9 Best fantasy books like The Scythe by Ray Bradbury

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The Scythe

By: Ray Bradbury

4.16

Format: 47 pages, None

"The Scythe" is a short story by American author Ray Bradbury . It was originally published in the…

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1. The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosa… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"better to be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"Há momentos, meu jovem, que cada um de nós deve se posicionar em prol da justiça e dos direitos humanos, ou você nunca mais se sentirá limpo outra vez."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"The bent head, the averted eye, the faltering voice, the wincing figure- these, and not the unshrinking gaze and frank reply, are the true signals of passion."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

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2. A Rose for Emily

By: William Faulkner

3.83

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the fami… read more

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  • fiction
  • american
  • short stories
  • horror
"So the next day we all said, “She will kill herself"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy walnut bed with a curtain, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"When the Negro opened the blinds of one window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the s…"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that whic…"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

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3. The Beast in the Cave

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.43

Format: 11 pages, Kindle Edition

a selection from the beginning of the story: The horrible conclusion which had been gradually intru… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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4. They're Made Out of Meat

By: Terry Bisson

3.70

Format: None pages, ebook

Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1991. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. Other People

By: Neil Gaiman

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

Free online fiction. "Time is fluid here," said the demon. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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6. Man from the South

By: Roald Dahl

3.94

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

When he boasts that his lighter always lights... read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Watchbird

By: Robert Sheckley

3.84

Format: None pages,

Strange how often the Millennium has been at hand. The idea is peace on Earth, see, and the way to … read more

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  • american
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Here There Be Dragons

By: Roger Zelazny , Vaughn Bodé

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. Mirror Image

By: Isaac Asimov

4.00

Format: 162 pages, ebook

"Mirror Image" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in the May 19… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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10. A Study in Emerald

By: Neil Gaiman

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Audiobook

Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award-… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

11. Satisfaction Guaranteed

By: Isaac Asimov

3.83

Format: None pages,

"Satisfaction Guaranteed" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction

12. Survivor Type

By: Stephen King , Max Miller

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Unknown Binding

Survivor Type is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the 1982 horror anthology Terror… read more

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13. The Horror at Red Hook

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Circles and pentagrams loomed on every hand, and told indubitably of the strange beliefs and aspira… read more

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14. The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury

By: Neil Gaiman

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Audiobook

Neil Gaiman, has posted an audio recording of him reading his story "The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbur… read more

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15. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.50

Format: 262 pages, ebook

The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more

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16. The Cats of Ulthar

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnam… read more

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17. The Status Civilization

By: Robert Sheckley

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Will Barrent had no memory of his crime . . . but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal… read more

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18. The Enormous Radio

By: John Cheever

4.50

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

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19. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

20. The Last Question

By: Isaac Asimov , Bob E. Flick , None

3.78

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when human… read more

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21. The Necklace

By: Guy de Maupassant , Gary Kelley

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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22. Chivalry

By: Neil Gaiman

4.21

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Another delightfully humorous and sweet fantasy graphic novel adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short sto… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Mrs. Whitaker found the Holy Grail; it was under a fur coat."

-Neil Gaiman, Chivalry

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23. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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24. The Jaunt

By: Stephen King

4.18

Format: 25 pages, None

"The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine i… read more

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  • american
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

25. Any Reasonable Offer (short story)

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.60

Format: None pages, ebook

Any Reasonable Offer is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, first published on 19 January 1952 in Colli… read more

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26. The Scythe

By: Ray Bradbury

4.16

Format: 47 pages, None

"The Scythe" is a short story by American author Ray Bradbury . It was originally published in the… read more

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  • american
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • science fiction
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • fantasy

27. The Empty Room

By: Donald Honig

4.14

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

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28. The Fifth Step

By: Stephen King

4.00

Format: 10 pages, ebook

Stephen's short story will appear in the March 2020 edition of Harper's. About a man who meets an a… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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29. Let the Games Begin

By: Rufaro Faith Mazarura

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Set against a sizzling-hot Greek summer filled with sunshine and souvlaki, Rufaro Faith Mazarura’s … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish? by Etgar Keret

30. What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?

By: Etgar Keret

3.71

Format: 5 pages, Hardcover

A Hebrew filmmaker goes door to door, filming residents' responses to one question: "If you found a… read more

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  • short stories
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31. Final Examination

By: Robert Sheckley

3.56

Format: None pages, ebook

Short story that first appeared in the May 1952 issue of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy. read more

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  • science fiction

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Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

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A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner

3.83

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The Beast in the Cave

H.P. Lovecraft

3.43

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They're Made Out of Meat

Terry Bisson

3.70

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Pardon My Frenchie

Farrah Rochon

3.77

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When I Think of You

Myah Ariel

3.88

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Etta Easton

3.84

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A.H. Cunningham

3.56

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