It is 2023 a.D. and we’re in one of the tranquil municipalities of the Po Valley. Two families make dinner plans, as they have done so many times before. However, a twist of...

"The Romance of Lust" is a Victorian erotic novel written anonymously in four volumes during the years 1873–1876 and published by William Lazenby. William...

"A Drama in the Air" (French: "Un drame dans les airs") is an adventure short story by Jules Verne. Just as the narrator starts the ascent of his balloon, a...

Mardi, and a Voyage Thither is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. Beginning as a travelogue in the vein of the author's two...

"Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" is a folk tale, probably of Middle Eastern origin. It is one of the tales in "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights" ("The...

"The Burning Secret" is a short story about an American diplomat's son who befriends a mysterious baron while staying at an Austrian spa during the 1920s.Stefan...

Iain M. Banks' Culture meets Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy in this funny romp through the cosmos.An immovable object stands in the way of the Galactic Emperor Jarrl. He...

"What was it?" is a brief but intense horror story. We are in New York and the owner of a Boarding house decides to move from the 26th Street Bleeker street: does a...

The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1857. The novel's title refers to its...

Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871.Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English...