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Short stories — 245 PDFs & ePubs
245 classic short stories books · free in PDF & EPUB
Whole worlds in a single sitting: the short story is where the classics come easiest, and this shelf gathers the form's masters — Poe, Dostoevsky, Christie, Lovecraft. Everything is free to download in PDF or EPUB, or to read online between two other things you were doing.
White Nights is the library's runaway favorite — Dostoevsky at his tenderest, four nights long. The Fall of the House of Usher is gothic perfection in under an hour, and The Yellow Wallpaper has lost none of its claustrophobic power since 1892.
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White Nights
Four nights, two strangers on a bridge, and the tenderest heartbreak Dostoevsky ever wrote.
Masters of short stories
The authors who built the genre — all their books free in the library.
All short stories books
165 of 245 books match this length.
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A Country Doctor
A Descent into the Maelström
A Dog's Tale
A Gentle Spirit
A Haunted House
A House of Pomegranates
A Hunger Artist
A Little Hero
A Predicament
A Rose for Emily
A Simple Soul
A hidden gem from this shelf
Dream Days
Grahame bottles the private weather of childhood—its brave logic, secret games, and the tender comedy of adults nearby.
Amy Foster
An honest thief
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Arson Plus
Bartleby, The Scrivener
Berenice
Beyond Lies the Wub
Black Hound of Death
Bobok
Brother Jacob
Cool Air
Crooked Souls
Dagon
Dig me no grave
Dream Days
Eleonora
Freedom
From Beyond
Herbert West-Reanimator
Hop Frog
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
In Our Time
In the Penal Colony
Kerfol
Ligeia
Markheim
Master and Man
May Day
Micromegas
Monday or Tuesday
Morella
MS. Found in a Bottle
Mumu
Nobody's Story
Odour of Chrysanthemums
Old Mr. Wiley
On Ghosts
Pickman's Model
Piper in the Woods
Rip van Winkle
Sanctuary
Second Variety
Shadow: A Parable
Spirits Rebellious
Sun
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
The Adventure of the Resident Patient
The Bet and Other Stories
The Big Trip Up Yonder
The Birthmark
The Black Cat
The Body Snatcher
The Book of Wonder
The bottle imp
The Call of Cthulhu
The Canterville Ghost
The Case of the Missing Will
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cats of Ulthar
The Celestial Omnibus and other stories
The Chocolate Box
The colour out of space
The Country of the Blind
The crocodile
The Crystal Crypt
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Devil
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
The Door in the wall
The Double Clue
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Dunwich Horror
The Eyes Have It
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Festival
The Gift of the Magi
The Gods of Pegana
The Gold-Bug
The Golden Age
The Grand Inquisitor
The Hanging Stranger
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Haunter of the Dark
The Heir Of Mondolfo
The Horror at Red Hook
The Hunter's Lodge Case
The Hyena
The Ice Palace
The Imp of the Perverse
The Invisible Girl
The Judge's House
The Lady, or the Tiger?
The Landlady
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Luck of Roaring Camp
The Lurking Fear
The man that corrupted Hadleyburg
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
The Masque of the Red Death
The Million Pound Bank Note
The Minister's Black Veil
The Monkey's Paw
The Mortal Immortal
The Most Dangerous Game
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Music of Erich Zann
The Nameless City
The Oblong Box
The Old Man of the Sea
The Open Window
The Outsider
The Oval Portrait
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Plymouth Express Affair
The Power of Words
The Premature Burial
The Purloined Letter
The Queen of Spades
The Rats in the Walls
The Red Room
The Rocking-Horse Winner
The Secret Sharer
The Shunned House
The Silver Key
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Story of the Siren
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Toll-House
The Tomb
The Vampire Maid
The Veiled Lady
The Well
The Wendigo
The willows
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Wrong Man
The Yellow Wallpaper
To Build a Fire
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
Unready to Wear
When the World Screamed
White Nights
William Wilson
Winter Dreams
Youth