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Many of these stories may be non-genre.
• William Mudford "The Iron Shroud" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Aug., 1830
• Ambrose Bierce "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" The San Francisco Examiner, 1890,
• Frank L. Pollack "Finis" Argosy, June 1906
• John Russell "The Fourth Man" Colliers Magazine, 6 Jan., 1917 (On a raft adrift in the south seas, as the supply of water runs out, three escaped convicts lord their superiority over their native navigator. After all, they are white men. But could it be that he is actually the smartest of them all? [Unforgettable story.]))
• John Martin Leahy "In Amundsen's Tent" (Reported as PD) Weird Tales, Jan., 1928
• Edgar Allan Poe "The Pit and the Pendulum" The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843, 1842
• Stephen Crane "The Open Boat" (PD) Scribner's Magazine, June, 1897
• Jack London "To Build a Fire" The Century Magazine, Aug., 1908
• Saki "The Interlopers" (AC) The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers, 1919
• Douglas M. Dold "A Creeping Terror" (reported as PD) Jungle Stories, Aug., 1931
• W.C. Morrow "The Bloodhounds" The Argonaut, 13 Dec., 1879
• S. Weir Mitchell "A Dilemma" The Century Magazine, Jul., 1902
• Peter B. Kyne "The Three Godfathers" The Saturday Evening Post, 23 Nov., 1912 (This three handkerchief story of three bad men who sacrifice themselves to prevent a young baby from dying in the desert has been filmed multiple times.)
• George Allan England "The Thing from Outside" (reported as PD) Science and Invention, Apr., 1923
• George C. Toudouze "Three Skeleton Key" (PD) Esquire, Jan., 1937
• Frank Stockton "The Lady or the Tiger?" The Century, Nov., 1882
• Robert Barr "A Game Of Chess" Pearson's Magazine, Mar., 1900
• Morgan Robertson "From the Darkness and the Depths" New Story Magazine, Jan., 1913 (When Krakatoa's tsunami brings a giant, transparent squid to the surface, it wraps itself around a nearby junk, and starts chowing-down on the crew.)
• Richard Connell "The Most Dangerous Game" (reported as PD) Collier's Weekly, Jan. 19, 1924.
• Carl Stephenson "Leiningen Versus and the Ants" (reported as PD) Esquire, Dec., 1938
• Robert Sheckley "The Status Civilization" (definitely PD) Amazing Science Fiction, Aug. and Sept., 1960 (Under the title of "Omega!".)

Synopsis: Publisher: This collection of 21 ultimate adventure stories, each written in the 19 and early 20th centuries, bring forth in one collection some of the most recognized authors of their time, and ours still, such as Jack London (To Build a Fire), William Mudford (The Iron Shroud), Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (The Chief Operator), Robert Sheckley (The Status Civilization), and Peter B. Kyne (The Three Godfathers), to name just a few. Predominately, these stories center around the man versus beast, or man versus nature categories, with just a touch of science fiction mixed in, and a few others may be entertained as well. For the beginning of your next great adventure, just turn the page.