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A New York salesman steps into Ganymede House, a shop whose unusual merchandise appears to come from another world. He chooses a salt cellar as a present for his wife, only to find that it behaves in ways no household object should. When he tries to return to the shop, locating it becomes a puzzle of its own.
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Professor Ransom has used an experimental technique to cross a rose with a borrowed dog, Cooley. Preparing the result for a flower show proves difficult as the hybrid develops unexpected appetites and habits. Ransom and his colleague MacTate struggle to keep their creation under control and out of Mrs. Underdouble’s sight.
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Jack Morris runs a carnival wax museum in Peelsville, Illinois. After a child insists that one of the figures is alive, Morris investigates the Napoleon display and encounters a presence studying its human visitors. The discovery turns a routine evening at the carnival into a confrontation with an unfamiliar threat.
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Set in a bitterly cold snowbound mountain country, this western follows a deputy sheriff who tracks a fugitive through the snow after a killing in Galena. He finds the man camped by a dying fire, disarms him, and binds him to a lodge-pole tree while accusing him of murder. The scene is shaped by exhaustion, hunger, and the harsh winter wilderness as the two men face each other in the isolated backcountry.
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Millionaire Asa Brand recruits Clark Stannard and a group of desperate men to search for the legendary Lake of Life in Africa. Their expedition enters a hidden region divided by rival peoples and dangerous alliances. Stories of waters that promise immortality draw the travelers into a struggle over who will reach the lake first.
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This science-fiction short story is set in a far-future solar system where one woman remains in a world dominated by men and other intelligent beings. She is displayed as an anachronism in a great city once called New York, while men travel the planets and a historian explains how a scientific civilization arose from earlier efforts to control sex hormones and suppress emotion.
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Alice Meynell’s Childhood is a reflective essay on children’s perceptions, preferences, and fears. It considers the kinds of toys children actually cherish, criticizing grotesque or fragile playthings in favor of simple, lasting objects that can be loved and named. It also looks closely at the inner life of a little girl named Sylvia and at children’s interpretations of the behavior of other children across a street.
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This western story follows old stage driver Whiskers Graham on the Como to Fairplay run, where he is ordered to carry Superintendent Joe McGraw’s bearskin overcoat. Whiskers fears the coat is cursed because he associates it with two deaths, while his only passenger is Miss Rosie Roach, the schoolteacher. The ride also shows Whiskers’ reputation as an experienced, fast stage driver in the South Park district.
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Sheriff Joe Cook is furious to find his deputy, Shorty McKay, spending time with the beautiful Señorita Dorothe while claiming to study Spanish. The town of Monte Vista is still troubled by the robbery of a stage carrying money, mail, and passengers’ valuables, and Cook has been frustrated by an unsuccessful chase through the Smoky Creek badlands. When he orders Shorty to prepare supplies for another ride, his suspicion grows that the deputy’s interest in Dorothe is distracting him from the search.
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Set in Monte Vista on rodeo day, the story follows Sheriff Joe Cook as he must deal with a dangerous outlaw, Manuel Perida, who has robbed a drug store and shot two men. At the same time, his deputy Shorty McKay is more concerned with competing in the International Covered Wagon race, where he represents America. The race setup also includes Señor Julio Quijano, whose daughter Marie unexpectedly drives Mexico’s entry.
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Set in a cattle-ranching town, the story follows Ike after he writes and mails a violent challenge to Phil Hughes, whom he believes has been stealing calves. Soon after, Ike discovers that his revolver is not usable and must be sent away for repair, leaving him unarmed at the very moment he unexpectedly runs into Hughes in town. The arrival of the sheriff offers Ike a sudden opening as the standoff develops.
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In Monte Vista, Sheriff Joe Cook and deputy Shorty McKay receive a letter from private detectives who claim a fugitive is heading to town to recover buried treasure. Shorty connects the warning to Jefferies Brofman, a former mining company secretary who disappeared years earlier with company funds and whose old mansion on Gopher Hill is widely regarded as haunted. The sheriff consults old records and prepares to catch Brofman if he returns.
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In a barren canyon at dusk, a very young sheriff tracks a fugitive who has deliberately killed a Mexican and then uses rifle fire to pin him down. As night falls, the sheriff maneuvers through the rocks, waits with his rifle, and thinks of a letter from a girl while he prepares to stop the man’s escape. When the fugitive rides out in the dark, the sheriff shoots his horse, overpowers him, and discovers the captured man’s face in the light of a match.
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Deputy Sheriff Shorty McKay presses to take over a case after a sheriff’s office conference, using a book on detective disguises to argue that he is ready for the job. Sheriff Joe Cook lets him go on the train to Alamosa but worries when Shorty seems to miss it, until a disguised rancher at the platform turns out to be Shorty himself. On the trip and after arriving in Alamosa, his odd behavior draws attention from railroad men, a marshal, and two strangers who decide to watch him.
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In Monte Vista, Sheriff Joe Cook and Mayor Al Foster react to a telegram that seems to point to a dangerous wanted man staying at the Lone Spruce Hotel. As they puzzle over the signature and the sheriff’s fears, they decide to gather armed volunteers and plan a careful capture rather than a shootout. The crowd then moves into position around the hotel, with a roper, the sheriff, and the mayor each taking a role in the effort.
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