“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” In the winter of 1801, a man named Lockwood rents a home in Northern England. When he...

“The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias” is the third story from Stephen Leacock’s masterpiece story sequence "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town". It deals with an...

Hungary during the Ottoman wars: Turks attack Buda and set up a siege of Eger. Gergely Bornemissza is a poor half-orphan who is about to become a national hero. “Eclipse of the...

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and mad scientists. The most characteristic features of the gothic and horror genre are combined here, together with some mysterious and hard to...

From the books that inspired the new Netflix series “Lupin” with Omar Sy.After Arsene Lupin is suspected of the theft of an antique desk holding a winning lottery ticket with...

Dr. Peter Blood is an Irish physician who served in the Dutch and French navies. He now works as a doctor in the city of Bridgwater in southwestern England. During the rebellion...

"A Kidnapped Santa Claus" returns to the world of L. Fran Baum's novel "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus". Santa Claus lives in his castle in Laughing Valley. In the nearby...

“A Jury of Her Peers” is a short story by Susan Glaspell, adapted from her one-act play “Trifles” exploring a murder mystery. The detectives trying to solve the crime are...

Mr. Edward Dunning is a researcher studying “The Truth of Alchemy” by Mr. Karswell. He starts seeing the name “John Harrington” everywhere he goes and finds out that...

Jason dinAlt is a professional gambler who travels between different worlds in the universe. Right now, he is gambling on the planet Cassylia. One day, he meets the ambassador of...