The editor of the Hearthstone Magazine had his own ideas about the selection of manuscript for his publication. ... Read more
Surprise Endings Short Stories
Total Stories: 258
The May moon shone bright upon the private boarding-house of Mrs. Murphy. By reference to the almanac a ... Read more
From near the village of Harmony, at the foot of the Green Mountains, came Miss Medora Martin to ... Read more
So I went to a doctor. “How long has it been since you took any alcohol into your ... Read more
The judge of the United States court of the district lying along the Rio Grande border found the ... Read more
John De Graffenreid Atwood ate of the lotus, root, stem, and flower. The tropics gobbled him up. He ... Read more
The Cisco Kid had killed six men in more or less fair scrimmages, had murdered twice as many ... Read more
“In the tropics” (“Hop-along” Bibb, the bird fancier, was saying to me) “the seasons, months, fortnights, week-ends, holidays, ... Read more
At the street corner, as solid as granite in the “rush-hour” tide of humanity, stood the Man from ... Read more
I go sometimes into the /Bierhalle/ and restaurant called Old Munich. Not long ago it was a resort ... Read more
Said Mr. Kipling, “The cities are full of pride, challenging each to each.” Even so. New York was ... Read more
This document is intended to strike somewhere between a temperance lecture and the “Bartender’s Guide.” Relative to the ... Read more