319 - Was this the autobiography of the author with a tragic childhood?

"The thing was above all a secret, something to be preciously concealed from Mother and Father; and to that very fact it owed an enormous part of its deliciousness."

Tuck in for this dazzling, dreamlike short story from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Laureate, Conrad Aiken.

318 - ". . . he opened his eyes and Mrs. Baines was there, her gray untidy hair in threads over his face . . . 'Where are they?' she whispered. 'Where are they?' " Tuck in for the acclaimed Graham Greene's dramatic thriller.

317 - It is December 24 and . . . "This is one day I'd like to cut out of the calendar permanently." Tuck in to discover why from the Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America.

316 - Madison Lane and Rosita McMullen were joyously married on Christmas Day, but not everyone was happy about it. Tuck in for this festive O. Henry story complete with (what else?) a surprising twist!

315 - "You can have no idea, if you've never been HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A GOOSE, how it hurts," said "The Man Who Did Not Believe in Luck." Tuck in for this lighthearted holiday tale from the quirky author, Jerome K. Jerome.

314 - Perhaps their long marriage wasn't perfect . . . "She noticed with a kind of horror that he was staring intently at . . . the corner of her left eye where she could feel the muscle twitching." Tuck in and learn why that eye twitches.

313 - "The summer folks go, but I stay here . . . and listen for the cries from the wrecks. I'm as busy in the winter as in the summer and terribly lonely, little mates." Tuck in to learn what happens to this heroic captain on Thanksgiving.

312 - There's a Spanish galleon wrecked off the coast of Cornwall, but was it ever brimming with gold bullion? Thanks to the most widely published author of all time, we once again solve the mystery with Miss Marple.

311 - Light and scrumptious and from Philip K. Dick! Tuck into not one -- but TWO -- tales from this gripping author of speculative and science fiction. Second story: “Roog” by Philip K. Dick :)

310 - Author Saki (H. H. Munro) loved to taunt the upper class with his short stories and his readers with his twisted endings. Tuck in and enjoy how he does it.