How I Met The Author Of My Obituary, By Jaroslav Hašek

Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist.

The Picture Horse, By P’u Sung-Ling

P’u Sung-Ling was a Qing dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

The White Flower, By Teffi

Teffi was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi was the pseudonym of Nadezhda Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya.

Esme, By Saki

A baroness tells Clovis a story about a hyena that she and her friend Constance encountered while out fox hunting.

The Socialist, By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Akutagawa is regarded as the “Father of the Japanese short story” and Japan’s premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him

Gym Period, By Rainer Maria Rilke

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist.

The Feather Pillow, By Horacio Quiroga

Alicia and Jordan are married and live happily for three months. As Alicia falls ill, she hallucinates to a surprising, inevitable ending.

The Green Devil, By Teffi

Early in her literary career Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya, born in St. Petersburg in 1872, adopted the pen-name of Teffi. In prerevolutionary Russia she was a literary star, known for her humorous satirical pieces

On The Tram, By Franz Kafka

A man standing on a tram platform contemplates the uncertainties of his place in the world.

The Model Millionaire, By Oscar Wilde

This sweet short story is all about transforming the cunning and sophistication of disguise into pleasure, and on the act of revelation by an innocent man.

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