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Holmes helps a banker from whom some expensive gems, taken as security on a loan to an important client, have been stolen.
Local prospectors wait expectantly for the return of Henry's wife.
On the eve of war, it's the last night of business for Miss Celia's 'ladies'.
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.
A man uncovers the dark secret of a mysterious valley owned by a xenophobic drunkard.
Holed up in an isolated mountain shanty, the emaciated Mr. Hiram Beeson receives a visit from a dark stranger.
In the middle of an Arizona desert night, a group of explorers are approached by a mysterious stranger with a tale to tell.
A romantic vision of the afterlife.
A family start a war with nature when they move to the country.
A man's mother is brutally murdered but, except for the finger marks around her neck, no trace of the killer can be found.
A gentleman moves into a reputedly haunted country house; soon the servants are scared witless but the master is not convinced. Plays with different attitudes to paranormal activity.
A princess makes a promise to a talking frog.
The story of the poor, downtrodden clerk Akaky - and his overcoat.
Description of a dysfunctional family's evenings. Contains strong language.
During the French Revolution, three nuns and a priest live in fear of a man who appears to be watching them.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
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.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
