Books written by Fitz James O'Brien

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

"But, Mrs. Barrows," remonstrated Willis, "why should I give up a seat to a lady when there were twenty other seats unoccupied on the same car?" "There is no reason in the world why you should," replied Mrs. Barrows ...
Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 13

They found the order that made the meeting point Elktail tucked in Mooney's jumper when, after they got the crane at work, they hauled him out from under his engine. Who was Mooney? Engineer of the freight. They found him before they ...
American Gothic

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Joanna E. Wood, Ambrose Bierce, J. Warren Newcomb (Jr), George Lippard, E. P. King, Kate Chopin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stephen Crane, George Washington Cable, Washington Irving, Robert William Chambers, ...
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Science Fiction: Volume 10

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors.
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 13

How 'm I goin' ter tell what ails me, I should like ter know, if I don't ache where I'm sick? Why, Hitty, I can't never tell! Jest listen: The location of pain is not always at the seat of disease. In hip disease the pain is not first ...
Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

... Amelia B. Edwards, Margaret Oliphant, Edward Bellamy, Arnold Bennett, S. Baring-Gould, Daniil Kharms, E.F. Benson, John Buchan, ... "Look at me carefully, Amos Todd," he said sternly, "and then ask yourself what my name is.
Great Ghost Stories

This is because the supernatural world offers us no standards for curbing our fancy. Icarus is given impunity in that atmosphere and there is no sun to melt his wings.
Dream stories and fantasies

An octopus gets a big surprise when he chooses to pick on a tiny fish in the ocean
7 Best Short Stories by Fitz James O'Brien

Fitz-James O'Brien was an Irish-born American author whose psychologically penetrating tales of pseudoscience and the uncanny made him one of the forerunners of modern science fiction.
Fitz-James O'Brien: Gothic Short Stories

" This collection will be the most complete one-volume edition of O'Brien's works to date. Included in this edition are all his important stories, the ones that he was most known for during his lifetime (e.g.
The Wondersmith

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Macabre tales

An octopus gets a big surprise when he chooses to pick on a tiny fish in the ocean
The Best of Fitz-James O'Brien

This is an abridged edition taken from the five-volume edition of The Collected Writings of Fitz-James O'Brien. This volume will include highlights from the first four volumes, focusing on the essential stories, poems, and essays.
Fitz-James O'Brien: Short Stories

This is the first volume of an anticipated five-volume edition of The Collected Writings of Fitz-James O'Brien. This volume will include all his short stories from the periods 1851 through 1855.
Fitz-James O'Brien: Poetry & Music

This is the third volume of an anticipated five-volume edition of The Collected Writings of Fitz-James O'Brien. This volume will include all his poetry and music.
The Diamond Lens: Large Print

The Diamond Lensby Fitz James O'BrienFitz James O'Brien was an Irish-American Civil War soldier, writer, and poet often cited as an early writer of science fiction.
The Diamond Lens Illustrated

Fitz James O'Brien (also spelled Fitz-James; 25 October 1826 - 6 April 1862) was an Irish American Civil War soldier, writer, and poet often cited as an early writer of science fiction.
My Wife's Tempter and Other Mysteries

Fitz James O'Brien (also spelled Fitz-James; December 31, 1828 - April 6, 1862) was an Irish-born American writer, some of whose work is often considered one of the forerunners of today's science fiction.
The Diamond Lens and Other Strange Tales

Fitz-James O'Brien lived only 33 years -- from 1828 till 1862 -- but in his brief life he left a mark that endures today. O'Brien endures because he was a remarkable writer.
The Lost Room Illustrated

The Lost Room by Fitz James O'Brien In the tale, the unnamed narrator relates a tale where he literally loses his room in a surreal situation that sounds more like a rather unpleasant version of Alice in Wonderland.