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How the story is told.
After burying a man celebrated for his honesty, his children open a private confession that forces them to choose between truth and family honor.
At her deathbed, a devoted younger sister asks forgiveness for the secret that has shaped both women’s lives.
An exile has built a fortune around one plan: return to the woman whose love ruined him.
An upholsterer explains how a cherished fishing spot, two furious wives, and one unlucky punch brought him before a jury.
A surgeon’s false tale about a stolen saint’s relic impresses his devout fiancée—until she visits Cologne herself.
A respected lawyer accused of violating his lover’s grave refuses counsel and asks a shocked courtroom to hear why he returned to her.
A suitor under constant observation begins a secret affair, then mistakes the wrong woman at a château window.
A shy novice becomes a theater critic and finds the stage’s poses and speeches steadily replacing his own personality.
A poor medical student accepts an old philosopher’s inheritance offer and wakes to find that far more than a name has changed hands.
Escaping a wartime prison ship, a sailor wakes stranded on a newly risen ocean floor marked by signs of an ancient marine civilization.
Two bored collectors steal an amulet from a centuries-old grave, then hear a hound closing in across the night.
Randolph Carter recounts the night his occult-minded friend descended into a hidden crypt with only a telephone line between them.
A sheltered poet marries a skilled occultist and begins to fear that she can force his mind out of his own body.
An orphaned heiress's secret promise entangles her with two brothers divided by inheritance.
After drinking an alchemist's unfinished elixir, a lovesick young man begins to outlive everyone he knows.
A poor steward's daughter marries the lord who saved her from a burning home.
Exiled by his own pride, a reckless nobleman accepts a stranger's miraculous bargain.
When the stars vanish and a voice schedules Earth’s judgment, a New York dress seller watches humanity prepare for the end.
