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A philosophical journey for an American travelling by train in India
A man rich enough to despise everything that money can buy goes out and tries to want something that he can't pay for.
A tough gang member wanted for murder meets a lady in a bar.
A fearsome mosquito traps a man in his apartment.
"What happened when all their illusions were stripped away and revealed for what they truly were?"
New Year's Eve and, for Vanessa, a time for reassessment
Jake gets home from school, but can’t find his key…
A man meets his girlfriend's parents.
A man makes a living out of other people's superstitions.
Mr Crockett returns to his humble home on a chill Christmas Eve.
A penniless young gentleman with a mildly successful gambling habit finds a 'sure thing' to put some serious money on.
A man meets a beautiful but penniless girl on a trip to Cuba.
A group of bored Prussian soldiers amuse themselves destructively while holed up in a French chateau.
Sophia, a beautiful married woman, and her neighbour Ilyin meet 'by accident' - he wants to declare his love for her, she to tell him to stop pursuing.
Touching story in which two immigrants are brought together by a broken lift.
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?
