World's Greatest Short Stories

H. G. Wells, Ellis Parker Butler

• Publisher: Louisa May Alcott
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9782291624776
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

«World's Greatest Short Stories», by H. G. Wells, Ellis Parker Butler. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: The People of the Pit ; The Nth Power by ; The Black Abbot of Puthuum ; The Jelly-Fish ; The Rat Racket.

Table of contents

• Cover
• The People of the Pit – By Abraham Merritt
• Omega – By Amelia Reynolds Long
• The Nth Power by – By Arthur Train
• The Black Abbot of Puthuum – By Clark Ashton Smith
• The Jelly-Fish – By David H. Keller
• The Rat Racket – By David H. Keller
• The Worm – By David H. Keller
• Storm Warning – By Donald Allen Wollheim
• A Descent into the Maelstrom – By Edgar Allan Poe
• A Tale of the Ragged Mountains – By Edgar Allan Poe
• MS. Found in a Bottle – By Edgar Allan Poe
• Mellonta Tauta – By Edgar Allan Poe
• Mesmeric Revelation – By Edgar Allan Poe
• Some Words with a Mummy – By Edgar Allan Poe
• The Balloon Hoax – By Edgar Allan Poe
• The Power of Words – By Edgar Allan Poe
• The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether – By Edgar Allan Poe
• The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade – By Edgar Allan Poe
• Von Kempelen and His Discovery – By Edgar Allan Poe
• The Man from Mars – By Edgar Fawcett
• The House That Would Not Wait – By Ellis Parker Butler
• Wetter New York – By Ellis Parker Butler
• The War of the Giants – By Fletcher Pratt
• The Golden Hour of Kwoh Fan – By Frank Owen
• A Tale of Negative Gravity – By Frank R. Stockton
• The Balance of Nature – By Fred M. White
• The Thing From—"Outside" – By George Allan England
• The Man From the Atom – By Green Peyton Wertenbaker
• In The Avu Observatory – By H.G. Wells
• The Cone – By H.G. Wells
• The Crystal Egg – By H.G. Wells
• The Diamond Maker – By H.G. Wells
• The Flowering of the Strange Orchid – By H.G. Wells
• The Lord of the Dynamos – By H.G. Wells
• The Man Who Could Work Miracles – By H.G. Wells
• The New Accelerator – By H.G. Wells
• The Plattner Story – By H.G. Wells
• The Purple Pileus – By H.G. Wells
• The Star – By H.G. Wells
• The Stolen Bacillus – By H.G. Wells
• The Stolen Body – By H.G. Wells
• The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham – By H.G. Wells
• Æpyornis Island – By H.G. Wells
• Advanced Chemistry – By Jack G. Huekels
• A Relic of the Pliocene – By Jack London
• A Thousand Deaths – By Jack London
• Planchette – By Jack London
• The Curious Fragment – By Jack London
• The Man With the Gash – By Jack London
• The Red One – By Jack London
• The Shadow and the Flash – By Jack London
• The Strength of the Strong – By Jack London
• The Unparalleled Invasion – By Jack London
• When the World Was Young – By Jack London
• The Pygmy Planet – By Jack Williamson
• Regeneration – By Katherine MacLean & Charles Dye
• Games – By Katherine MacLean
• The Carnivore – By Katherine MacLean
• The Natives – By Katherine MacLean
• Report on Grand Central Terminal – By Leo Szilard
• The Gostak and the Doshes – By Miles John Breuer
• Uncommon Castaway – By Nelson Slade Bond
• The Last Survivor – By Peter B. Kyne
• Adjustment Team – By Philip K. Dick
• Beyond Lies the Wub – Philip K. Dick
• Mr. Spaceship – By Philip K. Dick
• Piper in the Woods – By Philip K. Dick
• The Crystal Crypt – By Philip K. Dick
• The Defenders – By Philip K. Dick
• The Eyes Have It – By Philip K. Dick
• The Golden Man – By Philip K. Dick
• The Gun – By Philip K. Dick
• The Hanging Stranger – By Philip K. Dick
• The Skull – By Philip K. Dick
• Tony and the Beetles – By Philip K. Dick
• Asleep in Armageddon – By Ray Bradbury
• The Fight of the Good Ship Clarissa – By Ray Bradbury
• The Pendulum – By Ray Bradbury
• The Light Machine – By Ray Cummings
• The Man WhoKelley Lived – By Raymond F. O’Kelley
• Virus X – By Robert Welles Ritchie
• Sultana's Dream – By Roquia Sakhawat Hussain
• As Easy as A.B.C. – By Rudyard Kipling
• Glamour – By Seabury Quinn
• A Lost Opportunity – By Tudor Jenks
• A Tricycle For Two – By W.L. Alden
• Professor's Van Wagener's Eye – By W.L. Alden
• The Professor's Jump – By W.L. Alden