St. John`s Eve part 4
My grandfather`s aunt, who kept at that time a tavern, in which Basavriuk (as they called this devil-man) often caroused, said that no consideration...
St. John`s Eve part 3
These people laugh at everything you tell them. Along comes one of them and doesn`t believe in witches! Yes, glory to God that I...
St. John`s Eve part 2
My grandfather (the kingdom of heaven be his! may he eat only wheaten rolls and poppy-seed cakes with honey, in the other world!) Could...
St. John`s Eve part 1
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
Born in the Ukraine, Gogol was in many respects the founder of modern Russian literature. His stories of rural life collected under...
The Man and the Snake part 5
The snake had not moved, and appeared somewhat to have lost its power upon the imagination; the gorgeous illusions of a few moments before...
The Man and the Snake part 4
Brayton lifted his right foot free of the floor to step backward. That moment he felt a strong aversion to doing so.
“I am accounted...
The Man and the Snake part 3
Beyond a smart shock of surprise and a shudder of mere loathing, Mr. Brayton was not greatly affected. His first thought was to ring...
The Man and the Snake part 2
A snake in a. bedroom of a modern city dwelling of the better sort is, happily, not so common a phenomenon as to make...
The Man and the Snake part 1
Ambrose Bierce (1839-1914)
Bierce was born in Ohio in 1839. He served as an officer in the Civil War, and in 1866 went to California,...
