A highly skilled surgeon trying to escape the heavy demand placed upon him for his service is drawn away from his peaceful card game in a warm bar in the Yukon to save the life of a man who has been badly mauled by a panther. Barely surviving the trek, the doctor finds himself enmeshed in an...
Published 04/19/24
In "The Lady, or the Tiger", by Frank Stockton, a semi-barbaric king has devised a trial by chance that offers the accused a choice of two doors. Behind one is a beautiful lady who will become his wife once he opens the door. Behind the other is a man-eating tiger waiting to spring upon whoever...
Published 04/17/24