tragedy
Stories that end the way you hoped they wouldn't.
The Bucket List
A college dropout found him in four days with a bucket list.
The General Who Conquered an Empire and Then Had to Give It Back
He took the fortress that defeated Napoleon, routed the Ottoman army, and marched to within a hundred miles of Constantinople — and then his father told him to wait.
The Doctor Who Was Right
He died of the same infection, in the same place on his body, that he'd spent his life trying to prevent.
The Man Who Ate Everything Else
The French army once used a man who could swallow live puppies whole as a courier, hiding documents in his stomach.