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Browse fantasy, mystery, horror and Urdu stories from world literature, with language-specific collections, author credits and source-linked editions.

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Start with Fantasy Stories from Around the World or explore Detective & Mystery Stories. Both collections preserve each story’s original language rather than forcing English keywords onto non-English writing.

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Funny

A holiday task

Complete original English short story from Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914).

Saki (H. H. Munro) English
Funny

A defensive diamond

Complete original English short story from Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914).

Saki (H. H. Munro) English
Horror

The Squaw

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

The Secret of the Growing Gold

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

The Judge's House

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

The Gipsy Prophecy

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

The Coming of Abel Behenna

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

The Burial of the Rats

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

Dracula's Guest

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

Crooken Sands

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Horror

A Dream of Red Hands

Complete original English Gothic short story from the 1914 posthumous collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories.

Bram Stoker English
Detective

The Whistling Room

Complete original occult-detective case from the Carnacki series, featuring a haunting investigation.

William Hope Hodgson English
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