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A naval officer recalls an Indian expedition where a prince’s troubling gift binds him to a child trapped by courtly power.
A rural court must decide whether an older woman can reclaim land from the young man she raised, supported, and expected never to leave.
An old school friend visits a conservative country household and treats their hospitality as permission to remake it.
Two tipsy noblewomen trade secrets, and one boasts of turning a servant’s devotion into summer entertainment.
A man who fears his own hands demonstrates a power over minds and objects that leaves his friend unsure whether either of them is sane.
A major turns military discipline on an entire fortified town for the sake of one forbidden meeting with a married woman.
Years after an abusive fisherman vanishes at sea, his widow hears his commanding voice return inside her quiet home.
A country gentleman records the invisible presence that seems to drain his strength, command his will, and turn his home into a prison.
A divorced man meets his remarried former wife at a hotel and turns their old grievances into a calculated new proposal.
A marquise arrives laughing with a secret: she has chosen a direct revenge on her jealous, abusive husband.
A poor, naïve farm girl enters service with a wealthy widower whose demands soon extend far beyond cooking and cleaning.
A beautiful countess rebels against the husband who has used pregnancy to control her, choosing a revenge designed to poison his certainty.
A bedridden tavern keeper’s furious wife finds an outrageous way to make him useful.
A young man forbidden to risk his finest clothes chooses one moonlit night to wear them freely and embrace the world beyond his home.
A sighted mountaineer falls into an isolated valley where blindness is universal—and learns that his advantage has no accepted meaning.
A stubborn skeptic discovers that any command he truly wills becomes real, though precision is not among his gifts.
A shy novice becomes a theater critic and finds the stage’s poses and speeches steadily replacing his own personality.
A London psychical researcher leaves his body during an experiment—and returns to find it occupied by something else.
A poor medical student accepts an old philosopher’s inheritance offer and wakes to find that far more than a name has changed hands.
A traveling showman arrives with electrical marvels and visions that draw a restless city toward a night of collective terror.
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.
To settle her father's debt, El-Soo puts herself up for auction while refusing the creditor who wants to own her.
An enslaved young woman refuses the marriage her mistress has chosen and falls in love with another man.
