"The Man from Archangel" follows a reclusive and meticulous scholar whose quiet, solitary life is shattered when unexpected visitors arrive after a mysterious accident on the...

In "The Secret Cause", Machado de Assis reveals the dark side of human nature through the love triangle formed by Garcia, Fortunato, and Maria Luísa. While Garcia harbors a...

"The Rue Morgue Murders" is a pioneering tale in the mystery genre, in which detective Auguste Dupin uses his acute observation and logic to solve a brutal double murder in Paris,...

"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Arthur Conan Doyle follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the mysterious death of a woman in a locked room. Her sister,...

In "A Famous Man," Machado de Assis portrays the irony of fame and the conflict between talent and artistic desire. The story follows a composer who, despite aspiring to...

In a snow-shrouded European city, a sudden and brutal crime unsettles students, professors, and investigators alike. Their only clue is a strange silver hatchet that seems to...

A nobleman living in a decaying feudal castle is haunted by an old family curse casted by a mysterious alchemist centuries before. All the men in the family line don't live past...

In this witty early pastiche, Lovecraft adopts the voice of the eighteenth-century moralist Dr. Samuel Johnson, who claims to have survived far beyond his own century. Written in...

"The Shadow – A Parable" follows a group of men gathered in a darkened room during a time of fear and mourning, when an uncanny presence begins to manifest among them. Blending...

Narrated in the form of a dialogue, the character "Counselor" tells a friend about his platonic passion for Quintília, the most coveted single woman in the city of Rio de...