Ernie Mendenhall: 42 years old. Alone. Works as a secretary for a writer and collects antique furniture. Rarely interacts with people. One bright summer weekend the writer for whom Ernie works holds a house party and Ernie Mendenhall meets the woman of his dreams. A fantasy relationship ensues. Story by Zona Gale (1926) Shy, lonely, ineffectual Winter Wedderburn spends most of his time pursuing his one passion—growing orchids. He recently had the good fortune to purchase an unidentified shrivelled rhizome from the Andamans or, possibly, the Indies. It might be a Palaeonophis ... or it might not. It was one of the last specimens collected by poor old Batten before he was found dead in a mangrove swamp, every drop of blood let out of him by jungle leeches. Story by H.G. Wells (1894)
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