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Jack McKenty

When Marsy Gras shot off its skyrockets, Mars Observatory gave it the works--fireworks!

Jack McKenty

_Sometimes the best incentive is to tell a man that success will throw him out of a job!_ Illustrated by SIBLEY When Dr. Allport Brinton's alarm clock sounded, it brought madness.

Kurt Vonnegut

Everything was perfectly swell.

Edgar Allan Poe

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.

Heinrich Hoffmann

[Transcriber's Note: This book was first published in German in 1844, and in English translation in 1848.

Edgar Allan Poe

The "Red Death" had long devastated the country.