When lady Carlotta is mistaken for the Quabarl's new governess, she takes it as an opportunity to try out a few of her own teaching methods.

An unsually wet ghost soaks the master of Harrowby Hall every Christmas eve.

The first man on earth recalls the early years.

Creation's early days as recounted by earth's first woman.

It is said that when a Cernogratz dies in the family castle, the wolves in the forest howl all night long ... but Baroness Gruebel, new owner of Cernogratz castle, is sceptical.

An uncle tries to interest his young nephews in some experimental non-violent toys.

A domineering wife and mother unobtrusively and inexplicably vanishes.

A small grocery store comes up with an ingenious way of competing with the big city shops.

Two half-brothers - one a farmer, the other an artist - come to blows over their differing aesthetic viewpoints.

A bedraggled writer corners the editor of a respected publication and demands to know why his story has been rejected.

First-person account of a successful lawyer's sudden loss of memory and the resulting adventure.

When his wife's dog begins to shift the balance of power in their relationship, Mr Strudwarden resolves to take extreme measures.

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.

A penniless man is bet that he can't survive for a month - starting and ending with nothing but an implausible, but real, £1,000,000 note. Trading Places, Brewster's Millions. . . . .