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Wiki: "After he had loosed his hawk in the daytime, Bodončar used to go to those people and drink kumis with them: at night he returned to his grass hut to sleep."

Wiki: "And so Turi Guiliano missed the Festa of Saint Rosalie, which the citizens of Montelepre hoped would bring a miracle to their town."

Wiki: "The bastinado will knock out some of your Sicilian insolence."

DNF for now.

Wiki: "A massive psaltery suddenly appeared in his paws; I didn’t notice at all how he came by it."

Wiki: "Over the black kerchief tied under her chin, the old hag’s head was covered with a nylon scarf, which was gaily decorated with a picture of the Atomium and bearing the same inscription in several languages: Brussels World Fair."

Wiki: "We started talking cars and came to the conclusion that if you were going to buy anything at all, a GAZ-69 would be best, but unfortunately they were not for sale to the public."

06. An Artist’s Life, 3 stars. Rich boy consumed by jealousy over his inability to make art, maintains a bitter friendship with his creative but poor BFF.
07. In the Act, 3 stars. Neglected wife is enraged by husband's secret project, hides it away as a bargaining chip.
08. The End of Tragedy, 4 stars. Gullible one-trick pony actress is cajoled into a convoluted murder? revenge? plot, never knows what the truth is.

04. Blessed Art Thou, 3 stars. Monastery is thrown into chaos when one of the younger members claims to be visited by an angel, and physical changes seem to back them up.
05. Friends in the Country, 4 stars. Bickering couple get lost and wind up at the wrong dinner party, are very welcome and encouraged to stay the weekend.

01. Mrs Caliban, 4 stars. Lonely housewife takes in fugitive frog monster, has affair with him.
02. I See a Long Journey, 4 stars. Insecure woman marries into extremely wealthy family, has a small passion for her husband's bodyguard.
03. On Ice, 5 stars. Young American girl is swept off her feet by a much older German doctor, unexpectedly meets old friends on a ski vacation.

DNF for now.

Wiki: "Helstone says these three are your gods; that the ‘‘Orders in Council’’ are with you another name for the seven deadly sins; that Castlereagh is your Antichrist, and the war-party his legions."

Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler grave than this:
Here lie the bones of Castlereagh:
Stop, traveller, and piss.
― Lord Byron

10. Under the Black Water, 3 stars. Prosecutor is looking for the body of a boy murdered by the police, gets a tip that he might still be alive.
11. Green Red Orange, 3 stars. Woman maintains shoddy contact with her shut in ex-boyfriend over the internet.
12. Things We Lost in the Fire, 4 stars. Women decide to disfigure themselves and risk dying in protest of men burning them for centuries.

07. End of Term, 2 stars. School girls want to be friends with the self-harming girl having a public breakdown.
08. No Flesh over Our Bones, 3 stars. Woman finds a skull abandoned in the street, takes it home as a pet.
09. The Neighbor's Courtyard, 3 stars. Husband resents wife for past mental health issues, thinks she's hallucinating strange happenings at their new home.

04. Adela's House, 3 stars. Morbid kids become obsessed with local abandoned house, go inside.
05. An Invocation of the Big-Eared Runt, 2 stars. Disgruntled new father resents his wife and child, thinks about a serial killer too much.
06. Spiderweb, 3 stars. Woman repents her hasty marriage to a whiny prig that finds fault with everything.

01. The Dirty Kid, 4 stars. Young woman thinks she's street smart because she lives in a rough neighborhood, is shocked by a local crime.
02. The Inn, 3 stars. Girl goes along with a silly revenge prank because she's sweet on her friend, but they get spooked.
03. The Intoxicated Years, 2 stars. Teenagers do a lot of drugs, gain and lose friends.

19. The Likeness of Julie, 3 stars. Male student has violent fantasies about a plain girl in class.
20. Prey, 3 stars. Doormat daughter buys an ethnic fetish doll for her gentleman friend, fails to heed the directions.

16. The Distributor, 3 stars. The neighborhood goes to hell after a friendly new face moves in.
17. Crickets, 3 stars. Creepy guy approaches a married couple just trying to enjoy their vacation.
18. First Anniversary, 4 stars. Loving husband loses the ability to taste his wife after accidentally insulting her flavor.

12. Dance of the Dead, 3 stars. Sheltered girl goes out on the town with a fast crowd to see a live show.
13. The Children of Noah, 3 stars. Sour man is has a terrible time in Maine, gets stopped for speeding through a small town.
14. The Holiday Man, 2 stars. Man drags his feet about going to work, but they need him for the fourth.
15. Old Haunts, 2 stars. Middle-aged man does a tour of his college days hangouts.

08. Legion of Plotters, 2 stars. Nasty little man is convinced the world is out to annoy him.
09. Long Distance Call, 4 stars. Invalid is distressed by repeated phonecalls after a thunderstorm.
10. Slaughter House, 2 stars. Unnaturally close brothers buy a haunted house, one falls under its influence.
11. Wet Straw, 2 stars. Widower is disturbed by visions of a barn in the rain.

04. Through Channels, 2 stars. Police interview a traumatized teen witness.
05. Witch War, 3 stars. Giggly young girls do their duty for the war effort.
06. Mad House, 3 stars. Permanently enraged man blames everyone/everything for his failures, poisons the house.
07. Disappearing Act, 4 stars. Cranky husband cheats on his wife, can't seem to get in touch with the gal after.

01. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, 3 stars. Frustrated man sees a creature tampering with the engine of a plane mid-flight.
02. Dress of White Silk, 3 stars. Orphaned girl gets taunted into showing a neighbor her dead mother's room.
03. Blood Son, 3 stars. Weird little goth kid wants to be a vampire.

Wiki: "The bolus of molten minerals gets hotter, roiling and glowing blue with Cerenkov radiation — photons emitted by particles traveling faster than the speed of light in water."

11. Old Plumbing, 3 stars. Curious plumber can't resist investigating the source of gunk and tapping noises in the pipes.
12. Point of View, 3 stars. Man notices the walls changing dimensions, records his findings for posterity.
13. The Builder, 3 stars. Wealthy man expects people to be desperate enough to go along with his lucrative offer, no matter the terms.

08. Viewing Essential, 3 stars. Estate agent struggles to find a renter for a creepy apartment a sick old man died in.
09. A Stubborn Stain, 3 stars. Husband has to take responsibility for a work screw up that isn't his fault, becomes obsessed with cleaning the wall.
10. Round The Clock, 3 stars. Concierge starts to worry about his colleague's ever-increasing lust for violence.

04. Bad Penny, 3 stars. Little girl has a very hungry "imaginary" friend with more teeth than usual.
05. Inbox, 3 stars. Law intern spots something hinky in the endless paperwork she's combing through.
06. Sleepless, 3 stars. Exhausted mother works two jobs, takes unsafe meds to sleep.
07. A Foot in the Door, 3 stars. Ghost hunting aspiring journalist noses around looking for a ballroom.

01. Night Work, 3 stars. Judgemental woman loves the grime of the city and her night-shift hours, gets creeped out by a small group of whispering people.
02. The Knock, 3 stars. Snooty art dealer becomes obsessed with a worthless painting by an unknown hand.
03. Smart, 3 stars. Man is perturbed when his digital assistant starts taking the initiative to control/improve his life.

03. A Man of the People, 4 stars. Boy grows up and leaves his lover, becomes an educated man and is left by his lover. Devotes his life to helping women gain their freedom in a foreign land.
04. A Woman's Liberation, 4 stars. Slaves lives are worsened by a carelessly idealistic act, the long ugly struggle for personhood and education.

01. Betrayals, 4 stars. Old woman lives alone with her pets, trying to be devout. Takes care of a lonely old man she doesn't know when he becomes ill.
02. Forgiveness Day, 3 stars. Young female ambassador is too brash and dismissive for the extremely conservative powder keg she's assigned to, gets dragged into a civil war.

08. Home, 3 stars. Soldier returns to a fucked up family situation, is mostly unable to resist his violent urges.
09. My Chivalric Fiasco, 3 stars. Low level employee is bribed to forget he witnessed an assault, but blunders on his big day.
10. Tenth of December, 3 stars. Sweet but lonely kid tries to return an old man's coat, old man sees kid fall in lake.