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The Moth by H. G. Wells

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Every Writer

Probably you have heard of Hapley—not W. T. Hapley, the son, but the celebrated Hapley, the Hapley of Periplaneta Hapliia

After the Race by James Joyce

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Every Writer

The cars came scudding in towards Dublin, running evenly like pellets in the groove of the Naas Road. At the crest of the hill at Inchicore sightseers had gathered

The Dead by James Joyce

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Every Writer

James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and poet considered to be one of the most influential writers of the early 20th century. Joyce was born and raised in Dublin

To the Man on the Trail by Jack London

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Every Writer

To the Man on the Trail

by Jack London

‘Dump it in!.’ ‘But I say, Kid, isn’t that going it a little too strong? Whisky and alcohol’s bad enough

What Christmas is as We Grow Older by Charles Dickens

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Every Writer

Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments

A Christmas Accident by Annie Eliot Trumbull

Posted on December 1, 2023December 7, 2023 by Every Writer

A Christmas Accident by Annie Eliot Trumbull AT first the two yards were as much alike as the two

Christmas Every Day by W. D. Howells

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Every Writer

Christmas Every Day by W. D. Howells The little girl came into her papa’s study, as she always did Saturday

The Heavenly Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Every Writer

The Heavenly Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky I am a novelist, and I suppose I have made up this

Thanksgiving at the Polls by Edward Everett Hale

Posted on November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 by Every Writer

Frederick Dane was on his way towards what he called his home. His home, alas, was but an indifferent attic in one of the southern suburbs of Boston.

The Skylight Room by O.Henry

Posted on November 11, 2023November 11, 2023 by Every Writer

The Skylight Room by O.Henry First Mrs. Parker would show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt

An Unwritten Novel by Virginia Woolf

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Every Writer

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English novelist, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories who was considered one

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott

Posted on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 by Every Writer

“Yes’m,” answered two meek voices, and after a few irrepressible giggles, silence reigned, broken only by an occasional snore from the boys, or the soft scurry of mice in the buttery, taking their part in this old-fashioned Thanksgiving.

The Mummy’s Foot Théophile Gautier

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Every Writer

I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity venders who are called marchands de bric-à-brac in that Parisian

The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Every Writer

William Legrand, who discovers a peculiar gold-colored beetle while on Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina. Legrand is obsessed with the scarab beetle and makes drawings of it. Later, Legrand receives a scrap of parchment paper with a cryptic coded

A Nightmare by Anton Chekhov

Posted on October 22, 2023May 6, 2024 by Every Writer

Kunin, a wealthy landowner and member of the Rural Board, invites Father Yakov, the young village priest, to discuss opening a church school. Kunin is shocked by Father Yakov’s shabby appearance and lack of dignity, seeing him as unfit for the priesthood.