BookCast Guide: Conan The Cimmerian BookCast Guide: Conan The Cimmerian The first three stories to read for the upcoming BookCast series on the DPW Podcast.
A Dwarf's Tale, By Georg Klein A Dwarf's Tale, By Georg Klein Georg Klein is a German writer who was born in 1953. He is the author of five novels, several collections of short stories and a detective story.
How I Met The Author Of My Obituary, By Jaroslav Hašek How I Met The Author Of My Obituary, By Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist.
The Hand, By Guy de Maupassant The Hand, By Guy de Maupassant A man who keeps a severed hand attached to the wall of his drawing room is found mysteriously strangled at the same time that the hand disappears.
The Picture Horse, By P’u Sung-Ling 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 The White Flower, By Teffi Teffi was a Russian humorist writer. Teffi was the pseudonym of Nadezhda Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya.
Esme, By Saki 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 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 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.
Dracula’s Guest, By Bram Stoker Dracula’s Guest, By Bram Stoker Dracula’s Guest was excised from the original Dracula manuscript by its publisher because of the length of the original book. It was published as a short story in 1914, two years after Stoker’s death.
