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A village shop assistant returns from three missing weeks with ashes in his pockets and a love he cannot explain or forget.
A young schoolmaster receives a golden fruit said to grant perfect knowledge, just as he begins his respectable new career.
A timid shopkeeper eats a strange mushroom after a domestic quarrel and returns home with a violent idea of merriment.
A nervous visitor steals a scientist’s deadliest culture and races across London with catastrophe—and fame—on his mind.
A mediocre painter watches his portrait acquire a devilish expression—and then hears the canvas criticize his art.
An obese clubman demands an old family remedy for losing weight, only to discover how literally the recipe works.
A young singer crosses many lands searching for the beautiful city he remembers, hoping to find people who understand his songs.
Reuniting with an old friend makes a Dublin clerk question the life and ambitions he has settled for.
After a motor race, a wealthy young Irishman joins his foreign friends for a night of celebration.
A boy promises to bring a gift from a bazaar to the girl he adores, and waits for his chance to go.
A fisherman becomes fixated on a visitor he hears playing the church organ.
A stopped train brings strangers to Caline's rural home, leaving her curious about the world beyond it.
A poor market worker supports an older woman from the family he once served.
After watching the woman he loves marry another man, a proud bachelor reconstructs the misunderstanding that destroyed his chance.
A boarder in mourning attracts a would-be suitor with a tale of a dead count, but wedding plans bring other secrets to light.
When his wife unexpectedly leaves for the night, a bored husband discovers how much of his ordinary life he has taken for granted.
A grieving Irishman treats a palmist’s predictions as a treasure map and pursues the stranger meant to bring him luck.
A lonely baker imagines that a quiet customer is a struggling artist and finds a tender way to help him.
When Bertie says he wants a house full of children, a stop at a girls’ school puts the idea to a test.
When soldiers on a remote asteroid declare themselves plants, a psychiatrist enters the woods to find who taught them.
A casual reader finds an alien invasion hidden in plain sight inside the figures of speech in a paperback novel.
A man surrounded by labor-saving luxuries begins to question the debts that control his family’s future.
When the stars vanish and a voice schedules Earth’s judgment, a New York dress seller watches humanity prepare for the end.
A crew guarding Earth against telepathic invaders waits for a detector to reveal the first compromised mind.
