All the stories are in the public domain. Here are the sources I copied them from for the sorted word puzzles:
- The Beggars by Lord Dunsany
- Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick
- Christmas Presents, 1914 from Punch Magazine
- The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick
- The Failure of Hope & Wandel by Ambrose Bierce
- The Feast of Nemesis by Saki
- The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain
- The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop
- The Funny Young Gentleman by Charles Dickens
- Luck by Mark Twain
- Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft
- The Talking-Out of Tarrington by Saki
Here are the sources for the shuffled pages puzzles:
- The Advocate’s Wedding-Day by Catherine Crowe
- The Owl’s Ear by Erckmann-Chatrian
- The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens
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