The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (7 works)

About this book

[The title short story]... wrestles with questions of God and evil. It tells of a callous angel who drops in on a village and wreaks havoc. The angel makes tiny clay people come alive and then, for amusement, destroys them with a storm, a fire and an earthquake..." - Nicholas D. Kristof

Contains:

The mysterious stranger A horse's tale Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven A fable My platonic sweetheart Hunting the deceitful turkey The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm.

Subjects

• american fiction (fictional works by one author)
• american humorous stories
• children's fiction
• fiction
• fiction, general
• fiction, short stories (single author)
• quotations
• social life and customs
• united states in fiction
• united states, social life and customs, fiction