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Great American Short Stories

By: Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, W. C. Morrow, H. P. Lovecraft, John Kendrick Bangs, William Hope Hodgson, Robert E. Howard
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers.

  • 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain
  • 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton
  • 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard
  • 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 'The Adventure of the German Student' by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson
  • 'The Ghost Club' by John Kendrick Bangs
  • 'The Black Dog' by Stephen Crane
  • 'Absolute Evil' by Julian Hawthorne
  • 'The Baumoff Explosive' by William Hope Hodgson
  • 'The Stranger' by Ambrose Bierce
  • 'The Ransom of Red Chief' by O. Henry
  • 'In the Forest of Villefore' by Robert E. Howard
  • 'The Mystery of the Steel Room' by Thomas W. Hanshew
  • 'A Child of the Rain' by Elia W. Peattie
  • 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry
  • 'Cool Air' by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 'The Revolt of Mother' by Mary Wilkins-Freeman
  • 'Kerfol' by Edith Wharton
  • 'Over the Border' by Morgan Robertson

Plus 20 more great classic American short stories.

Public Domain (P)2016 Red Door Audiobooks

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