CERTAINLY there was a house there, half-way up Great Hill, a mansion of pale cream-colored stone, built with ... Read more
Supernatural Short Stories
Total Stories: 41
I DO not defend Miss Mahala. I hope it is understood that I do not defend her. But ... Read more
THE great clock ticked with loud insistence in the immaculate room. Things had to be immaculate where Mrs. ... Read more
It was natural that it should be quiet for Mrs. Cairnes in her empty house. Once there had ... Read more
Mrs. Laughton had found what she had been looking for all her lifethe man under her bed. Every ... Read more
THE old man had not always walked with two canes, as he did now. He had been straight ... Read more
THERE was no doubt that he was a masterful man. He ruled everyone on shore as he had ... Read more
Maria, from an upper window, spied the children coming, tugging the basket along. She called down to Old ... Read more
LOUIS BAC drifted like a gray shadow through the gray streets of San Francisco. Even the French colony, ... Read more
Weigall, continental and detached, tired early of grouse shooting. To stand propped against a sod fence while his ... Read more
Chapter 1 The great author had realized one of the dreams of his ambitious youth, the possession of ... Read more
Her husband was dying, and she was alone with him. Nothing could exceed the desolation of her surroundings. ... Read more
