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Gabriel García Márquez: I Sell My Dreams
“I Sell My Dreams” (Me alquilo para soñar) is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1992 in the collection 12 cuentos peregrinos. It recounts the author’s own experiences with a mysterious woman he met in Vienna. A tragic event that took place in Havana serves García Márquez…
Jorge Luis Borges: Funes, His Memory
“Funes, His Memory” (Funes el memorioso) is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, first published in June 1942 in the newspaper La Nación, and later included in the book Ficciones (1944). It recounts the story of Ireneo Funes, a young man who, after an accident, acquires a prodigious memory:…
Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum
“The Pit and the Pendulum,” a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1842, is a chilling tale that follows the anguish of a prisoner during the Spanish Inquisition. After being sentenced, the protagonist awakens in a dark and sinister cell, unaware of the fate that awaits him. In…
Robert W. Chambers: The Yellow Sign
“The Yellow Sign” is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, published in 1895 as part of the collection The King in Yellow. While painting a portrait, an artist is disturbed by the presence of a mysterious man in the courtyard of the neighboring church. The man’s face—pale, swollen, and…
Lord Dunsany: The Hoard of the Gibbelins
“The Hoard of the Gibbelins” is a short story by Lord Dunsany, first published on January 25, 1911, in the magazine The Sketch, and later collected in The Book of Wonder (1912). At the world’s edge, beyond an ancient river, rises the tower of the gibbelins—monstrous beings who hoard fabulous…
Ambrose Bierce: The Eyes of the Panther
“The Eyes of the Panther” is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, published on October 17, 1897, in the San Francisco Examiner. Jenner Brading and Irene Marlowe are in love, but she stubbornly refuses to marry him. Pressed by Jenner to explain the reason for her refusal, Irene recounts a…
Arthur Conan Doyle: The New Catacomb
“The New Catacomb” is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1898 in The Sunlight Year-Book. In late nineteenth-century Rome, Burger and Kennedy are two young, eminent archaeologists bound by a relationship of intellectual rivalry and mutual admiration. During a conversation at Kennedy’s house, Burger confides to him…
Poul Anderson: The Man Who Came Early
“The Man Who Came Early” is a short story by Poul Anderson, first published in June 1956 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. An elderly Icelandic farmer from the tenth century recounts to a Christian priest the mysterious arrival of a stranger who, after a great storm, appeared…
