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Dec. 12, 2016

THE VENDETTA by MAUPASSANT

Guy de Maupassant often dealt with horror genre stories, which earned him the nickname of the French Edgar Allen Poe. In this story, an old woman wreaks revenge upon the killer of her son. Not intended for children. May 2018  Coming soon to our...

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Nov. 17, 2016

THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

A tale of Greek mythology that tells the story of how Oedipus became the King of Thebes. Also this story first comes from Egypt, the Greek version has become the most widely known through the ages. Try to solve the riddle before you hear Oedipus'...

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Nov. 10, 2016

MY RED CAP by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

This story from American writer Louisa May Alcott recalls her personal experience with a wounded Maine veteran while was serving as a nurse in Washington D.C. during the Civil War. Alcott was a prolific writer and one of the first successful American...

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Oct. 26, 2016

SOMEONE MUST PAY

This old tale tells of a thief, who, upon unlawfully entering a house and breaking his leg on a weak window sill while climbing in, brashly goes to court to blame his broken leg on the carpenter who built the sill. The carpenter passes the buck...and...

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April 26, 2016

THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP by BRET HARTE

In this short story by Bret Harte, first published in the August 1868 issue of Overland Monthly, a baby boy is born an orphan in a gold mining camp in California and raides by a grizzled bunch of miners. This story helped to puch Bret Harte to...

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April 15, 2016

A SOUND OF THUNDER by RAY BRADBURY

In this excellent sci-fi short storyby Ray Bradbury, a hunter named Eckels pays $10,000 to a time machine safari service to bag the ultimate trophy. The company guarantees his safety but not his return...and sets strict rules so as not to upset the...

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