"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,...

"Thuvia, Maid of Mars" follows Carthoris of Helium and the brilliant inventor Thurid as they search for Thuvia, a noble princess abducted amid political intrigue on Mars. As...

In "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry are caught in an earthquake and swept deep underground, where they encounter strange lands, magical creatures,...

"Dagon" is a short tale by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a man recounting a terrifying experience at sea after a maritime disaster. Stranded and alone, he encounters a vast,...

James O'Brien, an Irish-American scholar, is blackmailed by a man who forces him to revisit an ancient cairn tied to the Battle of Clontarf. When the cairn is disturbed, it...

In "The Diplomat", Machado de Assis follows Rangel, a man dominated by prudence and excessive calculation, who harbors a silent passion for Joaninha. Unable to act with frankness,...

When a troubled, violent patient is brought to a psychiatric institution, a young intern becomes fascinated by the man's strange visions and inexplicable bursts of cosmic insight....

In this tense and atmospheric tale, an English traveler in Russia is unexpectedly swept into the dangerous underground world of the Nihilists—radical revolutionaries hunted by...

"The Beast in the Cave" follows a man who becomes lost in the enormous underground passages of Mammoth Cave during a guided tour. As his torchlight fades and the darkness closes...

In this satirical tale, Machado de Assis reinvents the creation of the world by attributing it to the Devil, who shapes the Earth with ambition and irony. In an attempt to repeat...