Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The weather door of the smoking-room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing-fleet. "That Cheyne boy's the biggest nuisance aboard," said a man in a frieze overcoat, shutting the door with a bang. "He isn't wanted here. He's too fresh." A white-haired German reached for a sandwich, and grunted between bites: "I know der breed. Ameriga is full of dot kind. I...

Purchase one of 1st World Librarys Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It was seven oclock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his days rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived. "Augrh!" said Father Wolf. "It is time to...

KIPLING'S GHOSTS - TWELVE STORIES OF GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS, CURSES, WEREWOLVES & MAGIC Rudyard Kipling was a master of the short story - that most difficult aspect of the writers craft to execute to perfection. The 'Ghost Story' is a classic vehicle for shorter fiction and in itself difficult to create with the perfect balance of originality, suspense and unease. Naturally, Kipling revealed himself equal to the challenge. These 12 pieces encompass all of Kipling's ghost stories, many of which are set in his familiar world of British India. They are complemented by supernatural tales of deadly...

KIPLING'S GHOSTS - TWELVE STORIES OF GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS, CURSES, WEREWOLVES & MAGICRudyard Kipling was a master of the short story - that most difficult aspect of the writers craft to execute to perfection. The 'Ghost Story' is a classic vehicle for shorter fiction and in itself difficult to create with the perfect balance of originality, suspense and unease. Naturally, Kipling revealed himself equal to the challenge. These 12 pieces encompass all of Kipling's ghost stories, many of which are set in his familiar world of British India. They are complemented by supernatural tales of deadly...