Luitpold Wolkenstein, financier and diplomat, sits in a cafe in Vienna and contemplates news of the rise of the Balkan States.
A Wanderer and a Merchant argue over the downsides to modern war.
Boredom leads a rector into temptation following his move to a country parish.
A dramatic confrontation between two sworn enemies in a generation-old land dispute.
When his wife's dog begins to shift the balance of power in their relationship, Mr Strudwarden resolves to take extreme measures.
When Leonard Bilsiter claims to wield enormous powers - conferred on him by a mastery of Siberian Magic - Clovis decides to set the record straight.
Revealing the dangers of mixing good food and popular music.
Crefton Lockyer begins to suspect that all is not right in the seemingly peaceful villiage of Mowsle Barton. One word: Witches!
A witty dinner conversation in which Clovis decides it is time his mother thought about getting married.
When Henri Deplis becomes the canvas for the final masterpiece of the great tatoo artist Andreas Pincini, he finds that life as a living work of art is far from easy.
A newly imported King of England finds a harsh - but effective - way of dealing with the country's feminists.
When an wholly unsuitable man tries to aquire invitations to an aunt's picnic, the task of putting him off is left to Clovis.
In an ego-driven attempt to heal local political divisions, the Baroness and Clovis decide to stage a Greek tragedy.
Lady Barbara is charged with finding a suitably new and tasteful method for greeting the head of state of a small Euopean princedom.
A man becomes obsessed with the idea that owners might grow to resemble their pets. Then someone buys him a monkey.
