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The Berserker
by Charles V. De VetAll of Big Jim Ostby's attention seemed on the cigar as he lit it, but it was not. He observed the faces of the men who passed him by, and the figures of those across the street, and up and down the sidewalk. Satisfied, he moved on.Ostby's six feet four, and two hundred thirty-five pounds, were not conspicuous on this other-dimensional world, where..
The Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail
by Laura Rountree SmithThe Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail is a short story written for children by Laura Rountree Smith. whose other writings include The Gingerbread Boy and Joyful Jingle Play Stories, and Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes.One evening Bunny Cotton-Tail read very late, and he was so excited over the story he was reading that he waved one paw too near the candle, and ..
The Youngest Camel
by Kay BoyleThe Youngest Camel is a story for children written by Kay Boyle and illustrated by FRITZ KREDEL.The beginning of the caravan’s trip was made through lovely country, through regions in which flowers such as tea roses and white and purple iris bloomed. When the caravan came through villages, boys ran out barefoot and half-naked to sell frui..
The Story of Alexander
by Robert SteeleWell, I began to turn over some of those big books you have seen in my room, and to read their stories again to choose one for you, and the first story I read was the History of Alexander the Great. You must not be frightened about the tale, however; there are no dates and summaries at the ends of the chapters to learn, and, though I believe every ..
Moonglade
by Marguerite Cunliffe-OwenThe white-coiffed nun stood inside the door, waiting for the tall girl who at the words had briskly risen from the first rank of her fellow-pupils. She was older than any there, and her whole allure as she stepped forward betrayed a certain sense of superiority and conscious pride. Silently she followed Madame Marie-Immaculée along the stone-paved ..
The Story My Doggie Told to Me
by Ralph Henry BarbourWhen you tell a story you should always start right at the very beginning, and that is what I am going to do. The first thing I remember was when I was about two weeks old. I’m sure you can’t remember when you were two weeks old. I think that is very clever of me, don’t you? It shows what a fine memory I have. I was lying[5] in a sort of cage made ..
Disappeared From Her Home
by Catherine Louisa PirkisDisappeared from her home, Amy, only daughter of Stephen Warden, Esq., of the High Elms, Harleyford. Age, 17; height, 5ft. Dark hair and eyes, oval face, small nose, mouth, and chin; remarkably small hands and feet; dressed in dark blue silk walking costume, broad brimmed felt hat, with light-blue ostrich feather. Jewellery worn—a gold butterfly br..
The Soul Stealers
by Chester S. GeierA chill touched Bryan as he looked down at the figure on the hospital bed. He had seen dead men before—too many of them. He had seen them sprawled on European battlefields, had seen them huddled in wrecked cars or lying waxen and stiff on morgue slabs.But he had never seen a dead man like the one who lay there on the bed. For, paradoxically, this m..