The Bucket Rider: A poor man seeks compassion but is found wanting

A Little Woman: A man tries to appease a woman frustrated with him in true Kafkaesque fashion

The Passing of Edward: A poignant story about an uncle coming back to visit

The Prime Minister

The Duke's Children

Snap-Dragon: An innocent game leads to death

The Rewards of Industry: In China a child uses chess to gain his fathers approval

Madam Lucifer: A classic Faustian tale set against a game of chess

The Bundle of Letters: A man discovers something in his wifes closet, driving him beyond the edge

The Daughter of Pontius Pilate: In Ancient Roman times a rich woman tries to cure her ails

His Secret Sin: A photograph bought in Paris reveals much about a man's desires

The Necromancer: Set in 17th Century England at Cambridge Univeristy, a mathematician is accused of black magic

Tobacco Clouds: A man contemplates the effects of smoking on his life thus far

Ghost in a Coach - A Short Story Collection: A tale of classic Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories taking place in and around the mode of transport of the time

The Murderer: Bulgakov expertly explores life and death choices set on the backdrop of the Bolshevik Revolution

Marcel Schwob - A Short Story Collection: Labelled the "precursor of Surrealism", French author Schwob had great influence on people such as Borges.

The Occult Detective - A Short Story Collection: A classic short story collection about detectives that hunt criminals of the supernatural and occult variety

Vincente Blasco Ibanez - A Short Story Collection: One of Spains finest writers, who's work has been made into countless Hollywood films, we have an incredible anthology translated to English for your ears.

The Bensons - A Short Story Collection: An anthology from three heralded brothers who rose to literary prominence around the turn of the century.