Novel
A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with child. She continues on hoping to find a man and a home.
Writer
Элизабет провожает Джона на войну. После ее окончания Элизабет получает телеграмму о том, что Джон был убит в сражении. Она находит утешение в Ларри и выходит за него замуж. Но Джон возвращается спустя 20 лет, у него новое имя и приёмная дочь…
Novel
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's voice via the radio, who explains that before the night is over each one will be die unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest, Death.