# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Charles Beaumont.

- [The Beautiful People](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_8_se/chapters/the-beautiful-people.md): Mary Cuberle is brought by her mother to see Dr. Hortel because she refuses the Transformation, a societal procedure that makes everyone beautiful and uniform. Despite psychological tests showing she is sane, Mary insist
- [Elegy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_8_se/chapters/elegy.md): Captain Webber and his crew confront Mr. Greypoole on the asteroid Happy Glades, a preserved cemetery for the dead. Greypoole reveals the asteroid is a perfect replica of Earthly life, maintained by machines and a sealin
- [Traumerei](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/short_fiction_8_se/chapters/traumerei.md): Henry Ritchie and Max Kaplan await the midnight execution of a young murderer who claims that the entire world is merely his dream. As the clock ticks toward the fatal hour, Kaplan recounts his visit with the prisoner, w

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