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Detective

A Strange Story

A Strange Story — verified public-domain source text from Book of Detective Stories.

Uncredited English
Fantasy

A rosa de Sáron

A rosa de Sáron — verified public-domain source text from Contos Phantasticos.

Teófilo Braga Portuguese
Horror

A Ogiva sombria

A Ogiva sombria — verified public-domain source text from Contos Phantasticos.

Teófilo Braga Portuguese
Fantasy

A mosolygó alma

A mosolygó alma — verified public-domain source text from Magyar népmesék.

János Erdélyi Hungarian
Fantasy

A liliomleány

A liliomleány — verified public-domain source text from Magyar népmesék.

János Erdélyi Hungarian
Horror

A Haunted Island

A Haunted Island — verified public-domain source text from The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories.

Algernon Blackwood English
Fantasy

A három vándorló

A három vándorló — verified public-domain source text from Magyar népmesék.

János Erdélyi Hungarian
Fantasy

A hajnalkötöző királyfi

A hajnalkötöző királyfi — verified public-domain source text from Magyar népmesék.

János Erdélyi Hungarian
Detective

A Grave Robbery

A Grave Robbery — verified public-domain source text from Book of Detective Stories.

Uncredited English
Fantasy

A fekete kisasszony

A fekete kisasszony — verified public-domain source text from Magyar népmesék.

János Erdélyi Hungarian
Fantasy

A estrella d'alva

A estrella d'alva — verified public-domain source text from Contos Phantasticos.

Teófilo Braga Portuguese
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