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  Bangs, John Kendrick
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall
An unsually wet ghost soaks the master of Harrowby Hall every Christmas eve.
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  Bierce, Ambrose
John Mortonson's Funeral
John Mortonson was dead. His body rested in a fine mahogany coffin fitted with a plate of glass ...
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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My Favorite Murder
A sort of 19th century American Psycho. More obviously humorous and satirical - but equally grim.
- Date Added: March 2000
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
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One Summer Night
The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to prove that he was dead ...
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Revenge
Insurance agents get a bashing in this witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Crimson Candle
Witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Devoted Widow
Witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:2 stars
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The Flying Machine
Venture capitalists get a bashing in this witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
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The Grasshopper and The Ant
Humorous reversal of the Aesop fable.
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Hare and The Tortoise
Humorous reversal of the Aesop fable.
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Hare and The Tortoise
Humorous application of the Aesop fable to modern writers.
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:2 stars
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The Ingenious Patriot
Witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 1 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  Dickens, Charles
The Baron of Grogzwig
A hard drinking, womanising, moustache-wearing baron decides he must get married.
- Date Added: December 1999
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  Henry, O.
A Night In New Arabia
When millionaire Jacob Spraggins, Esq. hits his late fifties, he begins to worry about his soul's salvation.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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A Ramble In Aphasia
First-person account of a successful lawyer's sudden loss of memory and the resulting adventure.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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Babes In The Jungle
Two low-lives from the west go to New York with plans to relieve the fool inhabitants of their cash.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Proof Of The Pudding
A bedraggled writer corners the editor of a respected publication and demands to know why his story has been rejected.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Girl And The Graft
A New York gentleman desperate for attention from the press enlists the help of a grafter - who learns a valuable lesson about women.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Gold That Glittered
General Falcon - revolutionary - arrives in New York from Columbia unprepared for both the golden-haired ladies and the silver-tongued con-artists.
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Princess and the Puma
A man's attempt to save the woman of his dreams goes embarassingly wrong.
- Date Added: July 1999
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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