Short stories

Why the Dog Hid His Mother in the Sky is Yoruba folktale about a famine in the land of the animals. Why the Dog Hid His Mother in the Sky A long time ago, there was so much famine in the animal kingdom. No animal knew what...

"Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz" is a classic children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and was first published in 1908. It is the fourth book in the "Oz" series, following "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," "The Land of Oz," and "Ozma of Oz." The...

Rat, The Master of Science       Rat was a graduate of Tortoise University. He had his Masters's Degree in Physical Sciences and was called the Master of Science.  Meanwhile, Rat and Cat were very good friends, but Cat was not academically sound like his friend Rat.  The two of...

Are you a lover of birds? Here is Guide to Bird Watching to make your hobby even more interesting. If you are considering bird watching as a hubby? This guide to bird watching will help you make the most of your time at this hubby...

The Way of Peace by Bram Stoker. [su_divider]   The Way of Peace I knew both Michael Hennessey and his wife Katty, though under the local pronunciation of the surname-Hinnessey. I had often gone into the little farmhouse to smoke a pipe with the old man, and to have,...

The Squaw by Bram Stoker. [su_divider]   The Squaw Nurnberg at the time was not so much exploited as it has been since then. Irving had not been playing Faust, and the very name of the old town was hardly known to the great bulk of the travelling public....

The Secret of the Growing Gold by Bram Stoker. [su_divider]   The Secret of the Growing Gold When Margaret Delandre went to live at Brent's Rock the whole neighbourhood awoke to the pleasure of an entirely new scandal. Scandals in connection with either the Delandre family or the Brents...

The Red Stockade by Bram Stoker. [su_divider]   The Red Stockade We was on the southern part of the China station, when the "George Ranger" was ordered to the Straits of Malacca, to put down the pirates that had been showing themselves of late. It was in the forties,...

The Judge's House by Bram Stoker. [su_divider]   The Judge's House When the time for his examination drew near Malcolm Malcolmson made up his mind to go somewhere to read by himself. He feared the attractions of the seaside, and also he feared completely rural isolation, for of old...

The Gipsy Prophecy by Bram Stoker. [su_divider]   The Gipsy Prophecy 'I really think,' said the Doctor, 'that, at any rate, one of us should go and try whether or not the thing is an imposture.' 'Good!' said Considine. 'After dinner we will take our cigars and stroll over...