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The Murders in the Rue Morgue. " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; [1] [2] Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination ". [1]
Print (hardback & paperback) Pages. 250. Preceded by. A Murder Is Announced. Followed by. They Came to Baghdad. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1950. [ 1] The first edition retailed at $2.50.
The A.B.C. Murders. The A.B.C. Murders is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, featuring her characters Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, as they contend with a series of killings by a mysterious murderer known only as "A.B.C.". The book was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on ...
Murder in the Dark is a collection of short fiction by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1983. Some of the pieces were previously published. [1] The 27 pieces range over a variety of styles, including fictionalized autobiography, parables, travel stories, satires and prose poems.
The Moving Finger. Five Little Pigs is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in May 1942 under the title Murder in Retrospect [1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1943 (although some sources state that publication was in November 1942). [2]
Good Bones and Simple Murders is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, originally published in 1994. Although classified with Atwood's short fiction, it is an eclectic collection, featuring parables, monologues, prose poems, condensed science fiction, reconfigured fairy tales, as well as Atwood's own illustrations. Much of the book is a ...
Publication date. 1953. " A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia ], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit".
Pages in category "Short story collections by Margaret Atwood". The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .