All STories
You receive a letter from an old friend. He isn’t doing well and has invited you to visit him at home.
Two men—a servant and his employer—take a drive on a snowy evening, only to find their lives forever changed.
It’s the 2010s and nuclear war between the US and Soviet Union has forced humanity into bunkers while the earth above falls under fire. Only the Leadys, the semi-sentient robot fighters, remain in the open, left by the humans to fight it out amongst themselves. But, not all is as it seems…
We learn which crime Sherlock Holmes thinks is the absolute worst…and it’s not what you think it is. Also, the great detective tries his hand at crime himself. But when he crosses the line, will he be able to come back from it?
A young woman working as a servant for a cruel countess falls in love with the man across the street. It seems like a fairy tale. But are there more sinister motivations at play?
Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, but even he is not prepared for what lies ahead on the mysterious island. Has he finally met his match?
An ecological disaster forces humanity into underground pods where individuals connect by virtual means. However, when we turn power over to computers, who watches over the computers?
Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief, sends a note to a baron. In response, the baron contacts the best detective in France. Armed guards stand watch at locked gates and the tunnels are flooded. But, isn’t this overkill? Arsène Lupin is in prison. Or is he?
A Halloween episode with two stories—yes, two—inspired by the master of Gothic horror.
A professor checks into a rundown hotel for a long vacation and becomes obsessed with another resident, a pale man moving from room to room.
Lester’s work has killed trillions, making way for humanity’s march across the galaxy. But, after a trip off-world and witnessing a dead planet firsthand, he’s now changed. Lester wants out.
Will the government release their best scientist and, more importantly, did Lester even return from the wastes?
A man comes to Sherlock Holmes with a development: he's making a lot of extra money each week solely because he has fiery red hair. For the famed detective, this is terrible news.
Prospero can't remember the last time he slept. He can't remember the last time he saw his daughter or even how old she is these days. He’s been working on one singular task for decades, and now he's nearly there. He's on the precipice of the greatest discovery of all time...
...and then someone kicks in the door. They're coming for him.
Jonathan Harker is on a work trip, which means new and bizarre foods, people with interesting stories, and a meeting with a count that people seriously will not stop warning him about. He doesn't understand it. The count is just an old guy with a handlebar mustache who lives in the woods inside a creepy castle surrounded by wolves. Right?
Irene Adler. She's in one story, but she left such a permanent, indelible mark on Sherlock Holmes that he will now and forever refer to her as THE woman. Sherlock receives two visits in one night. One is expected: royalty with a problem that could alter the history of Europe. The other is a surprise: Watson, who's well on his way to a dad bod.
In an alternate future, it's 1981 and the UN allies have been at war with the Soviet Union for six years. In that short amount of time, the world has been reduced to an irradiated husk of itself. Standing victorious over a fallen world, the Soviets unexpectedly find themselves overwhelmed by a new technology developed by the Allies: a technology that will turn the tide of the war, one that will harbor a deep secret.
A story of three things: an eight-foot-tall introspective giant, a thoughtful and dangerously ambitious child who doesn't understand the enormity of the task he's undertaking, and a world that's not ready for the consequences of one young man's thoughtless genius.
A couple in early 1800s Louisiana heads home, only to spot something unusual by a pillar, something that will change their lives—and the lives of the most powerful family in town—forever.
Two stories by U.S. writer O. Henry. In the first, a young woman is dying, pinning her hopes to a leaf dangling from a branch. In the second, ol’ Soapy, a homeless man in NYC, gears up for a trip to his summer home: prison. The only problem? He can’t seem to get himself thrown in there.
Our humble hero just wants to swing by a remote mental institution in the south of France on his way home to America. His plan is to spend one night in the self-described ‘madhouse’ to satisfy his curiosity. What could be wrong with spending a single night in a rural and private 1800s asylum without a means of escape? You know, besides every word in that sentence.
Edmond Dantes returns to France as a captain, high on his fresh promotion and giddy over his soon-to-be marriage to the love of his life, the one and only Mercedes. The only issue? He doesn’t realize he has enemies everywhere and that the last request of his dying leader—simply delivering a letter—might have changed his life forever.
Watson hasn’t spoken to Sherlock in months. But when the distraught wife of a friend comes to his house late one night, one thing leads to another and suddenly he’s in an opium den facing a shocking discovery.
A man in 1950s middle America emerges from working indoors all day to find something horrifying in the center of town. The strangest thing? No one else seems to have a problem with it but him.
A story full of ambition and violence. Given a prophecy that he will rule as king, Macbeth finds himself both drawn to and repulsed by the desire that grows within him. With power, he could do much. But, to sit on the throne, his cousin will have to die.
A routine trip to Mars turns out to be anything but when an earth-bound ship allows one last passenger on board.
Professor Angell is dead, but the story of Cthulhu is just beginning.
Angell, it turns out, has a nephew, a young man who must now sift through his late uncle’s possessions.
Little does he know he’s about to find something that will change his world forever.
An intrepid, overdressed traveler finds himself thrust into the furthest future imaginable. Among the ruins, he must face the question: does he have what it takes to survive or will the witnessed fate of humanity also be his own?
A man finds himself on a twisting journey—a tour of sorts—after his final end.
But on this tour, you don’t want to get off the bus.
Sherlock lives for mysteries. Luckily for him, even a vacation away from the city can turn into a situation with a dead body…or two.
The story of two old friends, one strange item that grants your wildest dreams, and three coveted wishes.
Unfortunately, every desire has a cost.
Someday, Henry Bemis is going to do it. He’s going to go to the glorious public library and read a book cover to cover. Only…today is not that day, but not for the reason you think.