Short Story Collection Vol. 075

These fourteen stories pull you through parlor mysteries, moonlit romances, and the peculiar observations of early 20th-century life. The collection gathers voices that defined their eras: Carolyn Wells with her sharp detective tales, Lucy Maud Montgomery before she gave the world Anne, Stephen Leacock still freshly funny after a century, and Egerton Castle spinning romantic adventures. Each writer brings their own world into focus, whether it's a country house drawing room or a Canadian prairie town at dusk. What unites these pieces is their faith in the short story as a vessel for everything: a clever puzzle, a broken heart, a perfectly timed joke. The range here is the point. These writers understood that a story need not be long to hold an entire life.