There was a certain nobleman who had chosen a superintendent from the peasantry on one of his other estates. No sooner had the power to govern been vested in this newly-made...

The novel Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Lycia and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule...

It was now two years and a half since the castaways from the balloon had been thrown on Lincoln Island, and during that period there had been no communication between them and...

DESCRIPTIONJust because a man is married don't make him blind to the beautiful curves of an unhappily married woman who needs that extra inch (or six or more) to fully satisfy...

In the last part of the Wallenstein trilogy the conflict anticipated in the second play erupts and leads to a tragic conclusion. Having learned that the negotiators he has sent to...

Being one of the last female werewolves left in the country makes Anya special and desirable to unmated werewolves. Yet, for Anya, it means she is never safe. Werewolf packs from...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow recounted in this fascinating tale written at the beginning of the 19th century. The Headless Horseman, said to be a decapitated Hessian soldier, was...

It is my purpose to speak of the craft to which I have devoted the best years of my life, the craft of portraying, by means of little pen-and-ink strokes, lines, and scratches, a...

Jacques Heath Futrelle (1875 – 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F....

Mary Helena Fortune (1833 – 1911) was an Australian writer, under the pseudonyms Waif Wander and W.W. She was one of the earliest female detective writers in the world,one...