The inhabitants of Sleepy Hollow include Ichabod, the lovely Katrina and very possibly a headless ghost. Goodman Brown keeps a midnight appointment in the woods near Salem Village. The original gothic tale of madness, death and the atmospheric possibilities of an old house. A lawyer takes on a new employee but fails to check the references. The original role model for slackers everywhere. The story - so fully realised that many took it to be true - of a young soldier who curses his country and is sentenced never to set foot in it again. A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger. The story of an enterprising gambler who finds some unusual uses for animals. A group of misfits are thrown together by the harsh realities of expulsion from their settlement. A man stands on a railroad bridge; his wrists are bound with a chord, a rope encircles his neck. This story was adapted into the most popular ever episode of The Twighlight Zone. The events surrounding the birth of a child - the father a member of an important Louisiana family; the mother a woman found abandoned as a baby. Classic first-person account of a woman's descent into madness. A trigic, ironic Christmas for one hard up couple. A married couple return to the groom's home town to start their life together - but his position as town marshal complicates matters. A man and his dog fight for survival during a bitterly cold Arctic trek. |
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