The story shelf
Follow your curiosity.
A name you know. A mood you’re in. Ten minutes to yourself. Start anywhere.
26 stories · Selected from the catalog
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaFrom Paradise, the Buddha offers a single spider’s thread to a robber suffering at the bottom of Hell.
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaImpoverished in Tang-dynasty Loyang, Tu Tzuchun is offered a second fortune by an enigmatic old man—but begins to want something different.