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• $1,000 a Plate — Jack McKenty 15 min read
• A Bad Day for Sales — Fritz Leiber 10 min read
• A Bad Day for Vermin — Keith Laumer 10 min read
• A Case of Sunburn — Charles L. Fontenay 30 min read
• A Cold Night for Crying — Stephen Marlowe 25 min read
• A Country Cottage — Anton Chekhov 3 min read · With audio
• A Fable — Mark Twain 4 min read · With audio
• A Fall of Glass — Stanley R. Lee 25 min read
• A Fight with a Cannon — Victor Hugo 18 min read · With audio
• A Forest Betrothal — Erckmann Chatrian 19 min read · With audio
• A Gleeb for Earth — Charles Schafhauser 25 min read
• A Great Day for the Irish — Alice L. Hopf 20 min read
• A Guest of Ganymede — C. C. MacApp 40 min read
• A Little Journey — Ray Bradbury 15 min read
• A Matter of Order — Fox B. Holden 20 min read
• A Matter of Protocol — Jack Sharkey 25 min read
• A Monument to Adam — Mark Twain 3 min read · With audio
• A Piece of Bread — Francois Coppee 11 min read · With audio
• A Reflection — Kate Chopin 1 min read · With audio
• A Story from Confucius — Confucius 2 min read · With audio
• A Touch of E Flat — Joe Gibson 40 min read
• A Tourist Named Death — Christopher Anvil 60 min read
• A Witch Shall Be Born — Robert E. Howard 80 min read
• Abandoned — Guy de Maupassant 26 min read · With audio
• Abbr. — Frank Riley 80 min read
• Adolescents Only — Irving E. Cox 60 min read
• Aide Memoire — Keith Laumer 30 min read
• Aloys — R. A. Lafferty 15 min read
• Always a Qurono — Jim Harmon 25 min read
• Amateur in Chancery — George O. Smith 25 min read
• An Elephant for the Prinkip — Jr. L. J. Stecher 20 min read
• An Idle Fellow — Kate Chopin 1 min read · With audio
• An Imperial Message — Franz Kafka 1 min read · With audio
• An Uncomfortable Bed — Guy de Maupassant 4 min read · With audio
• Androclus and the Lion — James Baldwin 3 min read · With audio
• Another Earth — David Evans and Al Landau 30 min read
• Ashputtel — The Brothers Grimm 12 min read · With audio
• Assassin — Bascom Jones 25 min read
• Assassin — Jesse F. Bone 40 min read
• Asteroid H277—Plus — Harry Walton 20 min read
• Back to Julie — Richard Wilson 10 min read
• Bad Memory — Patrick Fahy 15 min read
• Baker's Dozens — Jim Harmon 25 min read
• Baron De Trenck — Clemence Robert 28 min read · With audio
• Beyond Bedlam — Wyman Guin 80 min read
• Big Baby — Jack Sharkey 60 min read
• Big Stupe — Charles V. De Vet 20 min read
• Briar Rose — The Brothers Grimm 7 min read · With audio
• Bruce and the Spider — James Baldwin 1 min read · With audio
• Call Him Nemesis — Donald E. Westlake 40 min read
• Captain Peabody — Rog Phillips 30 min read
• Castle of Terror — E. J. Liston 30 min read
• Cat and Mouse — Ralph Williams 60 min read
• Cat and Mouse in Partnership — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• Cat Skin — The Brothers Grimm 10 min read · With audio
• Catalysis — Poul Anderson 40 min read
• Chain of Command — Stephen Arr 15 min read
• Check and Checkmate — Walter M. Miller 40 min read
• Clean Break — Roger D. Aycock 25 min read
• Clever Elsie — The Brothers Grimm 6 min read · With audio
• Clever Gretel — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• Clever Hans — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• Confidence Game — James McKimmey 30 min read
• Countdown — Julian F. Grow 5 min read
• Counterweight — Jerry Sohl 25 min read
• Cronus of the D. F. C. — Jr. Lloyd Biggle 30 min read
• Cue for Quiet — T. L. Sherred 80 min read
• Cultural Exchange — Keith Laumer 30 min read
• Day of the Druid — Knut Enferd 25 min read
• Death Makes a Mistake — William P. McGivern 30 min read
• Deepfreeze — Robert Donald Locke 40 min read
• Dictator of Time — Nelson S. Bond 80 min read
• Do Unto Others — Mark Clifton 40 min read
• Doctor — Murray Leinster 40 min read
• Doctor Knowall — The Brothers Grimm 3 min read · With audio
• Don't Shoot — Robert Zacks 20 min read
• Down to the Worlds of Men — Alexei Panshin 60 min read
• Dream World — R. A. Lafferty 10 min read
• Duel on Syrtis — Poul Anderson 30 min read
• Dumbwaiter — James Stamers 20 min read
• Easy Does It — E. G. Von Wald 30 min read
• Ecology on Rollins Island — Varley Lang 30 min read
• Elegy — Charles Beaumont 25 min read
• Equation of Doom — Gerald Vance 60 min read
• Exploiter's End — James Causey 30 min read
• Fair and Warmer — E. G. Von Wald 30 min read
• Falcons of Narabedla — Marion Zimmer Bradley 80 min read
• Farmer — Mack Reynolds 60 min read
• Felony — James Causey 15 min read
• Filthy Rich — Fred Sheinbaum 15 min read
• First Stage: Moon — Dick Hetschel 5 min read
• Fly — Night by Arthur Dekker Savage 25 min read
• Forget Me Nearly — F. L. Wallace 60 min read
• Founding Father — Jesse F. Bone 80 min read
• Frederick and Catherine — The Brothers Grimm 9 min read · With audio
• Fundevogel — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• General Max Shorter — Kris Neville 40 min read
• Gil Blas and Dr. Sangrado — Alain Rene le Sage 17 min read · With audio
• Gramp — Charles V. De Vet 10 min read
• Gravy Train — Daniel F. Galouye 40 min read
• Green Grew the Lasses — Ruth Laura Wainwright 20 min read
• Hans in Luck — The Brothers Grimm 11 min read · With audio
• Hansel and Gretel — The Brothers Grimm 14 min read · With audio
• Hawk Carse — Anthony Gilmore 80 min read
• Heavenly Gifts — Aaron L. Kolom 10 min read
• Here Lies — Howard Wandrei 10 min read
• Homo Inferior — Mari Wolf 80 min read
• Hunt the Hunter — Kris Neville 30 min read
• Hunters Out of Space — Joseph E. Kelleam 80 min read
• I, Executioner — Terry Carr and Ted White 15 min read
• I, the Unspeakable — Walter J. Sheldon 60 min read
• Ignatz — Ron Goulart 25 min read
• In the Garden — R. A. Lafferty 15 min read
• In the Jag-Whiffing Service — David R. Bunch 5 min read
• Infinity's Child — Charles V. De Vet 60 min read
• Inhibition — James Causey 25 min read
• Insidekick — Jesse F. Bone 60 min read
• Iron Hans — The Brothers Grimm 16 min read · With audio
• Isle of the Undead — Lloyd Arthur Eshbach 40 min read
• It Takes a Thief — Walter M. Miller 40 min read
• Jean Monette — Eugene Francois Vidocq 12 min read · With audio
• Jorinda and Jorindel — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• Joy Ride — Mark Meadows 10 min read
• Keeping Christmas — Henry van Dyke 2 min read · With audio
• King Grisly Beard — The Brothers Grimm 7 min read · With audio
• Let There Be Light — H. B. Fyfe 10 min read
• Lily and the Lion — The Brothers Grimm 11 min read · With audio
• Little Red Cap [little Red Riding Hood] — The Brothers Grimm 6 min read · With audio
• Lord Oakhurst's Curse — O. Henry 4 min read · With audio
• Love and Moondogs — Richard McKenna 20 min read
• Love Story — Irving E. Cox 30 min read
• Man Alone — Don Berry 60 min read
• Man in a Quandary — Jr. L. J. Stecher 15 min read
• Man of Distinction — Michael Shaara 10 min read
• Man's Best Friend — Evelyn E. Smith 20 min read
• Manners of the Age — H. B. Fyfe 25 min read
• Marley's Chain — Alan Edward Nourse 30 min read
• Mars Confidential — Howard Browne 30 min read
• Martian Terror — Ed Earl Repp 40 min read
• Mask of Death — Paul Ernst 60 min read
• Matchmaker — Charles L. Fontenay 40 min read
• Mate in Two Moves — Winston K. Marks 40 min read
• Mateo Falcone — Prosper Merimee 21 min read · With audio
• Meeting of the Minds — Robert Sheckley 60 min read
• Mightiest Qorn — Keith Laumer 30 min read
• Miracle — Price by Irving E. Cox 20 min read
• Misrule — Robert Scott 15 min read
• Monsoons of Death — Gerald Vance 40 min read
• Moral Equivalent — Kris Neville 40 min read
• Mother Holle — The Brothers Grimm 6 min read · With audio
• My Nephew Joseph — Ludovic Halevy 19 min read · With audio
• New Lamps — Robert Moore Williams 60 min read
• Nightmare Planet — Murray Leinster 80 min read
• Nine Men in Time — Noel M. Loomis 30 min read
• No Shield from the Dead — Gordon R. Dickson 10 min read
• No Substitutions — Jim Harmon 30 min read
• Noble Redman — Jesse F. Bone 30 min read
• Not a Creature Was Stirring — Dean Evans 25 min read
• Of All Possible Worlds — William Tenn 25 min read
• Old Shag — Bob Farnham 5 min read
• Old Sultan — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• Oogie Finds Love — Berkeley Livingston 25 min read
• Operation Boomerang — George Revelle 30 min read
• Operation Distress — Lester Del Rey 20 min read
• Our Town — Jerome Bixby 40 min read
• Out Like a Light — Randall Garrett 80 min read
• Pen Pal — Stephen Marlowe 25 min read
• People Soup — Alan Arkin 10 min read
• Perchance to Dream — Richard Stockham 30 min read
• Perfect Control — Richard Stockham 30 min read
• Pictures Don't Lie — Katherine MacLean 30 min read
• Pioneer — William Hardy 5 min read
• Pioneers — Basil Wells 20 min read
• Pipe Dream — Fritz Leiber 25 min read
• Planet of Dread — Murray Leinster 80 min read
• Planet of the Gods — Robert Moore Williams 80 min read
• Point of Departure — Vaughan Shelton 40 min read
• Pollony Undiverted — Sydney J. Van Scyoc 15 min read
• Potential Enemy — Mack Reynolds 20 min read
• Prime Difference — Alan Edward Nourse 25 min read
• Prison of a Billion Years — Stephen Marlowe 15 min read
• Project Hush — William Tenn 10 min read
• Proof of the Pudding — Robert Sheckley 15 min read
• Prospector's Special — Robert Sheckley 40 min read
• Psychotennis, Anyone? — Lloyd Williams 25 min read
• Publicity Stunt — Robert Moore Williams 25 min read
• Puppet Government — George Revelle 20 min read
• Rapunzel — The Brothers Grimm 7 min read · With audio
• Rattle OK — Harry Warner 30 min read
• Reject — John Johnson 10 min read
• Restricted Tool — Malcolm B. Morehart 10 min read
• Riya's Foundling — Algis Budrys 15 min read
• Road Stop — David Mason 10 min read
• Robots of the World! Arise! — Mari Wolf 30 min read
• Round-and-Round Trip — H. B. Fyfe 30 min read
• Routine for a Hornet — Don Berry 20 min read
• Rumpelstiltskin — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• Rx — Alan Edward Nourse 25 min read
• Sales Resistance — Henry Still 15 min read
• Saline Solution — Keith Laumer 30 min read
• Satellite Passage — Theodore L. Thomas 20 min read
• Scent Makes a Difference — James Stamers 20 min read
• Security Plan — Joseph Farrell 20 min read
• Security Risk — Ed M. Clinton 20 min read
• Self Portrait — Bernard Wolfe 40 min read
• Shamar's War — Kris Neville 60 min read
• Shatter the Wall — Sydney J. Van Scyoc 20 min read
• Short Snorter — Charles Einstein 10 min read
• Silence is—Deadly — Bertrand Shurtleff 60 min read
• Snow White and Rose Red — The Brothers Grimm 7 min read · With audio
• Snowdrop — The Brothers Grimm 11 min read · With audio
• Solange—dr. Ledru’s Story of the Reign of Terror — Alexandre Dumas 25 min read · With audio
• Soldier Boy — Michael Shaara 40 min read
• Space Prison — Tom Godwin 80 min read
• Spaceman on a Spree — Mack Reynolds 30 min read
• Spawning Ground — Lester Del Rey 20 min read
• Special Delivery — Damon Knight 30 min read
• Specimen — Charles V. De Vet 30 min read
• Stalemate — Basil Wells 25 min read
• Stamped Caution — Raymond Z. Gallun 60 min read
• Star of Rebirth — Bernard Wall 20 min read
• Star-Crossed Lover — William W. Stuart 40 min read
• Success Story — Earl Goodale 40 min read
• Survival Type — Jesse F. Bone 40 min read
• Sweet Tooth — Robert F. Young 20 min read
• Sweetheart Roland — The Brothers Grimm 7 min read · With audio
• Tape Jockey — Tom Leahy 10 min read
• Tedric — E. E. Smith 40 min read
• The 64-Square Madhouse — Fritz Leiber 60 min read
• The Addicts — Joseph Samachson 20 min read
• The Age for Love — Paul Bourget 28 min read · With audio
• The Aged Mother — Matsuo Basho 4 min read · With audio
• The Animated Pinup — Lewis Parker 25 min read
• The Autumn After Next — Margaret St. Clair 15 min read
• The Awakening — Jack Sharkey 10 min read
• The Beasts in the Void — Paul W. Fairman 30 min read
• The Best Made Plans — Everett B. Cole 80 min read
• The Big Headache — Jim Harmon 30 min read
• The Big Leap — Charles E. Fritch 20 min read
• The Birds in the Letter Box — Rene Bazin 11 min read · With audio
• The Black Tide — Arthur G. Stangland 30 min read
• The Blind Men and the Elephant — James Baldwin 2 min read · With audio
• The Blue Light — The Brothers Grimm 8 min read · With audio
• The Bridge — G. G. Revelle 20 min read
• The Business, As Usual — Jack Sharkey 15 min read
• The Butterfly Kiss — Arthur Dekker Savage 30 min read
• The Buttoned Sky — Robert W. Krepps 80 min read
• The Castaway — Nelson S. Bond 30 min read
• The Chameleon Man — William P. McGivern 25 min read
• The Cosmic Deflector — Stanton A. Coblentz 40 min read
• The Course of Logic — Lester Del Rey 25 min read
• The Dictator — Stephen Marlowe 25 min read
• The Disciple — Oscar Wilde 5 min read · With audio
• The Doer of Good — Oscar Wilde 2 min read · With audio
• The Dog and the Bees — Ambrose Bierce 5 min read · With audio
• The Dog and the Sparrow — The Brothers Grimm 6 min read · With audio
• The Dragon Slayers — Frank Banta 10 min read
• The Earth Quarter — Damon Knight 80 min read
• The Elixir of Life — Honore de Balzac 38 min read · With audio
• The Elves and the Shoemaker — The Brothers Grimm 3 min read · With audio
• The Eyes Have It — Philip K. Dick 5 min read · With audio
• The Faces Outside — Bruce McAllister 15 min read
• The Fastest Gun Dead — Julian F. Grow 25 min read
• The Final Figure — Sam Merwin 40 min read
• The First Day of Spring — Mari Wolf 40 min read
• The Fisherman and His Wife — The Brothers Grimm 10 min read · With audio
• The Five Boons of Life — Mark Twain 3 min read · With audio
• The Five Hells of Orion — Frederik Pohl 60 min read
• The Flying Tuskers of K'niik-K'naak — Jack Sharkey 10 min read
• The Four Clever Brothers — The Brothers Grimm 8 min read · With audio
• The Fox and the Cat — The Brothers Grimm 1 min read · With audio
• The Fox and the Horse — The Brothers Grimm 2 min read · With audio
• The Freelancer — Robert Zacks 25 min read
• The Frog Prince — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• The Furious Rose — Dean Evans 20 min read
• The Genius — Con Pederson 30 min read
• The Girls from Fieu Dayol — Robert F. Young 20 min read
• The God Next Door — William R. Doede 30 min read
• The Golden Amazons of Venus — John Murray Reynolds 80 min read
• The Golden Bird — The Brothers Grimm 12 min read · With audio
• The Golden Goose — The Brothers Grimm 7 min read · With audio
• The Goose Girl — The Brothers Grimm 11 min read · With audio
• The Hanging Stranger — Philip K. Dick 25 min read
• The Happy Clown — Alice Eleanor Jones 25 min read
• The Hero — Elaine Wilber 20 min read
• The Juniper Tree — The Brothers Grimm 15 min read · With audio
• The Kenzie Report — Mark Clifton 25 min read
• The King and His Hawk — James Baldwin 4 min read · With audio
• The King of the Golden Mountain — The Brothers Grimm 12 min read · With audio
• The Lamps of the Angels — Richard Sabia 20 min read
• The Last Gentleman — Rory Magill 15 min read
• The Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudet 8 min read · With audio
• The Last Letter — Fritz Leiber 20 min read
• The Last Victory — Tom Godwin 30 min read
• The Legion of Lazarus — Edmond Hamilton 80 min read
• The Little Man Who Wasn't Quite — William W. Stuart 30 min read
• The Little Peasant — The Brothers Grimm 10 min read · With audio
• The Long Arm — Franz Nabl 25 min read
• The Long, Silvery Day — Magnus Ludens 5 min read
• The Luckiest Man in Denv — C. M. Kornbluth 25 min read
• The Machine That Floats — Joe Gibson 80 min read
• The Man Outside — Evelyn E. Smith 30 min read
• The Man Who Flew — Charles D. Cunningham 15 min read
• The Margenes — Miriam Allen De Ford 10 min read
• The Marrying Man — Joseph Farrell 15 min read
• The Martian — Allen Glasser and A. R. Hilliard 60 min read
• The Metal Moon — Everett C. Smith and Roman Frederick Starzl 60 min read
• The Mirror — Catulle Mendes 7 min read · With audio
• The Miser in the Bush — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• The Model of a Judge — Joseph Samachson 20 min read
• The Moon Destroyers — Monroe K. Ruch 40 min read
• The Morals of Chess — Benjamin Franklin 7 min read · With audio
• The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage — The Brothers Grimm 3 min read · With audio
• The Music Master of Babylon — Edgar Pangborn 60 min read
• The Night Came Slowly — Kate Chopin 1 min read · With audio
• The Nostalgia Gene — Roy Hutchins 25 min read
• The Old Goat — Charles L. Fontenay 5 min read
• The Old Man and His Grandson — The Brothers Grimm 1 min read · With audio
• The Other Now — Murray Leinster 25 min read
• The Outer Quiet — Herbert D. Kastle 20 min read
• The Passage of the Red Sea — Henry Murger 11 min read · With audio
• The People of the Black Circle — Robert E. Howard 80 min read
• The Pink — The Brothers Grimm 8 min read · With audio
• The Pirates of Ersatz — Murray Leinster 80 min read
• The Planet Savers — Marion Zimmer Bradley 80 min read
• The Planet That Time Forgot — Donald A. Wollheim 30 min read
• The Plotters — Alexander Blade 30 min read
• The Prisoner of Zembla — O. Henry 3 min read · With audio
• The Psilent Partner — John Victor Peterson and Edward S. Staub 40 min read
• The Pure Observers — B. J. Rogers 15 min read
• The Push of a Finger — Alfred Bester 80 min read
• The Queen Bee — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• The Rag and Bone Men — Algis Budrys 15 min read
• The Raven — The Brothers Grimm 12 min read · With audio
• The Real Hard Sell — William W. Stuart 25 min read
• The Recruit — Bryce Walton 20 min read
• The Red Dust — Murray Leinster 80 min read
• The Reluctant Weapon — Howard L. Myers 30 min read
• The Robber Bridegroom — The Brothers Grimm 7 min read · With audio
• The Romantic Analogue — W. W. Skupeldyckle 20 min read
• The Salad — The Brothers Grimm 10 min read · With audio
• The Semantic War — Bill Clothier 15 min read
• The Sentimentalists — Murray Leinster 80 min read
• The Serpent River — Don Wilcox 60 min read
• The Seven Ravens — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• The Shirt Collar — Hans Christian Andersen 4 min read · With audio
• The Sloths of Kruvny — Vern Fearing 15 min read
• The Small World of M-75 — Ed M. Clinton 25 min read
• The Snare — Richard Rein Smith 25 min read
• The Snowbank Orbit — Fritz Leiber 30 min read
• The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was — The Brothers Grimm 18 min read · With audio
• The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean — The Brothers Grimm 2 min read · With audio
• The Super Opener — Michael Zuroy 20 min read
• The Test Colony — Winston K. Marks 60 min read
• The Thing in the Attic — James Blish 60 min read
• The Three Languages — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• The Trap — Betsy Curtis 25 min read
• The Travelling Musicians — The Brothers Grimm 6 min read · With audio
• The Trouble with Truth — Julian F. Grow 40 min read
• The Turnip — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses — The Brothers Grimm 8 min read · With audio
• The Twelve Huntsmen — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• The Valiant Little Tailor — The Brothers Grimm 16 min read · With audio
• The Variable Man — Philip K. Dick 80 min read
• The Vase of Clay — Jean Aicard 8 min read · With audio
• The Very Black — Dean Evans 30 min read
• The Water of Life — The Brothers Grimm 14 min read · With audio
• The Weakling — Everett B. Cole 80 min read
• The Wedding of Mrs Fox — The Brothers Grimm 3 min read · With audio
• The Whistle — Benjamin Franklin 4 min read · With audio
• The White Snake — The Brothers Grimm 8 min read · With audio
• The Wicked Prince — Hans Christian Andersen 4 min read · With audio
• The Willow Wren and the Bear — The Brothers Grimm 4 min read · With audio
• The Wind People — Marion Zimmer Bradley 30 min read
• The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids — The Brothers Grimm 5 min read · With audio
• The Woman and the Cat — Marcel Prevost 16 min read · With audio
• The World with a Thousand Moons — Edmond Hamilton 80 min read
• The York Problem — Herbert D. Kastle 25 min read
• Think Yourself to Death — Stephen Marlowe 30 min read
• Thompson's Cat — Robert Moore Williams 25 min read
• Threlkeld's Daughter — James Bell 20 min read
• Thy Name Is Woman — Bryce Walton 40 min read
• Time In the Round — Fritz Leiber 25 min read
• To Each His Own — Jack Sharkey 20 min read
• Tom Thumb — The Brothers Grimm 12 min read · With audio
• Tonton — A. Cheneviere 10 min read · With audio
• Traveling Companion Wanted — Richard Wilson 30 min read
• Turning Point — Alfred Coppel 25 min read
• Twelve Times Zero — Howard Browne 80 min read
• Two Whole Glorious Weeks — Will Mohler 25 min read
• Tybalt — Stephen Barr 40 min read
• Vampires of Space — Sewell Peaslee Wright 40 min read
• Vassi — Art Lewis 25 min read
• Virgin Ground — Rosel George Brown 15 min read
• We're Civilized! — Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton 20 min read
• Wedding Day — Winston K. Marks 5 min read
• Welcome, Martians! — Evan Hunter 10 min read
• What Shall It Profit? — Poul Anderson 30 min read
• Work, Death and Sickness — Leo Tolstoy 4 min read · With audio
• World Without War — E. G. Von Wald 30 min read
• Yesterday House — Fritz Leiber 40 min read
• Z — Charles L. Fontenay 40 min read
• Zeritsky's Law — Ann Warren Griffith 10 min read