Here is another episode of the “The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange” by Anna Katherine Green. Green has been called the Mother of the Detective Novel and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. We’ll be reading Problem III, “An Intangible Clue” – A real challenge for Violet Strange, Debutante Detective!
This week we rise up from the dark dredges of horror and gothic literature, into the light and “transcendental” work of Louisa May Alcott,...
Here we have two stories by Ambrose Bierce, in honor of Veterans Day: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and “The Crime at Pickett's...
Remember the movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with Brad Pitt? Did you know that movie is based on a short story by...