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.