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The soul of Henry Jones
Ray Cummings
This story of a quiet clerk’s midlife awakening explores the thin line between romantic delusion and the rediscovery of a spouse. It captures the sudden, restless stirrings of a man who feels he has outgrown his modest, predictable existence.
Where the young child was
Marie Conway Oemler
A collection of holiday tales, these stories explore the redemptive power of children and the necessity of human connection during the season of peace. They bridge the divides of war, grief, and social isolation.
Image of the Gods
Alan Edward Nourse
HOOK Isolated settlers on a harsh, windswept planet face an existential threat when a hostile Earth government arrives to seize their home.
The Money Master, Volume 4
Gilbert Parker
HOOK A once-prosperous miller and philosopher finds his world dismantled by misfortune and the betrayal of those he trusted. He must learn to define his worth when everything he built—and everyone he loved—has slipped away.
The Romantic Analogue
W. W. Skupeldyckle
An inventive mathematician finds his analytical life upended when his electronic calculator begins communicating romantic messages he cannot explain. He must confront his own social isolation to solve the mystery of these mysterious, intimate curves.
A Good-For-Nothing: 1876
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
A pampered young aristocrat, banished to America after a foolish wager, transforms into a self-made man, only to return home and find his triumph shadowed by an irreversible distance.
Another study of woman
Honoré de Balzac
A sophisticated salon conversation strips away the masks of Parisian society, exposing the calculated artifice of love and the shifting nature of the "ideal woman.
Man nth
Gardner F. (Gardner Francis) Fox
An assistant to a physicist accidentally gains the power to manipulate matter, leading him on an interstellar journey to save the universe from a mysterious, dimension-shifting threat.
Out of the Dark Nebula
Milton L. Coe
The battleship Albion is a microcosm of a war-torn galaxy, where an aging command must forge five thousand raw recruits into a fighting force while racing to outrun a ruthless enemy.
Passion fruit
H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
HOOK In the humid, sun-drenched streets of a colonial penal colony, a simple act of deception sets off a chain of tragic consequences that spans years, continents, and a devastating case of mistaken identity.
Lorelei
Charles V. De Vet
A stranded crew on a frozen moon faces certain death until they encounter a shape-shifting entity that feeds on their deepest desires.
'Mid Pleasures and Palaces
James McKimmey
An explorer encounters a derelict survivor on a remote planet, only to find that isolation has forged a chilling, symbiotic bond between the man and a predatory alien creature.
Rescue Squad
Thomas J. O'Hara
The silent, burning reaches of space offer no sanctuary to the unprepared, and for one stranded pilot, the promise of salvation becomes the final, cruel instrument of his undoing.
The Amazing Mrs. Mimms
David C. Knight
A century-old traveler works undercover in the 1950s, juggling professional secrets and personal kindness. She is a dedicated agent of history, balancing the weight of time with the simple comfort of a cup of tea.
The Figure In The Mirage: 1905
Robert Hichens
Against a crackling campfire in the Moroccan darkness, a weary traveller learns the haunting story of a Frenchwoman whose fate is foretold by a vision riding across the desert sands.
Feline Red
Robert Sampson
The crew of a struggling ore-freighter faces a double crisis: a sabotaged cargo hold and a cutthroat rival mining ship closing in for the kill. Survival depends on a desperate gamble involving the very creatures that almost cost them their livelihood.
Nourmahal, an Oriental romance. Vol. 2 of 3
Michael J. (Michael Joseph) Quin
A sweeping historical romance set amidst the opulence and intrigue of the Mughal Empire, this tale charts the collision of imperial duty, forbidden love, and the volatile rebellion of a prince.
Rockabye, Grady
David Mason
This short story follows a seasoned interstellar trader who finds himself trapped on a remote, rain-swept planet after accidentally violating a fatal local taboo. It is a taut, character-focused study of cross-cultural collision and the ironies of survival.
The Last Gentleman
Rory Magill
The sudden, inexplicable lethargy of humanity finds its resolution in a cosmic inevitability. A quiet, terrifying end approaches for a world that has already begun to surrender its will to exist.
A Cold Night for Crying
Stephen Marlowe
This is a story of a world pressed under the cold, silent thumb of an occupying force, where the line between truth and survival is a razor’s edge. It captures the psychological decay of a subjugated people who must decide whether to embrace a comforting lie or face the dangerous, agonizing uncertainty of hope.
A little child
Mary Hornibrook Cummins
A broken man finds his path back to sobriety and purpose through the simple, unwavering faith of a young child he meets on a lonely beach.
A Singular Metamorphosis
May Evelyn Skiles
The central mystery of this story hinges on a young woman’s exclusion from parts of an ancestral home, a secret she eventually uncovers to find it deeply entwined with her own heart. By confronting the shadows of the past, she discovers that what she once perceived as a bizarre burden is actually a profound call to…
Bolden's Pets
F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
A colonist, struck by a lethal infection on a harsh frontier world, survives only through the silent, sacrificial help of a small creature. Survival carries a heavy, lingering price in this stark tale of human necessity.
Jack Brag, vol. 3 (of 3)
Theodore Edward Hook
Jack Brag, a social climber of relentless vanity, finds his fragile web of lies and aristocratic pretenses unraveling as his desperate efforts to maintain status lead to financial ruin and domestic farce.
Ordeal in Space
Ralph Sloan
Lieutenant Mike Logan, a grieving officer in the interplanetary Patrol, finds himself burdened with an impossible command: transport the man who murdered his brother from a Jovian prison to Earth for legal execution.
First Stage: Moon
Dick Hetschel
The first men to return from the moon expect to be greeted as heroes who can change the world, only to find the same old threats waiting for them at home.
For Every Man A Reason
Patrick Wilkins
An isolated observation post becomes the backdrop for a quiet, lethal game of galactic strategy and personal sacrifice.
Homo: 1909
Francis Hopkinson Smith
The wild, indifferent silence of the African jungle provides a final, brutal judgment on the civilized obsession with vengeance. Two men, tethered by a shared tragedy, find their fates inextricably knotted in the heart of the wilderness.
It's a Small Solar System
Allan Howard
The first human ship to reach Mars encounters a startling, familiar greeting, revealing that the dreams of science fiction writers have finally bridged the gap between pulp fantasy and cold reality.
Only an Irish Girl
Duchess
The wild and willful Honor Blake fights to protect her ancestral home, Donaghmore, while caught between the duty she owes her family and the dangerous, divided loyalties of the man she loves.
The Almost-Men
Cox, Irving E., Jr.
The future of humanity lies not in the weapons we build, but in the minds we cultivate. A new generation, born into occupation, discovers that true strength is a matter of perception rather than machinery.
The moors and the fens, volume 1 (of 3)
Riddell, J. H., Mrs.
A sprawling family saga of contrasting landscapes, this narrative traces the lives of two brothers trapped by a miserly father and the spirited young woman caught in the suffocating web of Victorian high society.
A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2: A Novel
Coghill, Harry, Mrs.
A story of survival and secret burdens, this novel follows a mother and daughter navigating the rigid social structures and raw, unforgiving landscape of nineteenth-century Canada. Caught between a haunting past and an uncertain future, they must confront the truth of their family’s identity while seeking grace in…
Carnac's Folly, Volume 3
Gilbert Parker
The life of a young, idealistic artist takes a dramatic turn when he enters the volatile world of Quebec politics to challenge a formidable and duplicitous Secretary of State. What begins as a quest for public influence evolves into a harrowing confrontation with the hidden truths of his own parentage and the dark…
Revenge
Arthur Porges
A scorned biochemist, denied recognition and payment for eradicating the world’s opium supply, decides to punish a dismissive society by systematically destroying its most beloved vices.
The Lost Ego
Rog Phillips
HOOK A man discovers his life is a fractured, recursive dream as he hops between the identities of strangers, eventually realizing his true consciousness resides not in a human body, but in a machine.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk
Gilbert Parker
In a far-flung French penal colony, an English journalist finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of secrets involving a past he thought was long buried. This gripping tale of colonial tension and personal redemption examines the heavy price of hidden truths.
Donovan, Volume 2 (of 3)
Edna Lyall
A young man cast out by his guardian drifts through a life of cynicism and gambling, until the quiet influence of a compassionate family leads him to reconsider his path.
Sweetapple Cove
George Van Schaick
A disillusioned city doctor finds unexpected purpose in a remote Newfoundland fishing village, where his life becomes tethered to the rugged landscape and the hearts of its inhabitants.
The Huddlers
William Campbell Gault
A visitor from Venus lands on Earth to study its inhabitants, only to find himself entangled in a fragile, ill-fated romance that challenges his mission and his own cold, scientific detachment.
The Premiere
Richard Sabia
A young, untutored actor possesses an unnerving, god-like ability to project his own life force into futuristic films, blurring the line between performance and reality with lethal consequences for his audience.
The Very Black
Dean Evans
A test pilot faces a lethal, experimental flight while haunted by a malevolent, ninth-dimensional entity born from his own unchecked imagination. He must choose between cold detachment and the terrifying vulnerability of human connection to survive.
Honest to Doughgod
W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle
Three inseparable, mischief-making cowhands find their loyalty and lighthearted lives tested when a new schoolteacher arrives in their dusty corner of the West.
The Inmate Of The Dungeon: 1894
W. C. Morrow
A prisoner, broken by years of isolation and systemic cruelty, finally faces his tormentor in a confrontation that forces both men to reckon with the limits of their own humanity.
The Right of Way
Gilbert Parker
A high-flying lawyer loses his memory and identity in a violent brawl, only to emerge as a simple tailor’s apprentice in a remote village where he must decide whether to reclaim his old life or embrace a new, hollowed-out peace.
The Right of Way
Gilbert Parker
A man of mystery finds redemption in a quiet village, trading his hidden past for a brief, transcendent love before a final, sacrificial act seals his legacy.
The vertigo hook
Richard Ashby
Time travel is rarely a single, linear track, and sometimes the past and present are caught on the same hook.
Exile
H. B. (Horace Bowne) Fyfe
The isolation of deep space holds a mirror to human morality, testing whether a man stranded among alien civilizations can maintain his integrity when forced to judge one of his own.