H. P. Lovecraft: Azathoth
When age fell upon the world, and wonder went out of the minds of men; when grey cities reared to smoky skies tall towers grim and ugly, in whose shadow
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Jack London: The God Of His Fathers
On every hand stretched the forest primeval,—the home of noisy comedy and silent tragedy. Here the struggle for survival continued to wage with all its ancient brutality. Briton and Russian
Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with
Ernest Hemingway: The Killers
Synopsis “The Killers,” a short story by Ernest Hemingway published in Scribner’s Magazine in 1927, is set in a diner in an unnamed town. The story begins with the daily
Isaac Asimov: Exile to Hell
“The Russians,” said Dowling, in his precise voice, “used to send prisoners to Siberia in the days before space travel had become common. The French used Devil’s Island for the
H. P. Lovecraft: The Nameless City
When I drew nigh the nameless city I knew it was accursed. I was travelling in a parched and terrible valley under the moon, and afar I saw it protruding