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A scholar climbs a forbidden mountain to see the gods of Earth, certain that his learning can protect him from their anger.
A lonely man escapes the lightless castle where he has always lived and searches for other people under the full moon.
Caught in a storm, a genealogist takes shelter in an isolated New England farmhouse whose ancient owner studies a gruesome engraving.
A young singer crosses many lands searching for the beautiful city he remembers, hoping to find people who understand his songs.
An American heir restores his family’s ruined English priory, where only he and his cats can hear rats moving inside the walls.
A doctor and his nephew investigate a Providence house where generations of residents have weakened, gone mad, or died.
Randolph Carter, cut off from the dream worlds of his youth, follows an inherited silver key toward his childhood home and a possible way back.
Randolph Carter recounts the night his occult-minded friend descended into a hidden crypt with only a telephone line between them.
A ruthless U-boat commander loses control of his submarine and drifts toward ruins on the Atlantic floor.
Three robbers target an isolated former sea captain whose house contains bottles that answer when he speaks.
A sheltered poet marries a skilled occultist and begins to fear that she can force his mind out of his own body.
A solitary young man becomes convinced that an abandoned family tomb contains the life and identity meant for him.
Two men debate whether any horror is truly beyond description while sitting beside the grave linked to a local legend.
A lonely lighthouse keeper boards a white ship under the full moon and sails through dreamlike lands of beauty, mystery, and danger.
A Wall Street copyist answers every request with "I would prefer not to" — and never leaves.
A woman in a remote Klondike cabin waits for Dave Walsh, and a visitor's guide knows why he has not come.
A captive fur trader claims he can make his skin resist an axe, then wagers his life on a test.
Two Klondike partners buy a handsome sled dog who refuses to pull and keeps finding them whenever they leave him behind.
A Yukon camp's judge wakes alone in a boat with no food and no memory of how he got there.
To settle her father's debt, El-Soo puts herself up for auction while refusing the creditor who wants to own her.
A newcomer crosses the Yukon alone in extreme cold, with a dog whose instincts tell it the journey is unsafe.
To keep a promise, a Klondike traveler carries a friend's heavy bag through storms, rapids, and a mountain pass.
Reuniting with an old friend makes a Dublin clerk question the life and ambitions he has settled for.
A mother manages her daughter’s concert engagement and presses the organizers to honor their contract.
