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| | One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce
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
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| | The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe
Seeking shelter for the night, a wounded man breaks into a bizarre, abandoned chateau decorated by an unusually large number of paintings. |
- Date Added: August 1999
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce
A man explains to his doctor how he came to believe in ghosts. |
- Date Added: March 2000
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | Staley Fleming's Hallucination by Ambrose Bierce
Every night Staley Fleming wakes and sees in his room, intently watching him, a big black Newfoundland dog. |
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | Hobnail by Crystal Arbogast
Scary bedtime story about a mother and daughter's night-time journey home. |
- Date Added: March 2001
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
As a hideous pestilence sweeps his lands, Prince Prospero seals himself in his castle and prepares a fabulous party. |
- Date Added: July 1999
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Cobweb by Saki
When Emma Ladbruk's husband inherits a farm, it comes with an old woman who soon starts to get in the way. |
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Lover by James Wood
A resting model finds her privacy invaded by a young man and a very particular piece of poetry. |
- Date Added: May 2000
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
So you think he's mad? Nervous? True! - but you should see how wisely he carries out his plan. |
- Date Added: May 1999
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Return by Fernando Sorrentino
A man is the only witness to an accidental killing and the bizarre series of events that follow. |
- Date Added: February 2001
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Music on the Hill by Saki
A couple apparently run into some ancient forces when they make the move to the country. |
- Date Added: January 2000
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Stranger by Ambrose Bierce
In the middle of an Arizona desert night, a group of explorers are approached by a mysterious stranger with a tale to tell. |
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | John Bartine's Watch by Ambrose Bierce
When asked for the time at a party, a man becomes aggressive and is strangely reluctant to look at his watch. |
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton
After his life-long friend goes missing near the legendary river Strid, Weigall sets out to look for him. |
- Date Added: October 2002
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Night Doings At 'Deadman's' by Ambrose Bierce
Holed up in an isolated mountain shanty, the emaciated Mr. Hiram Beeson receives a visit from a dark stranger. |
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
A man takes his enemy to taste a rare wine - which he happens to keep at the far end of a vast, damp cellar. |
- Date Added: May 1999
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | The Secret Of Macarger's Gulch by Ambrose Bierce
A hunter stumbles upon a run-down little house and decides to spend the night - but finds himself plagued by disquieting thoughts and dreams. |
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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| | Thug by Ian Phillips
A man decides to take action against football hooligans. Contains descriptions of violence. |
- Date Added: June 2000
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 18
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| | Habits of the Artichoke by Fernando Sorrentino
A tutor is given an artichoke plant and soon learns that taking care of it is not going to be easy. |
- Date Added: October 2009
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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| | Beyond the Wall by Ambrose Bierce
A visit on an old school friend finds a man plagued both by bad health and a gentle tapping from beyond his wall..... |
- Date Added: July 1999
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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