short-story
1436 篇The Clown Statue | 小丑雕像
A babysitter, unnerved by a clown statue in the parents' bedroom, calls to ask if she can cover i...
31 阅读The Grandmother Returns | 祖母归来
The narrator experiences a frightening encounter with unseen footsteps at home, leading to the di...
36 阅读The Clever Little Tailor | 聪明的小裁缝
A seemingly foolish young tailor outwits a proud princess by solving her riddle and cleverly surv...
40 阅读A Shilling | 一枚先令
Three old men witness a shilling fall from a yacht owner's pocket. Paralyzed by mutual greed and ...
29 阅读The Path through the Graveyard | 穿越墓园之路
A timid man named Ivan is dared to cross a graveyard at night for a reward of five gold rubles. H...
29 阅读The Heavenly Wedding | 天国的婚礼
A poor, devout boy mistakes a church for heaven and stays, sharing his food with a statue of the ...
24 阅读A Gift for the Lover | 给爱人的礼物
A tale of a bygone era where lovers literally gave parts of themselves as tokens, with greater sa...
33 阅读The Blue Light | 蓝光
A wounded soldier, abandoned by the king, discovers a magical blue light that summons an obedient...
30 阅读The Valiant Little Tailor | 勇敢的小裁缝
A clever little tailor, after boasting of killing seven flies with one blow, embarks on adventure...
32 阅读Master Pfriem | 鞋匠普弗里姆师傅
Master Pfriem, a perpetually critical shoemaker, finds fault with everyone and everything on eart...
30 阅读The Black Horse | 黑骏马
A determined man named Jed pursues a legendary wild black horse that others have failed to captur...
28 阅读The Thorn-Carver | 棘刺母猴
A man from Wei tricks the King of Yan by claiming he can carve a monkey on a thorn. A blacksmith ...
30 阅读The Fearless Prince | 无畏的王子
A fearless prince leaves home, outwits a giant to retrieve a magical apple and ring, survives bet...
33 阅读Kirby's Coals of Fire | 柯比的火中炭
A theological student, George Scott, embarks on a canal-boat journey hoping to study human nature...
33 阅读Back to Back | 背靠背
Two graduate friends share a cramped apartment. When one disappears, the other receives eerie mes...
31 阅读Missing Cat | 寻猫启事
A woman spends her savings on a highway billboard to find her missing cat, after police decline t...
32 阅读The Prettiest in the Woods | 林中最美
A hunter promises a snipe not to shoot its 'prettiest' children, but later shoots what he thinks ...
32 阅读The Legend of Stanislau | 斯坦尼斯劳的传说
A young prospector stumbles upon an abandoned gold rush town and meets Henry, a man who lovingly ...
27 阅读A Horrible Summer Night | 夏夜惊魂
A man buried alive rationalizes his state as severe illness. On the same stormy night, grave robb...
27 阅读Talking to a Fish | 与鱼对话
A man at a fish shop pretends to converse with a fish, humorously explaining its ignorance of cur...
30 阅读我的生词本
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