After Ixmal by Jeff Sutton

Prepare for an exhilarating adventure beyond the stars with “After Ixmal” by the acclaimed author Jeff Sutton. In this gripping science fiction tale, Sutton invites readers to explore the uncharted realms of space, where danger, discovery, and destiny collide in a thrilling saga of epic proportions. For seven hundred million years Ixmal brooded over the…

Truth And Falsehood by Bertrand Russell

When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.The question of truth and falsehood has been wrapped in unnecessary mystery owing to a number of causes. In the first place, people wish to think that their beliefs are more apt…

Lucretia by Grant Allen

Now, those were the days, just after the great American civil war, when gold was almost unknown either in the States or Canada, and everybody used greasy dollar notes of uncertain and purely local value. Hence I was compelled to take the money for expenses on my projected tour in the only form of specie…

The Plymouth Express Affair by Agatha Christie

The Plymouth Express is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in April 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in January 1924. In 1951, the story appeared as part of the anthology The Under Dog and Other Stories published…

The Weaving Shadows by W. H. Holmes

Chet Burke was lazily reclining in his favorite easy chair, absorbed in a rare book on alchemy and black magic, when his sister answered a summons at the door. In addition to managing the household affairs of the apartment in which she and Burke lived alone, her duties also consisted in scrutinizing the many visitors….

Η Εικόνα του Κώστα Κρυστάλλη

“Όσες βολές η σκύλλα Ξενητιά με κερνάει τα πικρά της κρατηροπότηρα, αχ! δεν ηξέρω πως μώρχεται τότε και λησμονώντας κι απαριάζοντας όλον τον περίγυρά μου κόσμο, χύνομαι σαν λυσσαγμένος μέσα μου, και με τα σιδερένια νύχια του λογισμού, σαν κακούργος, σκάφτω την έρμη μου καρδιά κι από των χρόνων τα λιθοσώρια ξεθάφτω τες παλιές μου…

Beside the golden door by Henry Slesar

Earth was dead, but Liberty still held her torch aloft. Yet only Deez, the alien, could know whether it was raised in welcome or in mockery. When the baby was brought into the room, cooing softly and trying her new tooth against a thumbnail, Deez took the infant into his lap and studied its small,…

A dog’s tale by Mark Twain

“A Dog’s Tale” is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper’s Magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. The book is told from the standpoint of a poor household pet, a dog…

Father Brown: The actor and the alibi by G. K. Chesterton

The Actor and the Alibi – Father Brown discovers that the cast of a famous stage comedy might include a killer, but how can that be when everyone has a perfect alibi? The Worst Crime in the World – Something is amiss at Musgrave Castle! Father Brown investigates. Father Brown on his 14th adventure. Father…

And miles to go before I sleep by William F. Nolan

“And miles to go before I sleep” generally it refers to the speaker’s temptation to avoid his obligations. Though the speaker would rather remain in the “lovely” woods, he is aware of his duties elsewhere and knows that he must go farther, physically and metaphorically, before he can finally rest. He knew, to the exact…