Henry Carter Hull

Khryukin, a drunkard, has had his finger snapped by a small dog (according to one witness, after thrusting a cigarette stub into the latter). The policeman Ochyumelov's attitude to the affair and the dog's future destiny fluctuates depending upon the coming information as to who the owner of the culprit might be.

Olga Ivanovna Dymova enjoys the company of extraordinary people, all painters, writers and musicians, who look to her bright and original. All members of the small artistic circle which she is a hostess of, they all tell her she herself is a promising artist and pianist, the reputation she tries to uphold by practicing regularly and producing countless and, apparently, not very original 'etudes'.

Having a quiet evening by the fire with his wife and a friend, the State Councilor Sharamykin complains about the recent quietness of their town's cultural life and remembers how stormy things had been here in the past, and how much his wife Anna Pavlovna enjoyed it. Each time, going back in his memories to another star's visit to this place, on order to remember the exact year, he has to consult her as to the age of one of their four children.

The town was a little one, worse than a village, and it was inhabited by scarcely any but old people who died with an infrequency that was really annoying. In the hospital and in the prison fortress very few coffins were needed. In fact business was bad. If Yakov Ivanov had been an undertaker in the chief town of the province he would certainly have had a house of his own, and people would have addressed him as Yakov Matveyitch; here in this wretched...

Varka, a 13-year-old babysitter, sits all night long by the cradle trying desperately not to fall asleep for she knows she'd be severely beaten by her masters for that. Once she nods off, and gets it in the neck. The sleepless night by a screaming baby draws on and on, as the girl, eyes half-open, recalls horrors of her past: father dying of hernia, mother begging for food by the road... Another sleepless night behind, there comes the day full of...

An all-new digital-first adventure for the Twelfth Doctor! Featuring the character of the Ghost, as debuting in the 2016 Christmas Special episode, The Return of Doctor Mysterio. Join us for an unforgettable adventure across the universe. To say any more would spoil the present you'll unwrap on Christmas Day... So join us on the day after Christmas for the start of an amazing rollercoaster ride!

An all-new digital-first adventure for the Twelfth Doctor! Featuring the character of the Ghost, as debuting in the 2016 Christmas Special episode, The Return of Doctor Mysterio. Join us for an unforgettable adventure across the universe. To say any more would spoil the present you'll unwrap on Christmas Day…

Vicious traps and threats beset Frank, Joe, and Chet as they search for two stolen, famous paintings in an old fort said to be inhabited by a ghost. One of the paintings is a clue to the hiding place of a chain of gold.