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Moving to New York | 迁往纽约
After years of unfulfilled promises from her partner Ward, Leah decides to leave him and start a ...
The Gift of Ears | 是谁给了我耳朵？
A boy is born without outer ears but with perfect hearing. After enduring childhood taunts, he re...
The Parrot's Betrothal | 鹦鹉许婚
A parrot, once kept by Old Man Gan, returns as a beautiful woman named A'ying to honor a childhoo...
He Said What He Meant | 心口如一
A proud father arranges for George Bernard Shaw to hear his lazy daughter play piano, hoping for ...
Horrible Deaths | 离奇的死法
Three men at heaven's gate must describe their deaths to gain entry due to overcrowding. The firs...
A Mother's Touch | 一位“妈妈”的“抚触”
Michael wakes to a strange stillness and sees a blurred figure of his mother, only to be confront...
The Porch Phantom | 门廊鬼影
The narrator recounts eerie childhood experiences at his aunt's remote, old house, culminating in...
The Roofer's Ghost | 房顶工人的幽灵
The narrator recounts a strange injury sustained during the 1987 Whittier earthquake while standi...
The Haunted Pub | 闹鬼的酒吧
A bartender recounts his eerie experiences living above a pub, where initially comforting ghostly...
Aphrodite and Adonis | 阿芙罗狄蒂与阿多尼斯
The myth recounts Aphrodite's deep love for the mortal hunter Adonis, his tragic death by a boar,...
The Fowler and the Adder | 捕鸟人与蝰蛇
A fowler intending to kill a bird is fatally bitten by a snake he steps on. With his dying breath...
The Haunted Schoolhouse | 闹鬼的校舍
A sensitive military trainee recounts eerie experiences in a schoolhouse converted from a wartime...
The Hilltop Farmhouse | 荒野小屋
A runner sees a figure in an abandoned hilltop farmhouse, but a later investigation reveals the s...
The Bald Huntsman | 秃头的猎人
A bald man's wig is blown away during a hunt, amusing his companions. He good-naturedly remarks t...
A Nice Stone | 上好的石头
A widow humorously reveals how she interpreted her late husband's final wish to buy a "nice stone...
Dogs Barking at Snow in Guangdong | 粤犬吠雪
The author recounts a personal experience that led him to believe in the old saying about dogs ba...
A Brush with Jack the Ripper? | 遭遇开膛手杰克？
A student walking home alone through a dangerous alley at night encounters a terrifying figure re...
Shi Qian Steals the Armor | 时迁盗甲
To defeat Huyan Zhuo's armored cavalry, the Liangshan heroes need Xu Ning and his barbed lance sk...
The Photograph of Death | 死亡照片
In August 1992, while exploring rural Corfu on a motorcycle, the narrator discovers a remote ceme...
The Three Craftsmen | 三位工匠
A story about three craftsmen, each insisting their own familiar material is best for city defens...