An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose BierceA Confederate sympathizer stands on a railroad bridge with a rope around his neck. Then the rope breaks.
17 min · Suspenseful
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The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan PoeA prince walls his court inside a castellated abbey to outparty a plague — through seven colored rooms.
11 min · Foreboding
The Dream
Mary ShelleyAn embattled French countess seeks a dream that will decide whether she can forgive the man she loves.
25 min · Romantic
The Badger
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaA moonlit song outside a village house becomes the first chapter in a legend about Japan’s shape-shifting badgers.
5 min · Dreamlike
The Wine Worm
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaA Chinese landowner who can drink without ever growing drunk submits to an eccentric monk’s treatment for the creature said to live inside him.
14 min · Dreamlike
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