THE SIGNALMAN by Charles Dickens (intermediate-level)

'Hello! You down there!'
The signalman was standing at the door of his box, directly below me. I was sure he could hear my voice but he did not look up. (Length: 2,535 words)

THE MARBLE FINGER by Edith Nesbit (intermediate-level)

A young couple move to the country.
Every night they visit a beautiful church.
Inside there are two marble statues.
Why is Mrs. Darman so frightened of these statues?
(Length: 2,271 words)

THE SAME IN JAPANESE by Brett Reynolds (upper intermediate-level)

I like my business card clean, black and white: perfect.
I can't read the Japanese, but it says the same thing on the back in English: Pecheur Systems | Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong | Lianshu Li, Web Designer.
(Length: 1,446 words)

BODY SNATCHER by Robert Louis Stevenson (upper intermediate-level)

A young medical student discovers that the bodies used in his anatomy class have been stolen from grave. Based on the scandal of the real-life "body-snatchers", Burke and Hare.
(Length: 3,374 words)

THE MYSTERY OF THE MARY CELESTE by unknown

In 1871 a deserted ship is found in the sea.
The captain and the crew have disappered and nobody knows what happened.
(Length: 926 words)