H. G. Wells is a household name, the author of works such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. This new edition brings together forty of Wells's most remarkable tales, from the legendary to the completely overlooked, with new notes about the print environment in which Wells wrote. A new edition of H. G. Wells's Short Stories complete with an in-depth scholarly introduction, extensive notes, author biography, and chronology A blend of acknowledged classics and rare or overlooked tales, incorporating niche material including some which has seldom or never been republished Highlights the magazine culture of Wells's time, shedding new light on print culture which gave rise to one of the most celebrated thinkers of the early twentieth century