo standing at the street corner in the…

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Short Story by Ambrose Bierce "Set during the American Civil War, "An Occurrence at Owl…

The Angel of the Odd Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe It was a chilly November afternoon. I had just…

Never Bet the Devil Your Head Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe A Tale With a Moral. "Con tal que…