"A House of Pomegranates" is a collection of fairy tales. "The Young King" tells the story of the illegitimate shepherd son of the recently dead king's daughter of an unnamed country. Being his only heir, he is brought to the palace to await his accession. "The Birthday of the Infanta" is about a hunchbacked dwarf, fo...
"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome social obligations.
When the feared Supervillain Valcon learns that the new Superhero that he has been planning to kill is sixteen, all his plans for destroying the Superhero go out the window. Now instead of fatal battles, there's lectures about safety and why he should be in school and not fighting crime. Instead of evil sidekicks kidn...