American litterature 100 short stories
Classic short stories
Charles Dickens ‘The Signal-Man’ 1866
an eerie ghost story about a railway signal-man who is haunted by foreboding, spectral visions.
H. G. Wells‘The Magic Shop’ 1903
a curious tale that follows a father and son’s experience of visiting a ‘genuine magic shop’. While the little boy explores the shop, seeing only joy and wonder, his father is confronted with much more sinister visions.
O. Henry ‘The Gift of the Magi’ 1906
a simple story about a young married couple’s quest to find each other the perfect Christmas gift.
Washington Irving 'Rip Van Winkle' 1819
After falling asleep in the woods, the ‘henpecked’ Rip Van Winkle awakes to find his village deeply changed, and is startled to discover twenty years have passed.
Kate Chopin ‘Désirée’s Baby’ 1893
Set in Louisiana, prior to the American Civil War (a time when slavery was still considered ‘lawful’), ‘Désirée’s Baby’ examines the injustices of racism and gender discrimination.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ‘B24’ 1899
Mystery, horror and science fiction short stories
Fredric Brown 5 short stories on Gutenberg Project
Richard Matheson The Incredible Shrinking Man
Philip K. Dick Some short stories on Project Gutenberg
Roadl Dahl Lamb to the Slaughter
Isaac Asimov I, Robot
Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale Heart