The Cold, By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

A few young physicists are engaged in a light-hearted chat about the movement of heat between objects.

A Pair Of Silk Stockings, By Kate Chopin

Little Mrs. Sommers comes to life in a “pair of silk stockings”, just like Edna Pontellier, the protagonist of Chopin’s famous and ground-breaking The Awakening.

He And She, By Anton Chekhov

This story analyzes one married couple, a sensational singer and her manager-husband in late-nineteenth-century Europe.

Over The Hills And Far Away, By Mary Webb

Mary Webb’s work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew.

The Bowmen, By Arthur Machen

Faced with inevitable death and defeat in WWI, a battalion of English soldiers is saved by the mysterious and miraculous.

The Rose Garden, By Leah Goldberg

Leah Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher.

The Wizard, By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Akutagawa was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the “Father of the Japanese short story.”

An Unexpected Bender, By Daniil Kharms

Daniil Kharms was an early Soviet-era avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist.

The Son, By Horacio Quiroga

A father sends his 13-year-old son to hunt alone for the first time. As he awaits his child’s safe return, his minds starts playing tricks on him… will he find his son on time?

Condensed Milk, By Varlam Shalamov

Narrated in the first person, this short story is one episode in the life of a Russian labour-camp inmate.

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