A Tale of the Passions
Mary ShelleyA young emissary enters hostile Florence with a plea that could alter a kingdom's fate.
54 min · Tragic
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Euphrasia
Mary ShelleyA reckless English volunteer joins Greek fighters and survives a battle beside their grieving young leader.
25 min · Tragic
The Mourner
Mary ShelleyA prosperous man guards a grave whose story begins with a runaway schoolboy and a haunted young woman.
37 min · Melancholy
The Pilgrims
Mary ShelleyTwo young pilgrims seek shelter with a Swiss baron haunted by the daughter he drove away.
40 min · Solemn
Morgue Ship
Ray BradburyA burned-out coroner on a space morgue ship gets one last chance to confront the war whose dead he has carried for a decade.
17 min · Solemn
Story of a Fallen Head
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaWounded in a cavalry clash during the Sino-Japanese War, a Chinese soldier rides alone through the Manchurian fields with death suddenly close.
16 min · Solemn
6 stories