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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.

This is a collection of the 7 best short stories of one of the most read horror, detective and science fiction authors ever to have been published, Edgar Allan Poe. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:The Tell-Tale HeartThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Black CatEdgar Allan Poe has influenced many great writers and creative minds like Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Machen, H.P. Lovecraft, Jules Verne, Clark Ashton Smith, Charles Baudelaire, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, among many others.

British novelist, playwright, and journalist who produced popular detective and suspense stories and was in his time "the king" of the modern thriller. Wallaces literary output 175 books, 24 plays, and countless articles and review sketches have undermined his reputation as a fresh and original writer. The author was a wholehearted supporter of Victorian and early Edwardian values and mores, which are now considered in some respects politically incorrect. In England in the 1920s Wallace was said to be the second biggest seller after the Bible.This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:- The Cat Burglar- Circumstantial Evidence- The Ghost of Downhill- The Poetical Policeman- Red Aces- The Four Just Men- The Shadow Man

According to her biographer, Julia Briggs, E. Nesbit was "the first modern writer for children": Nesbit "helped to reverse the great tradition of childrens literature inaugurated by Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and Kenneth Grahame, in turning away from their secondary worlds to the tough truths to be won from encounters with things-as-they-are, previously the province of adult novels." Briggs also credits Nesbit with having invented the childrens adventure story.This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- The Ebony Frame- John Charringtons Wedding- Uncle Abrahams Romance- The Mystery Of The Semi-Detached- From The Dead- Man-Size In Marble- The Mass For The Dead

Edith Wharton was born to a wealthy New York family and spent her life among artists, politicians and influential people in society. Among the people of his coexistence were Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wharton has fluid prose, is an excellent satirist and his horror tales (a lesser known part of his legacy) deserve special attention.In this work you will find seven specially selected short stories to provide an overview of Edith Whartons ever-present and eclectic work.The Triumph of NightThe PelicanThe Fullness Of LifeApril ShowersA JourneyAfterwardXingu

The American author and socialist Edward Bellamy (1850 1898) briefly studied law before giving it up and becoming a journalist, then novelist.The critic August Nemo presents in this book seven tales specially selected by this author:The Blindmans WorldAn Echo Of AntietamThe Old Folks PartyThe Cold SnapTwo Days Solitary ImprisonmentPottss Painless CureA Summer Evenings Dream

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 Eleanor H. Porter. Porter wrote mainly childrens literature, adventure stories, and romance fiction. Her most famous novel is Pollyanna (1913), followed by a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Her adult novels include The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), Keiths Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920) and Sister Sue (1921); her short-story collections include Across the Years (c. 1919), Money, Love and Kate (1923), and Little Pardner (1926). Porter achieved considerable commercial success: Pollyanna ranked eighth among best-selling novels in the United States during 1913, second during 1914, and fourth during 1915 (with 47 printings between 1915 and 1920); Just David ranked third in 1916; The Road to Understanding ranked fourth in 1917; and Oh Money! Money! ranked fifth in 1918. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment: - A Delayed Heritage; - The Folly of Wisdom; - The Letter; - The Elephants Board and Keep; - Crumbs; - The Lady in Black; - That Angel Boy. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Elizabeth Garver Jordan was an American journalist, author, editor, and suffragist, now remembered primarily for having edited the first two novels of Sinclair Lewis, and for her relationship with Henry James, especially for recruiting him to participate in the round-robin novel The Whole Family.This book contains:- Bart Harrington, Genius.- The Communitys Sunbeam.- Mrs. Mccafferty Explains.- Motion Study at St. Katharines.- Philips "Furnis Man".- The Surrender of Professor Seymour.- Young Love.

In the early twentieth century, her writing appeared old-fashioned and provincial, but today Elizabeth Gaskell ranks as one of the most highly-regarded British Victorian novelists. In this new century she is recognised as the accomplished artist that she was, and for the past thirty years or more has increasingly attracted the attention of literary theorists, academics and readers who just enjoy a good story. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:The Old Nurse StoryThe Poor ClareLois The WitchThe Grey WomanCurious If TrueSix Weeks At HeppenheimDisappearances

DArcys work is characterised by a psychologically realist style often attracting comparisons with Henry James and her determination to engage with themes such as marriage, the family, deception and imitation. Many of her stories also demonstrate the influence of her time in the Channel Islands, most notably "White Magic".The critic August Nemo presents seven short stories specially selected:- Irremediable- White Magic- A Marriage- In Normandy- The Pleasure-Pilgrim- The Web of Maya- An Engagement

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 Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942. A lifelong. Glasgow portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South, differing from the idealistic escapism that characterized Southern literature after Reconstruction.Works selected for this book:The Shadowy Third; Dares Gift; The Past; Whispering Leaves; A Point in Morals; The Difference; Jordans End; Bonus content: "Evasive Idealism in Literature by Ellen Glasgow. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Ellis Parker Butler was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially. His most famous character was Philo Gubb. Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Authors League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene.In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected by the critic August Nemo:- Pigs is Pigs- The Hard-boiled Egg- Philo Gubbs Greatest Case- Solanders Radio Tomb- The Thin Santa Claus- Dey Aint No Ghosts- The Man Who Did Not Go to Heaven on Tuesday

ÉmileZola described the intention of his work with these words: "I want to portray, at the outset of a century of liberty and truth, a family that can not restrain itself in its rush to possess all the good things that progress is making available and is derailed by its own momentum, the fatal convulsions that accompany the birth of a new world. " He is considered to be a significant influence on those writers who are credited with the creation of the so-called new journalism; Wolfe, Capote, Thompson, Mailer, Didion, Talese and others.Critic August Nemo selected seven special short from this author for your appreciation:- Captain Burle- The Millers Daughter- Jean Gourdons Four Days- The Fete At Coqueville- The Flood- Death of Olivier Becaille- Nana

Emma Orczy portrayed her time in her fiction with a rare creativity; having her own family affected by the wave of revolutions that culminated in the French Revolution, Baroness Emma Orczy presents us with a world of adventurous aristocrats, daring detectives and historical novels of great value to todays tips.In these seven specially selected short stories you will find an interesting cut from this writer. Enjoy!- The Red Carnation- The Traitor- Number 187- The Trappists Vow- Juliette, a Tale of Terror- The Revenge of Ur-Tasen- The Glasgow Mistery

Ernest Bramahhumorous works were ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramahs book, What Might Have Been, influenced his Nineteen Eighty-Four. Bramah created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados.This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- The Secret of Headlam Height- The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown- The Holloway Flat Tragedy- The Curious Circumstances Of The Two Left Shoes- The Ingenious Mind Of Mr. Rigby Lacksome- The Crime At The House In Culver Street- The Strange Case Of Cyril Bycourt