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(0)David Ian Davies
After George McWhirter Fotheringay discovers that he is able to perform miracles in a local bar after he professes not to believe in them, he experiments in his home with whimsical results. He seeks the advice of local clergyman, Mr. Maydig, who decides to begin a campaign of using Fotheringay's powers to reform the world. But even with best of intentions, Mr. Fotheringay has little knowledge and less foresight. Before long a miracle backfires
...Although P.G. Wodehouse's woebegone protagonists are usually young men, in Jill the Reckless the master of British humor turns his attention to the fairer sex. Jill Mariner's young adulthood is beset by an array of mishaps and misfortunes—but will she work her way out of the wreckage and find true love? If you're already a Wodehouse fan, you can probably guess the correct answer, but dip into Jill the Reckless to hear the tale
...Supernatural detective Thomas Carnacki is on the case of a mysterious horse in this haunting short story by fantastic fiction writer William Hope Hodgson.
There is a legend in the Hisgins family: any first-born female will be haunted by a ghostly horse during her courtship. The story has long been dismissed as nonsense—until their daughter Mary's fiancé, Beaumont, is attacked by a mysterious assailant. Detective Thomas Carnacki is summoned
...Published posthumously in the Premier Magazine in 1929, "The Haunted Jarvee" is one of the final three stories featuring Carnacki the Ghost Finder.
In need of an escape, supernatural detective Thomas Carnacki boards the Jarvee, an antique sailing ship owned by his old friend Captain Thompson. But revitalization isn't Carnacki's only motive. The captain has for some time been complaining that ghosts haunt his ship. Finding nothing physical to
...12) The Golden Bird
Part of the celebrated fairy tale collection by the Brothers Grimm, "The Golden Bird" is the story of three princes and their pursuit of a priceless golden bird.
Every year the king's apple tree is robbed of one golden apple in the middle of the night. Determined to solve the mystery, the king's gardener sends his sons to watch over the tree. The youngest discovers the thief—a beautiful golden bird. The boy tries to shoot it but misses,
...13) Right ho, Jeeves
On Sir Alfred Jarnock's estate in South Kent, there is a chapel rumored to be haunted. It is said that any enemy who enters the chapel after nightfall will be struck down by the dagger that rests over the altar. Engraved upon the dagger's sheath is an image of Christ crucified and the phrase, in Latin, "Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay." After the estate's butler falls victim to the alleged curse, the lord of the manor's eldest son calls Thomas
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