A young servant girl falls under the charms of a magus. She becomes entranced in his presence, forsaking her mother and would-be suitor.
A rancher hires a gunslinger to enforce his will. The rancher's daughter falls in love with him, making her betrothed angry enough to challenge him to a gun battle.
A wealthy industrialist falls for a married knife throwing performer. He worries that her husband will find out and deliberately hit her with a knife.
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Chess seems the perfect foil for a sophisticated jewel thief. An insurance investigator looks into the theft of several diamonds and other jewels from a jeweler. A stolen emerald and a game of chess lead him to look into the lives of three supsects: an employee; a long time member at the jewelry store; and a fence. Every character in this story is a chess fan.
A stressed sales manager gets more stressed when he finds his tombstone in the cemetary with a date of death a year in the future.
In a pill-induced suicidal stupor, a star tennis player recounts the events of her life that led her into a deep depression.
A conman grifts the residents of a small town and ends up stealing a small piece of irony.
Solo Nakeela, an interstellar traveller who cannot know love, accidentally ruins the mind of the great Jeffrey Hale, a talented but fragile young artist. Can he help the young genius regain his sanity in time?
A bandito abducts a famous actress while she is traveling through Spain. She convinces him to desert his life of crime and resume his career as Spain's premiere bull fighter
A case of mistaken identity puts a con man at the head of the Panamanian army at the turn of the century. His failure as a General lands him in hot water with Panama's enemies.
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