Cathy Dobson

Poe's gripping tale of a treasure hunt. When the reclusive adventurer and naturalist LeGr...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is widely recognized as Germany's greatest poet an...

Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861) was one of the great Victorian explorers. In 1860 he was ...

Adeline Virginia Woolf (January 1882-1941) was an English writer and one of the preeminen...

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a c...

"Peter Gynt" is the story of a hunter who gets the better of a group of trolls who like t...

"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" is a fairy tale from Norway. A poor family is visi...

Dear old Raggedy Ann! The beloved rag doll who comes to life and along with the other toy...

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work ...

"Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of Violet Paget (1856 - 1935), a British writer most famous...

Elinor Mordaunt (1872-1942) was an English author, writer and traveller. She lived extens...

A discussion about an infestation of rats nesting under rotting bed-clothes leads to a re...

When Mr. Dillet buys a breathtakingly beautiful antique dolls' house from a dealer, he is...

Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author and mystic, best known for his influential s...

John Buchan (1875 - 1940) was a scottish writer, barrister, Member of Parliament and late...

Edward Frederic Benson (1867 - 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, arch...

Edward Frederic Benson (1867 - 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, arch...

Edward Frederic Benson (1867 - 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, arch...

G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) is best known for his fictional priest-detective, Father B...

W. W. Jacobs (1863-1941) is best known as a writer of humorous stories and the crafter of...

Edwardian satirist Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916), who wrote under the pseudonym “Sa...

Guy Boothby (1867 - 1905) was an Australian by birth, who came to England in 1894 and was...

William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) is one of the greatest of the Victorian mystery writer...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the leading detective writer of the late nineteent...

Charles Dickens' disturbing story detailing the memoirs of a deranged psychopath.

George Robert Gissing (1857–1903) was a popular English novelist and short story wr...

John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish writer, barrister, and member of Parliament and la...

A. J. Alan was the pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert (1883-1941), an English magician,...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer best known for his fictional p...

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a c...

"Lucille. Are you poisoning me?"When the young husband asks this question of his beautifu...

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) leads the great names of Russian literature. After completi...

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist, famous for ...

David Caradoc Evans (1878-1945) was a Welsh story writer, novelist, and playwright. Evans...

Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863-1938) was an English author best known for his adventure and de...

It takes two years for the elderly bank clerk to plan and commit the perfect crime. The c...

A colourful palette of short stories featuring artists and their love of paintings. "R...

Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864-1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer. The End of...

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) was an English writer of short stories, particularly in ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the pre-eminent figure in late nineteenth century ...

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist and short-st...

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of out...

H. P. Lovecraft's atmospheric and terrifying apocalyptic story of Nyarlathotep, a mysteri...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American auth...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writ...

O. Henry's poignant tale of a failed courtship. On the day his beloved marries another ma...

John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English playwright and novelist who was awarded the No...

William James Wintle (1861-1920) was a Welsh writer who distinguished himself as a versat...

William James Wintle (1861-1920) was already an established writer before he became an Ob...

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) was an English novelist and journalist who wrote his co...