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  And Thus He Came

  Cyrus Townsend Brady

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  These short stories, perhaps we might call them modern parables, are not the usual fare of warm and fuzzy Christmas stories (pleasing as those are) but rather life events and crises triggered by Christmas, present or imminent.  Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. - Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales

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  The Mysterious Ship

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  This story is unique because it doesn’t look like other short stories. It seems more like a draft of a book that is going to be made. There are two versions of this story: the short one and the long one. The short is originally published in Royal Press in 1902 and the long version was edited by anonymous.  "The Mysterious Ship" is a fascinating and sinister story about the ship. The ship is enigmatic because when it appeared – one person would disappear. The captain of the ship should be caught to solve that mystery. But who is he? Maybe, he is not even a human. Read the book to solve the mystery of the ship.A SmartTouch Media production.

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  A Lady of Many Charms and Other...

  Heidi Wessman Kneale

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  Three tales--one past, one present, one future--explore what it is to love and just how far someone would go for the love of another.  
   
  The Past: Lady Daphne Collister is unimpressed with her fellow magic-wielding debutantes. She finds their methods overbearing. Surely there was a better way of finding a noble husband in Regency England?  
   
  The Present: Ellie loves Josh. Josh barely knows Ellie exists. For her, it is not enough to sit behind him at school every day. What must Ellie do to get Josh to notice her? How about a love spell? After all, what could go wrong?  
   
  The Future: Leo and his co-worker Katerina have fallen in love. Secretly, of course, for office romance is illegal and all marriages are strictly regulated. There’s only one exception: the Valentine Raffle. But to win at love, Leo and Katerina may need to cheat the system... 

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  Women's Short Stories Volume 2

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith...

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  Women's Short Stories - Vol 2.  The art of writing a short story can be barely noticed by a reader such is the quality with which they are usually written.  It is a difficult trade, an unforgiving discipline but for those who master it the rewards are many.  In this series of works by our greatest female writers we bring you a selection of those we consider the best.  In Volume 2 we bring you the classics of The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Roman Fever - Edith Wharton

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  The Umbrella-Mender

  Beatrice Harraden

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  Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936) was a British writer and suffragette. "The Umbrella-Mender" is a disturbing tale about an eccentric man who runs a repair shop for umbrellas. One evening he is surprised by a knock at the door. Outside is a man who tells the umbrella-mender that his son is on his death-bed and wishes to see his father. The umbrella-mender sets off at once with the stranger. In the course of their conversation on the journey, the stranger explains that he himself has murdered the umbrella-mender's son. The tension between the two men and the need for revenge, atonement and closure forms the rest of the story and the story has multiple twists and surprises.

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  The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles

  William Le Queux

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  William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available.He was phenomenally successful as a novelist and short story writer, and many of his tales are based on his own exploits, albeit vastly exaggerated. He is widely recongnized as one of the first creators of the spy story genre, in which his diplomatic background, familiarity with European high society and his interest in technology combined to create a rich tapestry for his intrigues.The Secret of the Smoked Spectaclesis a strange tale of intrigue in which a mysterious man in spectacles appears at oddly fortuitous moments to help our secret agent out of peril, and yet appears weighed down by a great and inexplicable sorrow of his own. The solution of the mystery is one of the strangest stories ever told.

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