1887 short stories

"First Aid" (Russian: Скорая помощь, Skoraya pomoshch) is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov.

"The Cattle-Dealers" (originally, "The Cold Blood", Russian: Холодная кровь, Kholodnaya krov) is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov.

"Shrove Tuesday" (Russian: Накануне поста, Nakanune posta, in literal translation, "A day before Lent") is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov.

"The Runaway" (Russian: Беглец, Beglets) is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov.

"The Horla" (French: Le Horla) is an 1887 short horror story written in the style of a journal by the French writer Guy de Maupassant, after an initial, much shorter version published in the newspaper Gil Blas, October 26, 1886.

Gil Braltar is a satirical short story by Jules Verne parodying British colonialism. It was first published together with The Flight to France as a part of Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages) in 1887.

"The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife's brothers. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.

"Happiness" (Russian: Счастье, Schastye) is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov.

""Boys" (Russian: Мальчики, Malchiki) is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov.

"Kashtanka" (Russian: Каштанка) is an 1887 short story by Anton Chekhov.