A name you know. A mood you’re in. Ten minutes to yourself. Start anywhere.
How quickly the story moves.
A sleepless man dreams of an ancient polar city where his sharp eyes earn him a military watch on which an entire people depends.
A scholar links a dead professor's papers, a global cult, and a sailor's account to the same ancient being beneath the Pacific.
An Irish landowner plans to drain a bog that local villagers refuse to disturb, then replaces every worker who leaves.
An impoverished student becomes obsessed with the strange nightly music of a mute viol player on a street missing from every map.
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.
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.
A sheltered poet marries a skilled occultist and begins to fear that she can force his mind out of his own body.
Two men debate whether any horror is truly beyond description while sitting beside the grave linked to a local legend.
A captive fur trader claims he can make his skin resist an axe, then wagers his life on a test.
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.
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.
A solitary bank clerk forms an unexpected friendship with a married woman and must decide how close to let her come.
Two boys skip school in search of adventure and meet a stranger who unsettles their day.
A boy promises to bring a gift from a bazaar to the girl he adores, and waits for his chance to go.
Maria leaves the laundry for a Halloween visit with the family she helped raise.
After clashing with his boss, a Dublin clerk looks to an evening of drinking to restore his pride.
Eveline must decide whether to leave her family and sail away with the man she hopes to marry.
