He woke up in a white room. It was white for only a second before he felt something brush against his legs, blinked, and beheld
William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe
Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. The fair page now lying before me need not be sullied with my real appellation. This has been already
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
Every night in the year, four of us sat in the small parlour of the George at Debenham—the undertaker, and the landlord, and Fettes, and myself.
The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson
There was a man of the Island of Hawaii, whom I shall call Keawe; for the truth is, he still lives, and his name must be kept secret; but the place of his birth was not far from Honaunau, where the bones of Keawe the Great
Full Moon Nights by Roopa Raveendran Menon
Full Moon Nights by Roopa Raveendran Menon We decided to take Arjun’s new car for a spin. It didn’t matter to us it was close to midnight when we made the plan. No rules, as far as we knew, existed in the matter of maiden car voyages and their timing. It’s a full Moon night, said Arjun.
SILENCE—A FABLE by Edgar Allan Poe
“The mountain pinnacles slumber; valleys, crags and caves are silent.”
Some Freaks Sleep When They Go To Bed by Scott Pomfret
Some freaks sleep when they go to bed. No tossing and turning. No dread. No rehashing bad choices and personal humiliations. No plotting endless revenge. Such monsters can’t be trusted. They inevitably have parents they admire, who are their best friends, who never spanked or raised their voices, and collected spare bikes from the town…
Never Bet the Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe
“Never Bet the Devil Your Head” is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows the life of Toby Dammit
The hunt for the desired ratio by Marie Hanna Curran
Stepping out of the large arena, I asked the expansive blue sky, “What do you think of all this begging?”
Dear You By Angela Carlton
Dear You By Angela Carlton: I am caught up in the silence, your web, those promises, each one wicked. As I lay in silk with you,
The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Purloined Letter” is a detective story by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring the clever and analytical C. Auguste Dupin. The Prefect
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be…
House of the Fall of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens,
Stuck Between the Pages by Julia Vellucci
How do I know I’m real and not just a fragment of somebody’s imagination? How do I know I’m not just words on a page living
The White Snake by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
A long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his wisdom through all the land. Nothing was hidden from him