A man reflects on the past week while an unexpected storm rages outside, and he compares the events that follow with the fall of the Roman Empire.

A man working at the Met is given an interesting—and daring—proposition regarding one of the museum’s artifacts.

A detective investigates a murder at a school in an alternate end-of-19th-century Europe where time can be manipulated for personal vendettas.

While citizens ponder whether or not to dig up an unmarked grave, one of them shares a tale passed down for generations about a mysterious wine merchant and what was found in one of his casks.

The crew aboard a freight ship are gruesomely murdered in a sacrificial and ritualistic manner.

A schoolboard debates the merits of history—and how to remember it.

After being offered a 100,000 pound advance to write a book on the twentieth century, a historian/writer struggling with depression takes to London to begin this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Set in ancient Asia, two lovers conspire against their powerful leaders to avert a sure-to-be devastating war by mistranslating their correspondences.

In Seville, the Spanish police stop and interrogate a couple on why they left a wreath near a public monument, though the couple refuses to tell the truth.

When a World War I machinist stumbles into a mourning mother on a Sunday cruise through Paris, his decision to help her out with her son’s funeral gives way to some unforeseen hijinks.