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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for his literary criticism and short stories. With his vast number of short stories, Q shows his dynamic range of style and creativity with tales of the supernatural, Viking tales, satires, historical fiction, romantic adventures, tales of heroic swashbuckling, mystery and crime fiction, and sea-going adventures.The critic August Nemo has selected seven short stories by this author for your appreciation:- I Saw Three Ships.- The Haunted Dragoon.- A Blue Pantomime.- The Two Householders.- The Disenchantment of Lizabeth.- The Lairds Luck.- Captain Dick and Captain Jacka.

B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters, the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this author:- The Lonesome Trail.- First Aid To Cupid.- When The Cook Fell Ill.- The Lamb.- The Spirit of the Range.- The Reveler.- The Unheavenly Twins

Banjo Paterson lived in the city for most of his life, yet he became wildly famous in the colonies for the poems and stories he wrote about life in the Australian outback. The stories he created about the lives and struggles of bushmen, shearers and drovers in rural farm country struck a chord with Australians.In these seven specially selected short stories you will be able to know and appreciate the universe of this important Australian author.The CatThe DogHis MasterpieceThe Merino SheepConcerning a Steeplechase RiderThree Elephant PowerThe Amateur Gardener

Barry Pain, english journalist, poet and writer. He was known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories, but he also wrote many horror stories, which were well received by the lay men and critics alike. Best remembered for his Eliza group of comedic short stories.The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment:- Aunt Martha.- The Bet.- The Boy in the Book.- The Discovery of Nesting.- Eliza and the Special.- The Kindness of the Celestial.- The Victim of Apparatus.

Bjrnstjerne Bjrnsonreceived the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit", becoming the first Norwegian Nobel laureate.This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- The Railroad and the Churchyard- The Father- The Bridal March- One Day- Mothers Hands- Thrond- Absaloms Hair

Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.This edition is dedicated to the american author Booth Tarkington. Tarkington is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered Americas greatest living author.Works selected for this book:The Fascinating Stranger; The Party;The One-Hundred-Dollar Bill; Jeannette; The Spring Concert; Willamilla; The Only Child. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Bram Stoker may not have created the mythology of the vampire, but he recreated it and gave it the face it has today - the face of Dracula. Stoker was a productive author and explored his talent also in short fiction.Enjoy these seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo:- The Castle of the King- A Star Trap- The Secret of the Growing Gold- The Burial of the Rats- Draculas Guest- The Squaw- The Judges House

Bret Harte was the first American writer from the West Coast to gain an international reputation. He was instrumental in introducing frontier literature to eastern audiences. His stories established many of the basic characteristics of the western genre: rough, sarcastic humor, rustic dialect, and character types such as good-natured gamblers, greedy bankers, and prostitutes with hearts of gold.We selected seven short stories from this author so that you can know and appreciate his work:The Luck of Roaring CampThe Outcasts of Poker Flat Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff A Convert of the MissionA Widow of the Santa Ana Valley A Yellow DogMelons

Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to the english author Charles Dickens.Charles Dickenswas an English writer and social critic. He created some of the worlds best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read todaWorks selected for this book:- A Childs Dream of a Star;- Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn;- Nobodys Story;- The Childs Story;- The Magic Fishbone;- What Christmas is As We Grow Older;- The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain.

Charles W. Chesnutt was an important voice in his day and remains a precious reading for those who want to better understand the period of construction of African American identity, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Critic August Nemo chose seven short stories that bring the best of this author to your appreciation.This books contains:- The Wife of His Youth- The Passing of Grandison- Her Virginia Mammy- The Bouquet- The Sheriffs Children- The Web of Circunstance

Charlotte M. Yonge was a best-selling author in her time. Her appeal is due to the liveliness of her portrayal of character. Her books are peopled with large Victorian families, every member distinctly drawn and presented with insight and humour. Her books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Movement but her work has a vitality that saves it from being merely propagandist.Most of Yonges work is out of print, but in these seven selected short stories you will have the opportunity to appreciate this Victorian jewel.The Last Fight In The ColiseumFaithful Till DeathThe Battle Of The Blackwater The Housewives Of LowenburgFathers And SonsWhat Is Better Than Slaying A Dragon Under Ivan The Terrible

A prominent American sociologist, novelist, short story writer, poet, and lecturer for social reform, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a "utopian feminist." Her vast achievements, recorded during a period of American history where such feats were quite difficult for women, cast here as a role model for women everywhere. And her unorthodox concepts and lifestyles cast her as a role model for future generations of feminists.This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:When I Was a WitchThe Yellow WallpaperIf I were a manThe Giant Wistaria The Boys And The Butter!The CottagetteA Middle Sized Artist

Charlotte Riddell was one of the first women to write fiction about London City life and the world of business. She also wrote childrens stories, tales of her native Ireland, and supernatural tales. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo:- A Strange Christmas Story- Walnut-Tree House- The Open Door- Nut Bush Farm- The Old House in Vauxhall Walk- Sandy the Tinker- Old Mrs. Jones

D.H. Lawrence is best known for his infamous novel Lady Chatterleys Lover, which was banned in the United States until 1959. At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation."This edition brings seven specially selected short stories, a reading that will please and amaze both old readers and newcomers to the work of D. H. Lawrence.- The Rocking-Horse Winner- Tickets, Please!- The Odour of Chrysanthemums- The Horse Dealers Daughter- Second Best- The Shades of Spring- The Fox

The journalist and writer Don Marquis obtained recognition in life, one of the works of this collection (The Old Soak) being transformed into a play and later, a movie still in the silent movie era. The seven short stories selected here bring all the humor, satire and wit of this writer. Enjoy your reading!The Old SoakThe Revolt of the OysterThe Professors AwakeningThe Saddest ManBehind the CurtainKaleToo American

E. F. Bensons gruesome tales break the membrane between the waking and dreaming world.The critic August Nemo selected seven ghost stories by this author:- The Room in the Tower- Caterpillars- Mrs. Amworth- Mr. Tillys Seance- Negotium Perambulans- How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery- The Horror-Horn

Emily Pauline Johnson, also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake, was a Canadian poet, author and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not only was Johnson a poet and writer but she was a part of the New Woman movement due to the blending of her two cultures in her works and her criticisms of the Canadian government. Johnson was also a key figure in the construction of Canadian literature as an institution and has made an indelible mark on Indigenous womens writing and performance as a whole.This book contains:- The Shagganappi.- A Red Girls Reasoning.- The Kings Coin.- The Derelict.- Little Wolf-Willow.- Her Majestys Guest.- The Brotherhood.

E. Phillips Oppenheim published over 150 books and countless magazine stories. While most often identified as a mystery writer, Oppenheims novels range from spy thrillers to romance. All of them have, however, an undertone of intrigue.Check out this seven short stories by this author carefully selected by critic August Nemo:- The Noxious Gift.- Traske and the Bracelet.- The Atruscan Silver mine.- The Defeat of Rundermere.- The End of John DykesBurglar.- A Woman Intervenes.- The Regeneration of Jacobs.

Hornungs prose is widely admired for its lucid, simple style. Oliver Edwards, writing in The Times, considered that "not the least attractive part of the Raffles books is the simple, plain, unaffected language in which each one of them is written". The obituarist in the same newspaper agrees, and thinks Hornung had "a power of good and clear description and a talent for mystery and surprise"This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- The Idles of March- A Costume Piece- Gentlemen and Players- Le Premier Pas- Wilful Murder- Nine Points of the Law- The Return Match

This is a collection of the 7 best short stories of one of the most innovative and influential fantasy and horror authors ever to have been published, E.T.A. Hoffmann. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: The Golden PotThe SandmanCouncillor KrespelaAutomataThe Elementary SpiritThe Jesuits Church in G--The Story of the Hard NutHoffmann short stories have inspired great writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Jorge Luis Borges, among many others.