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81 Lorelei of the Red Mist by Leigh Brackett

The protagonist is a notorious outlaw and smuggler who is mortally wounded while fleeing from a heist gone wrong on the planet Venus.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Pulp Classic, Vignettes
Downloads: 20 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 122KB | 22,989 words | Posted:

82 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The story is framed as a tale told by a seaman to fellow sailors aboard a boat anchored on the Thames River.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Fiction
Tags: Politics, Travel, Vignettes
Downloads: 18 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 204KB | 38,799 words | Posted:

83 The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

The story is narrated by a young, unnamed ship captain on his first command of a merchant ship in the Gulf of Siam.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Fiction
Tags: Parody, Drama, Spiritual, Vignettes
Downloads: 12 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 86KB | 16,864 words | Posted:

84 The Vibration Wasps by Frank Belknap Long

The story centers around a brilliant scientist investigating strange vibrational phenomena in a remote region of Earth.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Horror, Science Fiction, Vignettes
Downloads: 9 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 33KB | 6,112 words | Posted:

85 The Miniature Menace by Frank Belknap Long

The story centers around a brilliant scientist who invents a machine capable of shrinking living beings to a microscopic scale.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Horror, Science Fiction, Pulp Classic, Vignettes
Downloads: 5 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 50KB | 9,437 words | Posted:

86 Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (a Fragment) by Charles Brockden Brown

The story is narrated by Carwin, who recounts his youth and gradual descent into a life shaped by deception and manipulation.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Horror
Tags: Horror, Gothic, Vignettes
Downloads: 3 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 133KB | 23,659 words | Posted:

87 Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad

The story is narrated by a local physician who tells the life story of a shipwrecked immigrant from Central Europe.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Fiction
Tags: Romance, Drama, Vignettes
Downloads: 99 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 65KB | 12,518 words | Posted:

88 Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad

A collection of five short stories that explore themes such as imperialism, alienation, morality, and human conflict.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Fiction
Tags: Spiritual, Vignettes
Downloads: 7 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 332KB | 61,417 words | Posted:

89 Shannach—the Last by Leigh Brackett

The story begins with a Terran scout, crash-landed and injured on a remote and forbidden planet
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Pulp Classic, Vignettes
Downloads: 26 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 107KB | 20,353 words | Posted:

90 The Vanishing Venusians by Leigh Brackett

The story follows an Earthman traveling across the harsh landscape of Venus, which is a swampy, dangerous world.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Pulp Classic, Vignettes
Downloads: 15 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 59KB | 11,049 words | Posted:
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