22 JUN 2023 · Hans Christian Andersen offers his literary tale about a young lady who must prove her worthiness to marry a prince. She could have simply offered, "I'll sleep on it." This classic fairytale, "The Princess and the Pea," was first published by Andersen in 1835.
20 JUN 2023 · Things get crazy in a small Missouri town as a family disappears and a mysterious vine appears. This work appears in Ambrose Bierce's 1913 collection of short stories, Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories, but it's original publication date is 1905.
19 JUN 2023 · "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.