A husband and wife invited guests to their home to play bridge. That couple of guests are playing just great, and at decent stakes. However, everyone plays c...

Work has been completed on creating an apparatus for the requirements of science and industry for the fastest implementation of mathematical calculations - a...

The cow has lost her milk. Could it be Judson who was stealing it, the old man thought? He killed the old man's dog. At night the old man went to look after ...

William Pearl, a scientist-philosopher, a bore and a tyrant in life, did not leave much money after his death, and his will was simple - he bequeathed everyt...

The pilot climbed into the cockpit, and the technician helped him buckle up. He and Peter took off and headed for Merca. When his plane caught fire over neut...

The rat catcher came to the gas station during the day. He was a thin, dark man with pointed features and two long, greenish-yellow teeth that protruded from...

This was at the beginning of the war against fascism, when the British were fighting the Italians in Libya. The old man was very old and sensible - he was tw...

A small elderly man from the south in an immaculate white suit sat down at the table. An American sailor and a girl were located nearby. Having decided to li...

James didn't know where the little man came from. He was just there, thrusting a faintly glowing bag at James. ''Here! You take it! It's yours!'' With a p...

A collection of contemporary and classic horror stories by authors such as Pete Johnson, Robert Westall, Roald Dahl and Stephen King.

Sir Basil Turton, the new heir to the newspaper and magazine empire, was about forty when a dazzling creature named Natalia took Sir Basil to the registry, w...

Lionel behaved outrageously towards Janet. All his friends must now think of him as an angry, vindictive old man. A confirmed bachelor never allows himself t...