This book is the collection of short stories, written by renowned international authors. The essence of each story is very much clear and connected to some happenings. Some of them are thought provoking too. Conversation part is appreciable making them alive and interesting. Readers will surely enjoy all the stories. A unique styles being adopted by the authors and the beauty of the book is our readers will become familiar with short-story pattern of international level and come to know about international authors also. The stories, such as A'The model MillionaireA' by Oscar Wilde narrates how money plays its role in making friendship, A'The FlyA' by Katherine Mansfield is a live narration of a fly when it falls into a broad ink pot and the flyA's courage is appreciable. Never-say-die attitude, A'An Occurrence At Owl Creek BridgeA' by Ambrose Bierce is an emotional story, A'The lottery TicketA' by Anton Chekov seems full of fun and Shack. Likewise all the remaining stories are very interesting and full of many incidences. Anyone who starts reading the book never gets up till finishing the last page. Its language is lucid and itA's a must read book.