STORIES

Here you will read the stories about genres; children, fiction, horror, humour, romance and science fiction. I hope you will like them. Click the title of the story to read.

Begin with Ali Baba and Forty Thieves

Children Stories

Hansel and Gretel by Brothers Grimm
A dark tale of abandoned children featuring the celebrated gingerbread house. -- pp11

The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen
A prince's mother takes steps to ensure her son marrys a real princess. -- pp1

The Dragon Rock by Ellena Ashley
Nobody knew for sure how the slumbering dragon got there, but one thing everybody
agreed on was that one day it would wake. -- pp4

Fiction Stories
Against Gravity by Dean Hovey
A young boy talks about his grandfather. -- pp5

The Carpet King by Ginny Swart
A South African farming family receive a visit from a slick city salesman. -- pp11

Heart! by Crispin Oduobuk
The story of a frantic chase, an apathetic crowd and a machete. -- pp4

Horror Stories

The One That Got Away by Denny Johnson
A journalist tracks down the man who escaped being the twelfth victim of serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer. -- pp14

The Return by Fernando Sorrntino
A man is the only witness to an accidental killing and the bizarre series of events that
follow. -- pp5

Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
Intended as a short companion for Stoker's 'Dracula' we join the narrator as he begins
a coach trip on the mysterious 'Walpurgis' night. -- pp11

Humour Stories

1 There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella by Fernando Sorrentino
Not your everyday problem. -- pp3

Babes In The Jungle by O. Henry
Two low-lives from the west go to New York with plans to relieve the fool inhabitants of their cash. -- pp6

The Robe Of Peace by O. Henry
The strange and incredible truth behind the sudden disappearance of Johnny Bellchambers. -- pp4

Romance Stories

Return to Paradise by Eliza Riley
Lisa returns to the island of her honeymoon to think about her marriage. -- pp3

An Imaginative Woman by Thomas Hardy
Ella had always admired the work of Robert Trewe, but when she finds herself sub-letting his appartment, her love of the poems starts to become a love of the poet. -- pp22

The Thing's The Play by O. Henry
The story of the violinist Ramonti and a woman with two jealous suitors. -- pp7

Science Fiction Stories

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
A man stands on a railroad bridge; his wrists are bound with a chord, a rope encircles his neck. This story was adapted into the most popular ever episode of The Twighlight Zone. -- pp9

The Shadow and the Flash by Jack London
The story of a destructive rivalry between two brilliant scientists. -- pp14

The Enemy of All the World by Jack London
A biography of scientific wizard and arch-enemy of mankind, Emil Gluck. -- pp13