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  The Blue Fairy Book

  Andrew Lang

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  A treasured collection of classic fairy tales filled with wonder, imagination, and unforgettable storytelling.
  
  Enter a world where brave heroes, clever heroines, and magical creatures bring stories to life. This beloved collection gathers some of the most famous and enduring fairy tales, including tales of adventure, transformation, and triumph over adversity. Each story invites readers into a realm of castles, forests, and enchanted lands where anything is possible.
  
  Carefully compiled and retold by Andrew Lang, these tales preserve the charm and richness of traditional folklore while making them accessible to readers of all ages. From well-known favorites to lesser-known gems, the collection offers a delightful blend of excitement, wisdom, and imagination.
  
  Celebrated as one of the most popular volumes in Lang's Fairy Books series, this collection continues to inspire generations with its timeless themes and captivating narratives. It remains a perfect choice for both young readers and adults who cherish classic storytelling.
  
  Rediscover the magic of fairy tales—download your copy today.

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  Creatures - Bierce -Doyle - Black

  Ambrose Bierce, Sir Arthur Conan...

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  Creatures - Short Stories 
   
  1) The Eyes of the Panther – Ambrose Bierce 
  2) The Horror of the Heights – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
  3) The Halloween Wraith – William Black 
   
  Additional Story 
  4) The Goblin of Adachigahara - Sadanami Sanjin

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  The Beautiful and Damned

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  Anthony does not want to work. Why should he? He gets by comfortably on his allowance and once his grandfather dies he will inherit so much that he never needs to think about money again. When he falls in love with the beautiful Gloria and they become part of the wild party scene of New York, it seems that Anthony has made it. But his grandfather’s will is just around the corner and it is about to blow up their lives in a way they could never have foreseen. One of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most accomplished novels, ‘The Beautiful and the Damned’ (1922) explores the world of the rich and beautiful American elite during the golden Jazz Age. Like the ‘The Great Gatsby’ and much of Fitzgerald’s other writing, this book is heavily inspired by his own life, and certainly by his tumultuous relationship with socialite and novelist Zelda Fitzgerald. 
  F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century and author of the classics ‘Tender is the Night’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’. His writing helped illustrate the 1920s Jazz Age that he and wife Zelda Fitzgerald were in the centre of.

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  Twilight Alley - From their pens...

  Stefan Zweig

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  Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles. 
  He studied philosophy at the University of Vienna and achieved his degree in 1904. 
  Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England.    
  During the Great War he served in the Archives of the Ministry of War and supported Austria's war effort through his writings in the ‘Neue Freie Presse’.  Whilst his work praised his Country’s progress and, on occasions, its excesses and massacres, he later claimed, in his memoir, that he was a pacifist. 
  In 1912 he began an affair with the married, and mother or two, Friderike Maria von Winternitz, but it was only in 1920 that circumstances allowed them to marry.  She took care of much of his business interests and supported him artistically.  In this decade too many of his most famous works including the short stories; ‘Amok’, and ‘Letter from an Unknown Woman’ (filmed in 1948 by Max Ophüls), novels; ‘Confusion of Feelings’ and biographies including that on Marie Antoinette (filmed by MGM in 1938) were published. 
  He was also the librettist with Richard Strauss of two operas and a keen collector of autographed musical manuscripts.  His collection of over two hundred pieces was later donated to the British Library.  
  In 1934, Zweig, as a Jew, and finding life very difficult under his anti-Semitic government and the neighbouring Nazi’s persuaded him to leave Austria for England.   
  In 1940 Zweig, now divorced and married to his second wife, and former secretary, Lotte Altmann, left London and via New York moved to Petrópolis, a German-colonized town 50 miles north of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.  Although he continued to write he became, along with his wife, increasingly depressed about the situation in Europe and the future for humanity,  
  His memoir ‘The World of Yesterday’ was completed on the 22nd February 1942. 
  The following day the Zweig’s were found in their house dead of a barbiturate overdose, holding each other’s hand.  He was 60.

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  The Hunter Gracchus

  Franz Kafka

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  "The Hunter Gracchus" is a short story by Franz Kafka. The story presents a boat carrying the long-dead Hunter Gracchus as it arrives at a port. The mayor of Riva meets Gracchus, who gives him an account of his death while hunting, and explains that he is destined to wander aimlessly and eternally over the seas. An additional fragment presents an extended dialogue between Gracchus and an unnamed interviewer, presumably the same mayor.Written in the first half of 1917, the story was published posthumously in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer (Berlin, 1931). The first English translation, by Willa and Edwin Muir, was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933.

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  A Voice from the Pit - From...

  Bernard Capes

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  Bernard Edward Joseph Capes was born on the 30th August 1854 in London.  He was one of 11 children. 
  His early work was as a journalist and this developed into writing many short stories for the periodicals of the time including Blackwood's, Cassell's, Cornhill Magazine, Illustrated London News, Macmillan's Magazine, Mall Magazine, Pearson's Magazine, The Idler, and The Queen. 
  It took him many years to decide that writing full-time could be a sustainable career path.  His initial success came with ‘The Mill of Silence’.  As well as being published it garnered second prize at a competition sponsored by the Chicago Record.  He exceeded that by winning it the following year with ‘The Lake of Wine’.   
  Capes quickly became both prolific and popular.  As well as his stories and articles for the periodicals he wrote around 40 volumes across novels, poetry, history as well as romance and mystery novels. 
  Bernard Capes died on 2nd November 1918 in the flu epidemic.

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