Fred Wolinsky

The superstition upon which this tale is founded is very general in the East. Among the A...

One day, a courier who deems himself quite the romantic hero, decides to follow a beautif...

Alexander Belyaev's rare foray into a bit of mysticism, "The Witches' Castle" is a remind...

A reminder from Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy that one might take great caution when pursui...

A spooky, chilling tale from Nikolai Leskov, based on a true incident.

A true horror classic of Ukrainian literature, Nikolai Gogol's 'Terrible Revenge' raises ...

The Engineering Castle is a real building that still exists. It remains one of the most s...

Khoma Brut had no idea the trouble he would be in when he asked for shelter at a lonely h...

Surrounded by close buddies offering toasts and congratulations on the upcoming nupitals,...

"The Queen of Spades" is decidedly one of Pushkin's gloomier tales, which inspired severa...

When a young man goes from the demands and rigors of the army to a luxurious and serene c...

Strange, strange things appear to a man who ventures alone into the nighttime woods.

This lovely (and nevertheless rather spooky) tale by Nikolai Gogol is rooted in Ukrainian...

"The wooden guest" is an odd little tale by Prince Vladimir Odoyevsky. It starts off as a...

In the time of paranoia and religious fanaticism, one young woman's life falls into the h...

These two fascinating pieces about the Mistress of the Copper Mountain come from Pavel Pe...

Alexander Grin is known for his strange and chilling tales, and this one is certainly one...

Ivan Turgenev's "Ghosts" is a rare venture into the supernatural for this writer, and all...

While somewhat outdated and steeped in the prejudice of the day, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedr...