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  The Marriage of Mary Russell - A...

  Laurie R. King

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  Laurie R. King takes listeners way back in her best-selling series with this audiobook short story, as Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes embark upon the riskiest adventure of their partnership: their wedding.  
  Though she cannot entirely discount the effects of the head injuries they were both suffering at the time, Mary Russell is delighted by Sherlock Holmes' proposal of marriage. After all, they have become partners in crime, and she has recently come into her inheritance: What remains but to confirm the union with her mentor-turned-partner with the piece of paper?  
  Russell's pragmatic side tells her to head straight to the registry office - until Holmes surprises her with a sentimental wish to be married in the chapel of his ancestral manor. There's just the small issue of ownership: The house is not exactly his, and he is most definitely not welcome there. Of course, such obstacles have never deterred Sherlock Holmes before, and they certainly won't keep him from concocting an elaborate scheme to evade angry dogs and armed butlers - all in the name of wedded bliss.

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  The Blue Cross

  G.K Chesterton

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  "The Blue Cross" is the first Father Brown short story by Chesterton, who went on to write an entire series of Father Brown Mysteries. In this story, Aristide Valentin, head of the Paris Police, is on the trail of the world's most famous criminal, Flambeau, who is a master of disguise, and may appear to be anyone. Valentin deduces that Flambeau is going to try and steal "The Blue Cross", a priceless silver cross with precious blue stones. Valentin must stop him, but in this case it is actually Father Brown who is the better detective.

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  Uncommon View of it An

  W. C. Morrow

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  William Chambers Morrow (1854-1923) was an American author famed for his short stories of horror and suspense.'An Uncommon View of It' is the story of a man who has discovered that his wife is having an affair with his best friend. He decides that one thing is clear...he must have his revenge. He will kill them both and then commit suicide.But what will he do exactly? Will he use a revolver or poison? As he sits down to plan his revenge in detail, he develops a plan of action which is really quite extraordinary!

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  The Country of the Blind - And...

  H. G. Wells

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  Thirty-three science fiction and fantasy stories from the celebrated author of such classics as The War of the Worlds, The Times Machine, and The Invisible Man. Venture to strange worlds from the imagination of H. G. Wells with this collection of tales of science fiction and fantasy. Witness the darker side of humanity in “The Jilting of Jane” and “The Cone.” Learn what a man does when he faces fear itself in a haunted house in “The Red Room.” Travel to an Ecuadorian mountain community deprived of sight in “The Country of the Blind.” Find a curio inside an antique shop in London’s West End that allows you to see Mars in “The Crystal Egg.” Float down the Amazon on a Brazilian gunboat as a captain and his crew fight to save a village from terrifyingly evolved ants. These are just a few of the unusual journeys awaiting readers inside this compilation from one of the greatest science fiction writers in history.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Ambrose...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  For America, as the century closes, she is becoming less isolated.  Her industrial might, her rising military power are pulling her ever closer into the entangled globe of nations.  Her authors flex ideas and lexicons with riveting tales of this astonishing society. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The 1890's - The Americans - An Introduction 
  2 - The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain 
  3 - Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin 
  4 - The Death of the Lion - Part 1 by Henry James 
  5 - The Death of the Lion - Part 2  by Henry James 
  6 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  7 - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane 
  8 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce 
  9 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 
  10 - The Mysterious Card by Cleveland Moffet 
  11 - The Wife of His Youth by Charles W Chesnutt 
  12 - The Repairer of Reputations Part 1 by Robert W Chambers 
  13 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 2 by Robert W Chambers

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  Mark Twain: The Short Stories

  Mark Twain

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  Mark Twain – An Introduction.  Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain.  An American author and humorist of the first order he is perhaps most famous for his novels, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, written in 1876, and its sequel, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, written in 1885 and often described with that mythic line - "the Great American Novel."  Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the backdrop for these great novels. Apprenticed to a printer he also worked as a typesetter but eventually became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. Later, heading west with his brother, Orion to make his fortune he failed at gold mining and instead turned to journalism and found his true calling as a writer of humorous stories.  It on these shorter stories that this volume dwells.  His wit and humour sparkle from every page, his craft evident with every phase and punctured target.   Twain was born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and predicted that he would "go out with it" as well. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return in 1910. These stories are read for you by Stuart Milligan.

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