Literature Pick #99

On the French Shore of Cape Breton
by Harry James Smith
An account of life in the small Nova Scotian village of Arichat, first published in 1908, and here included the the book Cape Breton Tales.

Literature Pick #98

Christmas Eve at Swamp's End
by Norman Duncan
A selection from the 1911 novel The Measure of a Man: A Tale of the Big Woods.

Literature Pick #97

The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon
by Bishop Francis Godwin (1562–1633)
First published in 1638 with the title The Man in the Moone: or the Discovrse of a Voyage thither by Domingo Gonsales, this brilliant story is one of the earliest works of science fiction in the English language.

Literature Pick #96

Joseph: A Story
by Katherine Rickford
A magnificent short story from Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories.

Literature Pick #95

The Story of Ming-Y
by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)

From the 1887 short story collection Some Chinese Ghosts, this is a beautiful and haunting tale, based on a story from the 13th century book, Kin-Kou-Ki-Koan.

Literature Pick #94

The Adventures of Alphonso and Marina: An Interesting Spanish Tale
by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)
A wonderful tale of romance and adventure; serialized in the April 19, April 26, and May 3, 1797 issues of The New-York Weekly Magazine.

Literature Pick #93

The Ideal
by Stanley G. Weinbaum
A wonderful science fiction short story from the September 1935 issue of Wonder Stories.

Literature Pick #92

Strange Adventures of a Million Dollars
by Ingersoll Lockwood
From the 1891 short story collection Eleven Possible Cases.

Literature Pick #91

The Return
by Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951)
Originally published in The Eye-Witness, Vol. 1 No. 1 on June 22, 1911, and then included in Pan's Garden, A Volume of Nature Stories from 1912. Here it is part of the 1920 short story collection The Best Psychic Stories.

Literature Pick #90

Let There Be Light
by Horace Brown Fyfe
A short story from the November 1952 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Literature Pick #89

The Cornish Fishermen's Watch-Night
By The Religious Tract Society
The story of a faithful man's struggle against wickedness.

Literature Pick #88

A Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas
by Louis Becke
A Christmas tale from the 1899 short story collection Rídan The Devil And Other Stories.

Literature Pick #87

McIlvaine's Star
by August Derleth (1909-1971)
An absolutely brilliant science fiction short story from the July 1952 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Literature Pick #86

Moment of Truth
by Basil Wells (1912-2003)
A science fiction short story from the December 1957 issue of Fantastic Universe.

Literature Pick #85

The White Feather Hex
by Don Peterson
A horror short story from the March 1951 issue of Weird Tales.

Literature Pick #84

The Diary of Philip Westerly
by Paul Compton
A short horror tale from the August-September 1936 issue of Weird Tales.

Literature Pick #83

Vanishing Point
by C. C. Beck
A sci-fi short story from the July 1959 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.

Literature Pick #82

The Miracle of the White Wolf
by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944)
A marvelous tale from the 1902 short story collection The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales.

Literature Pick #81

One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
by Leroy Yerxa (1915-1946)
An action-packed science fiction short story from the December 1942 issue of Amazing Stories.

Literature Pick #80

The Jupiter Weapon
by Charles L. Fontenay (1917-2007)
A wonderful science fiction short story from the March 1959 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.