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  3-4
Impersonating Elvis by Polly Nelson
When Chuck Walaach enters the Elvis Look-Alike Competition, something has to give.
- Date Added: August 2005
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Death By Scrabble by Charlie Fish
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
- Date Added: September 2006
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  5-9
Letter from the Understudy by Kathryn Simmonds
An apology from an actor involved in some drama outside working hours.
- Date Added: March 2007
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
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The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
So you think he's mad? Nervous? True! - but you should see how wisely he carries out his plan.
- Date Added: May 1999
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
A man takes his enemy to taste a rare wine - which he happens to keep at the far end of a vast, damp cellar.
- Date Added: May 1999
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Case of Lady Sannox by Arthur Conan Doyle
A case which leaves a Lady of notoriously loose morals in a nunnery and her lover - a brilliant physician - in a vegetative state.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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  10-14
The New Catacomb by Arthur Conan Doyle
In this homage to Poe, two rival scholars are brought together when one discovers an important early Christian burial ground.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Death Of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce
What do an horrific dream and the name 'Catharine Larue' have to do with a man found dead in the hills around the Nappa Valley?
- Date Added: December 2001
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Fall North by Tim McLean
Ed runs an errand for Mr. Rollo.
- Date Added: March 2007
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
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The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle
The confession of a convicted killer sheds light on the disappearance of a mysterious Frenchman - along with the entire train he was travelling in.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Beetle-Hunter by Arthur Conan Doyle
A job advert with a bizarre set of requirements leads a young entomologist off on a mysterious adventure.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
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  15-19
The Man with the Watches by Arthur Conan Doyle
An apparently impossible scenario involving the diappearance of three people from and the appearance of a totally unknown - dead - fourth on a moving train.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Man With The Cough by Mrs Molesworth
A young engineer is charged with transporting secret documents across the English channel - but criminal elements are on his trail and things soon start to go wrong.
- Date Added: August 2001
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Black Doctor by Arthur Conan Doyle
When a popular local doctor is murdered, the angry brother of his ex-fiance seems the obvious suspect - until the doctor's uknown past begins to reveal itself.
- Date Added: February 2000
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes reveals the existence of a single organiser behind half the crime in London - an evil genius named Professor Moriarty - and soon finds himself in mortal danger.
- Date Added: September 2002
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Stock Broker's Clerk by Arthur Conan Doyle
A young clerk lands what appears to be an ideal job - but soon begins to suspect he may be part of an elaborate trick.
- Date Added: September 2002
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Crooked Man by Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes investigates the murder of a popular and apparently happily married Colonel.
- Date Added: September 2002
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Greek Interpreter by Arthur Conan Doyle
An interpreter seeks Holmes' advice after being abducted and forced to translate a conversation with a bound and gagged man. A story that also involves Sherlock's even more observant brother, Mycroft Holmes.
- Date Added: September 2002
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of Charles Augustus Milverton by Arthur Conan Doyle
A young Lady employs Holmes to negotiate with London's most notorious blackmailer.
- Date Added: July 2003
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Three Students by Arthur Conan Doyle
A professor at a top university seeks Holmes' help with a possible case of cheating in a valuable scholarship exam.
- Date Added: July 2003
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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