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Fantasy

La corza blanca

La corza blanca — verified public-domain source text from Obras escogidas — Leyendas.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Spanish
General

L'enfant

L'enfant — verified public-domain source text from Claire de Lune.

Guy de Maupassant French
Horror

Keeping His Promise

Keeping His Promise — verified public-domain source text from The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories.

Algernon Blackwood English
Horror

Jinda Pir

Jinda Pir — verified public-domain source text from Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat.

C. A. Kincaid English
Horror

Jikininki

Jikininki — verified public-domain source text from Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.

Lafcadio Hearn English
Fantasy

János vitéz

János vitéz — verified public-domain source text from Magyar népmesék.

János Erdélyi Hungarian
Horror

Ignaz Denner

Ignaz Denner — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Horror

I fatali

I fatali — verified public-domain source text from Racconti fantastici.

Iginio Ugo Tarchetti Italian
Fantasy

Hacon Grizzlebeard

Hacon Grizzlebeard — verified public-domain source text from Popular Tales from the Norse.

Traditional Norwegian folktale English
Fantasy

El rayo de luna

El rayo de luna — verified public-domain source text from Obras escogidas — Leyendas.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Spanish
Horror

El monte de las ánimas

El monte de las ánimas — verified public-domain source text from Obras escogidas — Leyendas.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Spanish
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