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In a mysterious and unsettling realm where reality blends with hallucination, a lost wanderer discovers the ancient ruins of the legendary city of Carcosa. Surrounded by ominous landscapes and inexplicable phenomena, the protagonist comes face to face with their own identity and destiny.

"The Great Gatsby" takes us to New York in the 1920s, where jazz can be heard everywhere, underground alcohol trade flourishes, and the mafia rules the city. It is a time of great crisis and equally great profits. A time when it was easiest to become somebody in a short period after previously being nobody. Such a person was Jay Gatsby, dreaming of great wealth and power. To fulfill these dreams, he gets involved in the gears of the criminal underworld and high finance...

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the ordinary world is turned upside down by an extraordinary phenomenon. Born as an elderly man in the year 1860, Benjamin Button defies the natural order by aging in reverse. As his peers grow older, Benjamin grows younger, facing a life that unfolds in reverse—from the struggles of old age as a child to the innocence of infancy in his final days.

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce is a masterfully crafted short story that transports the listener to the heart of the American Civil War. Peyton Farquhar, a plantation owner, is captured by Union soldiers and sentenced to death by hanging. In his final moments, in a desperate attempt to escape, his mind wanders between reality and illusion. Will he manage to return to his beloved family?