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2 B R 0 2 B (version 2) & The Big Trip Up Yonder (version 5)

Science Fiction

429

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - 2 B R 0 2 B (version 2) & The Big Trip Up Yonder (version 5)

These two stories by Kurt Vonnegut were written over a decade apart but they are definitely connected. The Big Trip Up Yonder, published in Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954 is a comical yet scary description of...

Phil Chenevert 46 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

488

Richard Harding Davis - My Buried Treasure

«This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not let me write the story,...

Crln Yldz Ksr 50 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

525

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Pretty but socially clueless Bernice lets her know-it-all cousin push her around, but eventually, something's gotta give! (Introduction by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times 1 hour 3 minutes

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General Fiction

421

Richard Harding Davis - Amateur

On the steamer on his way to London, Austin Ford meets a young woman, who is going to London to find her missing husband. Being a specialist in finding people, Mr. Ford agrees to help her in her quest. However,...

Crln Yldz Ksr 1 hour 1 minute

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General Fiction

471

Anna Katharine Green - Ruby and the Caldron

A valuable ruby is lost during a disturbance in the snow before a ball at The Evergreens. A detective is called for right away to recover it, but who, of the few guests, might have the jewel, and how to solve the...

Crln Yldz Ksr 1 hour 9 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

474

George MacDonald - Cruel Painter

This is the story of a daring college student's quest to win the icy heart of a beautiful girl. Unfortunately, the girl is the daughter of a cunning and sadistic master artist, who takes the student as an apprentice...

Ned Troxel 1 hour 23 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

461

Charles Dickens - Wreck of the Golden Mary

A short story of a ship wreck in 1851 trying to round Cape Horn on its way to the California gold fields. Poignant and well written. ( Summary by JCarson )

James E. Carson 1 hour 20 minutes

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עולה (Injustice), with excerpt from The Escaping Club

Action & Adventure Fiction

449

יוסף חיים ברנר Yosef Haim Brenner - עולה (Injustice), with excerpt from The Escaping Club

This is a bilingual project. The first part, in Hebrew, is the story «Injustice» by Yosef Haim Brenner, written following the conquest of Palestine by the British troops during WWI. The story takes place on the...

Omri Lernau 1 hour 18 minutes

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Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3)

Fantastic Fiction

420

Mark Twain - Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3)

This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven. It deals with the obsession of souls with the...

John Greenman 1 hour 26 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

492

Mark Twain - Eve’s Diary (version 2)

Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in book format in June 1906 by Harper and Brothers publishing house. It is...

40 minutes

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Short Stories

454

Émile Zola - Flood

A well-to-do French farm family is destroyed by a flood. The story, thrilling to the very end, is told from the point of view of the family's 70-year-old patriarch. The story speaks of the helplessness of mankind in...

R. S. Steinberg 51 minutes

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Science Fiction

459

Edmond Hamilton - Stars, My Brothers

Edmond Hamilton (1904 – 1977) had a career that began as a regular and frequent contributor to Weird Tales magazine. The first hardcover publication of Science Fiction stories was a Hamilton compilation, and he and...

Gregg Margarite 1 hour 23 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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