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The third volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) presents the collection of short stories The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reader, published in 1925. The collection includes the works The Poetical Policeman, The Green Mamba, The Stealer of Marble, The Troupe, Sheer Melodrama, The Investors, The Strange Case, and The Treasure Hunt.

«Tales of the Fish Patrol» is a collection of short stories by the American classic writer Jack London (1876–1916).

In the novel Yesterday, Oleksandr Krasovytskyy (b. 1967) explores historical events through the perspective of alternative history.

In the novel Miss Billy’s Decision (1912) by American author Eleanor Porter, Billy begins her married life and is quite happy until she begins to listen to the advice of others. After reading an article that young wives should be guided by their own personal interests, Billy takes the idea to extremes.

Pickman’s Model is a collection of horror stories by American writer Howard Lovecraft (1890–1937). In the story Pickman’s Model, the artist paints pictures of horrific images that are considered the fruit of his sick imagination. A friend of the artist comes to Pickman’s private secret gallery. The artist shows new painting, a huge image of a red-eyed creature that devours human victims. The friend finds a photograph that proves that Pickman painted the horrible monsters not from imagination, but he used real-life models.

Charming Lady Susan Vernon is a widow, who seduces both single and married men alike. As she has been left in a financially precarious state due to the death of her first husband, she uses flirting to gain her objectives and maintain a semblance of her former opulent lifestyle. As a widow and a mother, her main goals are to quickly marry off her daughter Frederica to a wealthy man, and to marry someone even richer.

South Sea Tales is a collection of short stories by the American classic writer Jack London (1876–1916).