Immortal & other stories by Gordana Mudri

“He was standing on the highest top of the mountain, shrouded in perpetual mist and threatening clouds. Strong cold wind tangled his long hair and beard. He stood still, eyes closed, listening to the sounds aside of the wind’s noise that whistled threateningly since time immemorial.” Gordana is a Croatian who has seen the devastation…

Besmrtnik i ostale priče… napisao Gordana Mudri

Stajao je na najvišem vrhu planine obavijene vječnom maglom i prijetećim oblacima. Jak hladan vjetar mrsio mu je dugu kosu i bradu. Mirno, zatvorenih očiju, osluškivao je zvukove izvan šuma vjetra koji je prijeteći fijukao od pamtivijeka. Naučio je ignorirati taj zvuk i slušati „ispod“. Njegov je um mogao doprijeti izvan ovog mjesta, slobodan i…

Ida’s new shoes by Madeline Leslie

“Look, aunty, see my pretty new shoes!” Little Ida danced up and down, holding back the skirt of her dress to display the present papa had brought her. “Very pretty,” said Aunt Mary. “I hope my little niece will never let them carry her into mischief.” “No, indeed, aunty! I’m going to be a real…

The Trolls of Skurugata – A fairy tale from Småland, Sweden

Skurugata is a street-like chasm cut through one of the granite mountains situated in the parish of Eksjö, in width about twenty-five feet, with walls of rock on either side rising precipitously to the height of 130 feet, and in length about a quarter of a Swedish mile—one and one-half English miles. That the fertile…

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…