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Often cited as the first detective story. The genre arrives pretty much fully formed: a brilliant detective, the bumbing police officer and

A historian is given the chance to run very realistic simulations of the past.

An unusually young ship's captain lets a stranger aboard his ship - a stranger who appears from the sea in the night. But an unusual bond f

A fisherman accidently captures and falls in love with a mermaid but must make a sacrifice to be with her. A fairytale, reminiscent of , par

A lawyer takes on a new employee but fails to check the references. The original role model for slackers everywhere.

A suicidal playwright, finding himself unable to do the deed on his own, attempts an unconventional method involving the confession of a dar

Maupassant's short masterpiece following the journey of a group of civilians during the Franco-Prussian war.

"Sometimes I wonder if there's ever an exact moment when your life changes"

In a devastated world, a group of men travel to New York, with something special in a suitcase.