In this eerie, fast-paced pulp novella, a man recovering from addiction becomes entangled in a sinister global conspiracy led by the mysterious and terrifying master criminal...

In "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," Sherlock Holmes is drawn into a peculiar case involving a lost Christmas goose and a rare blue gemstone. The story unfolds with clever...

Set after the end of the world, "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" takes the form of a dialogue between two souls in the afterlife. Eiros recounts to Charmion how humanity...

After being presumed dead for three years following his confrontation with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes surprises Dr. Watson by revealing he...

At college, the eccentric Baron Ritzner von Jung gains fame for his art mystifique, elaborate pranks and refined deception. His greatest exploit comes when a rival challenges him...

Sherlock Holmes is called to investigate the mysterious murder of a college professor's secretary, found dead in a locked study with no sign of forced entry. The only clue is a...

In this satirical tale, Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head, a pompous newspaper editor, sets out to humiliate a rival publication with a bold editorial. Determined to appear clever, he...

In "The Mirror", Machado de Assis shows, through Jacobina's experience, that each person has two souls: one intimate and the other shaped by social perception. Upon losing the...

In this dark Sherlock Holmes tale, Miss Susan Cushing receives a mysterious package containing two severed human ears packed in coarse salt. Scotland Yard suspects a prank, but...

In "The Turn of the Screw", a young governess is hired to care for two orphaned children at a remote English estate. As she settles in, eerie apparitions and strange behavior...