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A man investigates an increasingly common phenomenon involving carnivorous lambs with a highly developed sense of justice.
A wronged stranger determines to revenge himself on the most honest town in America.
Genuinely tragic story of a dog's devotion to his master.
An older woman tries to help a young drug addict.
On Christmas Eve in remote settlement cut off by heavy flooding, a group of men pay a visit on a deprived boy.
In the middle of an Arizona desert night, a group of explorers are approached by a mysterious stranger with a tale to tell.
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 prospective buyer goes to look round a French chateau (complete with chapel and tombs) but finds the place deserted - apart from a strange pack of dogs.
A student doctor becomes suspicious of the methods being used to supply dead bodies for his professor's dissection table.
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 drifter describes making, spending and losing a few bucks. Contains strong language.
The workers in a damp, underground bakery dote on a young servant girl from the floor above.
The story of the poor, downtrodden clerk Akaky - and his overcoat.
A wooden owl prompts change in a quiet woman's life.
Description of a dysfunctional family's evenings. Contains strong language.
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.
Olly Rice had given his life to literature, but what had literature given him? A wound in the head that oozed something worse than blood or brain matter.
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.
