"Thuvia, Maid of Mars" follows Carthoris of Helium and the brilliant inventor Thurid as they search for Thuvia, a noble princess abducted amid political intrigue on Mars. As...

In "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry are caught in an earthquake and swept deep underground, where they encounter strange lands, magical creatures,...

"Dagon" is a short tale by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a man recounting a terrifying experience at sea after a maritime disaster. Stranded and alone, he encounters a vast,...

James O'Brien, an Irish-American scholar, is blackmailed by a man who forces him to revisit an ancient cairn tied to the Battle of Clontarf. When the cairn is disturbed, it...

In "The Diplomat", Machado de Assis follows Rangel, a man dominated by prudence and excessive calculation, who harbors a silent passion for Joaninha. Unable to act with frankness,...

"The Beast in the Cave" follows a man who becomes lost in the enormous underground passages of Mammoth Cave during a guided tour. As his torchlight fades and the darkness closes...

In this satirical tale, Machado de Assis reinvents the creation of the world by attributing it to the Devil, who shapes the Earth with ambition and irony. In an attempt to repeat...

In this tense and atmospheric tale, an English traveler in Russia is unexpectedly swept into the dangerous underground world of the Nihilists—radical revolutionaries hunted by...

During a transatlantic voyage, a young Englishman grows suspicious of two fellow passengers, Flannigan and Muller, who guard a strange little square box with unsettling secrecy....

Maria Regina lives amid the dilemmas of the heart: two men attract her attention, Maciel, young and vibrant, and Miranda, more mature and introspective. Between encounters,...