Driven by a fatalistic curiosity, a woman abandons her life to seek out the legendary Chilchui Indians in the Mexican mountains. She becomes the willing center of a cosmic ritual,...

A man returns to his ancestral town to participate in a winter solstice ceremony that predates human civilization. He is led into a subterranean cavern where a flute-playing...

Three very different families—the wealthy capitalists, the bohemian intellectuals, and the struggling working class—collide over the fate of a beloved English country house....

The peace of a traditional English village is shattered by the arrival of industrial progress and the social friction of the rising middle class. The Carbonels find themselves at...

Step into a glittering world of sharp wit and sophisticated humor with this vibrant collection of early journalistic pieces and short fiction. Exploring everything from the quirks...

A mysterious figure in a slouch hat haunts the criminal gangs of London, delivering a rough justice that the courts cannot provide. The police are torn between hunting this...

Horne Fisher languishes in a world where the truth is too dangerous to be spoken. He sees the strings pulling the puppets of state but is powerless to cut them, knowing that...

Boredom is the enemy, and this exclusive society defeats it by inventing professions that have never existed before. Judge Basil Grant peels back the layers of these grotesque...

A search for a vanished royal leads a boy into a dimension where toys hold dominion and the moon is inhabited. The logic of the nursery rules this world, creating obstacles that...

Sent to live with her estranged relatives, a prickly and misunderstood girl finds her cynicism challenged by their chaotic warmth. Dolores brings a shield of pride to the table,...