“The Tapestried Chamber,” by Sir Walter Scott, is believed by many scholars to be the first “modern” ghost story, published in 1828.

A tailor kills seven flies in a single blow! But when his bragging is a bit unclear, who knows what adventures await?

Today’s story, “The Ledge” by Lawrence Sargent Hall,  won first place in the 1960 O Henry Prize Collection, and has appeared in more than 30 anthologies. 

Mary Elizabeth Braddon  was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She was a prolific writer, producing more than eighty novels with inventive, sensational plots, but it was Lady Audley's Secret which won her recognition and a fortune as a bestseller.

Cinderlad proves to be braver than his older brothers and is generously rewarded, but will he find a way to win the hand of the princess?