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H. G. Wells (1866-1946) is widely considered the father of the science fiction genre. His stories examine space and time travel, alien worlds, and the destructive potential of modern technology. Wells' influence is far reaching and remains potent today. «The Country of the Blind and Other Stories» collects thirty-three of Wells' most renowned short stories. In «The Country of the Blind,» perhaps his most famed shorter work, Nunez the mountaineer falls does the side of a mountain on an expedition only to discover an isolated valley with a mysterious populace where everyone is blind. In «The Crystal Egg,» an antiques dealer discovers a mysterious crystal egg that allows him to remotely view the planet Mars. «The Man Who Could Work Miracles» follows an individual whose supernatural talents gradually become problematic and even disastrous. These are only a few of the many exciting tales contained in this edition by England's most respected science fiction author.

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Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland, James often explored the cultural discord between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (United States) in his writings. Included in this eleventh volume of «The Complete Tales of Henry James» are the following stories: «The Great Good Place,» «Maud-Evelyn,» «Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie,» «The Tree of Knowledge,» «The Abasement of Northmores,» «The Third Person,» «The Special Type,» «The Tone of Time,» «Broken Wings,» «The Two Faces,» «Mrs. Medwin,» «The Beldonald Holbein,» «The Story In It,» «Flickerbridge,» «The Beast in the Jungle,» and «The Birthplace.»

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Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his writing, revising and developing his own principles and conceptions of truth, for a time coming under the influence of Leo Tolstoy. As a result of his widespread popularity, Chekhov amassed a vast collection of short stories displaying an early use of stream-of-consciousness writing, as well as his powerful ideas concerning the individual, the tedium of life, and the beauty nature and humanity. This edition contains «The Bishop,» «The Letter,» «Easter Eve,» «A Nightmare,» «The Murder,» «Uprooted,» and «The Steppe.»

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Stephen Crane, an American writer and journalist, is best known for his critically acclaimed Civil War novel «The Red Badge of Courage». In addition to this remarkable work, Crane also wrote many short stories about the Civil War, among other subjects. His best short stories are collected here in this volume and include the following tales: The Open Boat, The Blue Hotel, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, The Monster, Death and the Child, The Pace of Youth, A Desertion, An Experiment in Misery, A Dark Brown Dog, The Men in the Storm, A Mystery of Heroism, One Dash-Horses, The Little Regiment, His New Mittens, The Price of the Harness, Virtue in War, An Episode of War, Shame, The Upturned Face, and The Knife.

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"TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?" And so begins «The Tell-Tale Heart», that compressed tale of Gothic composition. The characters and images that Edgar Allan Poe has gifted us are plentiful. Hugely influential to the short story genre, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) remains a lion of American letters. His morose explorations of human depravity render his tales exceptionally captivating. Here, in Volume I of II, is contained «The Murders in the Rue Morgue», «The Black Cat», «The Tell-Tale Heart», and «Ligeria», among many others. Many acknowledge Poe's tales as prototypes for the later development of the horror, mystery, and science fiction genres. Poe's life is perhaps as fabled and shrouded in mystery as his stories. His mysterious death remains a source of myth. Poe was firmly established in the Gothic movement of the time and further was a father of «dark romanticism» which explored the psychology of torment and death. These stories are sure to arrest and transport the reader to the unique world of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. Later awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, Yeats produced a vast collection of stories, songs, and poetry of Ireland's historical and legendary past. Red Hanrahan is a character that Yeats returned to frequently, his creation influenced heavily by Celtic folklore. In this collection, he appears in «Red Hanrahan», «The Twisting of the Rope», «Hanrahan and Cathleen The Daughter of Hoolihan», «Red Hanrahan's Curse», «Hanrahan's Vision», and «The Death of Hanrahan». Also included in this collection are «Dedication to A. E.», «To The Secret Rose», «The Crucifixion of the Outcast», «Out of the Rose», «The Wisdom of the King», «The Heart Of The Spring», «The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows», «The Old Men of the Twilight», «Where There Is Nothing», «There Is God», «Of Costello The Proud», «Of Una The Daughter of Macdermot», «Of The Bitter Tongue», and Rose Alchemica.

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Nikolai Gogol, an early 19th century Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist, created some of the most important works of world literature and is considered the father of modern Russian realism. Gogol satirized the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian Empire through the scrupulous and scathing realism of his writing, which would ultimately lead to his exile. Among some of his finest works are his short stories. Together in this collection are collected some of the best of these stories, they include the following: Old Fashioned Farmers, How the Two Ivans Quarrelled, The Nose, The Overcoat (The Cloak), St. John's Eve, The Night of Christmas Eve, and The Mantle.

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For lovers of gothic American literature, horror, mystery, or suspense, consider the nine gripping stories contained within the Edgar Allen Poe collection «The Gold-Bug and Other Tales.» Two mysteries and seven murders, all coming from various points in Poe's writing career, make this anthology a valuable addition to any literature collection. «The Gold-Bug» is set in South Carolina and follows the tale of a man and his servant as they embark on a madness-induced journey for buried treasure. The story hinges on the reader's ability to break a code in order to figure out a secret message. «The Murders in the Rue Morgue,» known as the world's first detective story, makes the audience look for a non-human explanation of a double homicide in France. The puzzle involves a murderer who spoke no language known to man, and a hair left at the crime scene that was not human. Other popular Poe stories are included in the collection, such as «The Fall of the House of Usher,» «The Masque of the Red Death,» «The Pit and the Pendulum,» and «The Cask of Amontillado.» Readers will enjoy Poe's twisted sense of horror and the Gothic style, both of which have entranced audiences for the better part of two centuries.

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"Plain Tales From the Hills" is a classic collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Contained here in this volume are the following tales: Lispeth, Three and—an Extra, Thrown Away, Miss Youghal's Sais, 'Yoked with an Unbeliever', False Dawn, The Rescue of Pluffles, Cupid's Arrows, The Three Musketeers, His Chance in Life, Watches of the Night, The Other Man, Consequences, The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin, The Taking of Lungtungpen, A Germ-Destroyer, Kidnapped, The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly, In the House of Suddhoo, His Wedded Wife, The Broken Link Handicap, Beyond the Pale, In Error, A Bank Fraud, Tods' Amendment, The Daughter of the Regiment, In the Pride of His Youth, Pig, The Rout of the White Hussars, The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case, Venus Annodomini, The Bisara of Pooree, A Friend's Friend, The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows, The Madness of Private Ortheris, The Story of Muhammad Din, On the Strength of a Likeness, Wressley of the Foreign Office, By Word of Mouth, and To be Filed for Reference.

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The Troll Garden is a classic collection of short stories by American author Willa Cather. Contained here in this volume are the following tales: Flavia and Her Artists, The Sculptor's Funeral, «A Death in the Desert», The Garden Lodge, The Marriage of Phædra, A Wagner Matinee, and Paul's Case.

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