H. G. Wells 
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

Wells’s first book of short stories, published in 1895, collects fifteen prophetic forays into fantasy and science fiction: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid, ” “In the Avu Observatory, ” “The Triumphs of a Taxidermist, ” “A Deal in Ostriches, ” “Through a Window, ” “The Temptation of Harringay, ” “The Flying Man, ” and others.

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