Title: 21 Great Stories
Description: War, by L. Pirandello --
Eve in darkness, by K. Hurlbut --
There will come soft rains, by R. Bradbury --
Tobermory, by Saki --
The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany --
Footfalls, by W.D. Steele --
Hook, by W.V.T. Clark --
Wine on the desert, by M. Brand --
The lady or the tiger, by F. Stockton --
[An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge), by A. Bierce --
[Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W), by E.A. Poe --
[Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) , by E.A. Poe --
So much unfairness of things, by C.D.B. Bryan --
The necklace, by G. de Maupassant --
[The adventure of the speckled band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W), by A.C. Doyle --
To build a fire, by J. London --
Leiningen versus the ants, by C. Stephenson --
[Eveline](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15073302W), by J. Joyce --
The secret life of Walter Mitty, by J. Thurber --
What stumped the bluejays, by M. Twain --
The pearl, by J. Steinbeck.
Subjects: American Horror tales, American literature, Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Crime, Crime fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, first-person narrative, Gothic fiction, Homicide, Horror, Horror fiction, Horror stories, Horror tales, Hyperesthesia, Juvenile fiction, Murder, short stories, Fathers and daughters, amorality, Anglo-Saxons, aristocracy, detective fiction, Juvenile audience, locked-room mysteries, Mystery and detective stories, Drama, Private investigators, Revenge, History, civil war, hanging, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Union, Fiction, general, Fiction, collections, Dominican poetry, Women authors
Places: England, Calcutta, India, Surrey, United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge
People: Montresor, Fortunato, Luchresi, Lady Fortunato, Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Stroke Moran, Helen Stoner, Grimesby Roylott, Eveline Hill, Peyton Farquhar
Time periods: Carnival, 1861-65