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A man wanders a desolate plain looking for the city of Carcosa and finds signs he cannot explain.
A shepherd meets a radiant stranger who vanishes whenever he questions her.
During the Roman siege of Jerusalem, three temple officials pay the soldiers below for animals to use in sacrifice.
Seven men shut themselves inside a plague-stricken city and hold a desperate feast beside the body of their dead friend.
A demon describes a solitary man who endures a violent, unnatural landscape until the world around him becomes completely still.
Scheherazade tells one more Sinbad voyage, but the king finds modern science and technology less believable than magic.
A self-proclaimed 228-year-old gentleman recalls evenings with Samuel Johnson, Boswell, and their sharp-tongued London circle.
When an orphan’s kitten vanishes in Ulthar, every cat in the village leaves home for the same night.
A scholar climbs a forbidden mountain to see the gods of Earth, certain that his learning can protect him from their anger.
A young singer crosses many lands searching for the beautiful city he remembers, hoping to find people who understand his songs.
A solitary young man becomes convinced that an abandoned family tomb contains the life and identity meant for him.
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