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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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Horror

El miserere

El miserere — verified public-domain source text from Obras escogidas — Leyendas.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Spanish
Fantasy

El gnomo

El gnomo — verified public-domain source text from Obras escogidas — Leyendas.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Spanish
Horror

Diplomacy

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

Lafcadio Hearn English
Fantasy

Die Jesuiterkirche in G.

Die Jesuiterkirche in G. — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Horror

Der Sandmann

Der Sandmann — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Fantasy

Das steinerne Herz

Das steinerne Herz — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Horror

Das Sanctus

Das Sanctus — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Horror

Das öde Haus

Das öde Haus — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Horror

Das Majorat

Das Majorat — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Fantasy

Das Gelübde

Das Gelübde — verified public-domain source text from Nachtstücke.

E. T. A. Hoffmann German
Horror

Conte de Noël

Conte de Noël — verified public-domain source text from Claire de Lune.

Guy de Maupassant French
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