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Set in the early 1900s, Joe Petrosino, a NYPD cop, goes after a ruthless gang (with the calling card black hand) that migrated from Italy to America. The thugs kidnap people and then extort money from their families. They are loathed by law-abiding Italian families who are frightened, but nevertheless help Petrosino behind the scenes. He arrests and deports as many of these criminals as he can, for the sake of his own heritage.

Centers on a young woman who travels to the dark underbelly of Europe to rescue her father.

The story focuses on the lives of two men who turned the 1893 Chicago World's Fair into their playground. One man, Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, in a short period of time was forced to overcome immense obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. The other, H.H. Holmes, was a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair. Holmes devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims to their death.

Set in 1894, a church going English maid learns her scandalous father is alive and continuing his gruesome experiments on a remote tropical island.

A retro futuristic pop-up travel agency plans vacations to space for the public.

Through a time travel malfunction, a man from a utopian alternate universe winds up marooned in the real (and messy) 2015. He must decide if he wants to establish a life in this new world or head back to the one he came from.

To avenge her sister's death and save her family's tea house, Aza Wu joins the culture of casters who battle with magic for money.

Based on the classic 1950's children's book by Kay Thompson, Eloise jets off to Paris for Fashion Week and, along with one of Europe's top designers, finds herself chasing after a stolen dress.

The story of Laura Ingalls and her family who wander the west in search of a place to can call home.

Matt Helm, a former WWII spy, retires and tries unsuccessfully to put his past behind him.

Follows a divorced father suffering through a midlife crisis: His ex-wife is getting married to a nice guy, his college-bound daughter is pregnant, and he may die if he doesn't proceed with a medical operation.

Follows 27-year old Lucy, who sustained a traumatic brain injury when she was three.

A surrealist story about all the ways we hurt our friends without knowing it, and all the ways they stick around to save us.

A prostitute wakes up one day with superhero powers and is asked to join the League of Honor to help curb her anti-heroic behavior.