Late one night, a mysterious man witnesses the strangely silent movement of a large army.

In the town of Blackburg - home of raining frogs, crimson snow and Hettie Parlow's ghost - a young tramp stands on a street corner in the rain.

John Mortonson was dead. His body rested in a fine mahogany coffin fitted with a plate of glass ...

A shepherd who lives a simple but happy life under the watchful eye of the god Hastur begins to question the meaning of his existence.

The only pleasure in the life of a lonely widow is the dismal view from her third floor New York boarding house.

A suicidal playwright, finding himself unable to do the deed on his own, attempts an unconventional method involving the confession of a dark secret from his past.

The story of a man's manipulative relationship with two women.

With the promise of a viewing of a lost Leonardo masterpiece, a man visits the home of the obsessive Dr. Lombard and his daughter.

A renowned judge recalls a youthful adventure in Venice that began with an encounter with the beautiful Polixena Cador.

A man seeks out the truth behind the sudden withdrawal of a well-known painter from the art world three years before.

A couple are in agreement on the ethics of marriage but personal feelings, inevitably, intrude.

The workers in a damp, underground bakery dote on a young servant girl from the floor above.

On a wet and windy night, three strangers turn up at a young girl's christening party.

The story of the poor, downtrodden clerk Akaky - and his overcoat.

A young engineer is charged with transporting secret documents across the English channel - but criminal elements are on his trail and things soon start to go wrong.