Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 3 / Big Book of Best Short Stories Bd.3 (ePub)

Robert Louis Stevenson: Born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Publishing his first volume at the age of 28, Stevenson became a literary celebrity during his life when works such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were released to eager audiences. He died in Samoa in 1894.*Robert E. Howard: Robert E. Howard created Conan the Barbarian in a series of short stories and novels in the 1930's. Born in Peaster, Texas, he was raised in Cross Plains. His fiction was carried in pulp magazines of the time such as Weird Tales, and H.P. Lovecraft was a friend and admirer of his. He committed suicide after holding vigil by his mother's deathbed in 1936.*G. K. Chesterton: G.K. Chesterton was born on May 29, 1874 in London. He was known for writing academic commentary, poetry and short stories. His most popular work was a detective series featuring a sleuth named Father Brown. He died in 1936.*Edgar Wallace: Edgar Wallace was born on April 1, 1875 in Greenwich, London, England as Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace. He was a writer and director, known for King Kong (2005), King Kong (1933) and King Kong (1976). He died on February 10, 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA.*Arthur Machen: Arthur Machen, pseudonym of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, (born March 3, 1863, Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Eng.died Dec. 15, 1947, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), Welsh novelist and essayist, a forerunner of 20th-century Gothic science fiction.*Ambrose Bierce: Ambrose Bierce, in full Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Gwinnett also spelled Gwinett (see Researcher's Note), (born June 24, 1842, Meigs county, Ohio, U.S.died 1914, Mexico?), American newspaperman, wit, satirist, and author of sardonic short stories based on themes of death and horror. His life ended in an unsolved mystery.*Talbot Mundy: Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 5 August 1940) was an English-born American writer of adventure fiction. Based for most of his life in the United