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A companion to Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning Hainish novels—including The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed—Five Ways to Forgiveness tells the story of the planet Werel and its colony planet Yeowe, and how their societies are shaped by the legacies of slavery and revolution.

Der Rächer seiner Ehre ist eine Erzählung von Anton Tschechow, in der ein Mann, der seine Frau beim Ehebruch erwischt hat, nach einem Revolver sucht. Er durchdenkt verschiedene Szenarien der Rache und Gewalt, entscheidet sich aber letztlich dagegen, da er die Tat durch einen aufsehenerregenden Ehescheidungsprozess und Verachtung ahnden will, anstatt Gewalt anzuwenden oder sich verhaften zu lassen.

Zur Beerdigung des Kollegienassessors Kirill Iwanowitsch Wawilonow wird der junge begnadete Hochzeits-, Jubiläums- und Leichenredner Grigori Petrowitsch Sapoikin herbeigeholt. Zwar schätzt letzterer den Verstorbenen als durchtriebenen Burschen, Bestie und Gauner ein, doch er folgt dem dringlichen Ruf eines Freundes.

Germans at Meat is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: Bread soup was placed upon the table. – “Ah,” said the Herr Rat, leaning upon the table as he peered into the tureen, “that is what I need. My ‘magen’ has not been in order for several days. Bread soup, and just the right consistency. I am a good cook myself”—he turned to me. – “How interesting,” I said, attempting to infuse just the right amount of enthusiasm into my voice...

Als der kleine Beamte Iwan Petrowitsch Panichidin in der Weihnachtsnacht anno 1883 sein gemietetes Zimmer im Moskauer Viertel Arbat betritt, findet er darin einen hochwertigen Frauensarg vor. Panichidin, der den Weihnachtsabend auf einer spiritistischen Sitzung verbracht hat, möchte nachschauen, ob der Sarg „bewohnt“ ist, flüchtet aber zurück in den Moskauer Starkregen...

Vor dem Gericht des Landkreises S. soll der Erzähler wegen Bigamie angeklagt werden. Die Reise dorthin wird von einem Schneesturm behindert. Des Nachts muss die Fahrt auf der nächstgelegenen Poststation unterbrochen werden. In dem Zimmer, das dem Erzähler vom Posthalter zugewiesen wird, schläft bereits jemand hinter einem Wandschirm...

The Baron is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: "Who is he?" I said. "And why does he sit always alone, with his back to us, too?" - "Ah!" whispered the Frau Oberregierungsrat, "he is a Baron." - She looked at me very solemnly, and yet with the slightest possible contempt - a "fancy-not-recognising-that-at-the-first-glance" expression.

Join three time-traveling, universe-hopping, interdimensional storytellers as they share stories of life, death, love, and despair in Jamal Barbari’s debut short story collection, Shades of Mortality.

Step into a place where the scissors are sharp, the gossip is juicier than a summer peach, and healing comes with a fresh set of highlights. The Salon Chronicles follows the everyday magic happening behind the chair, a lively neighborhood salon where clients come for more than just cuts and color—they come to reconnect, release, and rediscover themselves. Through a colorful cast of customers and stylists, this heartwarming collection of stories reveals how beauty isn’t just about what we see in the mirror, but what we find within.

In a world desperate for grand solutions and thundering pronouncements, the lands of Soleth and Tel-Rohen lie parched, not just by drought, but by a deeper silence of the spirit.

Books 1-3 of the contemporary Native American amateur sleuth murder mystery series Spotted Pony Casino. Disabled veteran Dela Alvaro has investigation skills from her time in the service. She digs for the truth with help from her Umatilla friends and her connections with the FBI and Tribal Police to get justice for the victims.

Upon leaving the Army, Trent Rivera made three solemn vows: to drop out of conventional society; to make amends for his past sins, and to find peace. A solitary, nomadic life criss-crossing the country in his campervan beckoned. But no corner of the world is remote enough. No whispered threat quiet enough. And no tyrant tough enough, to stop his moral compass from dragging him back to the fray.

When Dustin Walker’s witchcraft awakens, he discovers he harbors a leviathan, one that could destroy him—and his family—should he fail to learn how to control his powers. Dustin Walker first appeared in the Witch & Wolf standalone novel, Beneath a Blood Moon, and is featured in the majority of stories in this anthology.

Pleasant Dreams (1960), published just a year after his more famous Psycho, finds Robert Bloch leaving behind his earlier Lovecraftian influences to find his own style and voice in this collection of masterful tales, in which the horror is often laced with an undercurrent of pitch-black humor.

In Sebastanes Grafschaft herrscht unvorstellbarer Wohlstand. Nun sieht sich der greise Sebastane als einziger Verteidiger der Macht des ewigen Waldes gegenüber. Doch dieser Feind droht nicht nur mit unvorstellbarer Gewalt, sondern lockt auch mit ewiger Jugend und einem Leben, wie es sich der Alte immer gewünscht hat.

Simona, una psicoanalista de larga trayectoria, decide abandonar su Lima natal para ir a la bella isla de Mallorca. Ha tomado un sabático con la misión de escribir finalmente aquella novela que la ha perseguido por años. Sin embargo, ni los diversos colores de ese mar cristalino ni la brisa de un verano perfecto son suficientes para calmar su ánimo: la agobia la reciente ruptura con Magdalena, su última pareja, quien se ha despedido de ella, no por desamor, sino por culpa. ¿Cómo comprender el final de un amor que sigue vivo?

This sparkling box set includes all four full-length novels in Claudia Stone’s Regency Murder and Marriage series—a delightful blend of cosy mystery, romantic mischief, and sharp-tongued heroines who always find trouble… and often find love along the way.

The Stealth Ops Series Box Set includes the following three Navy SEAL romantic suspense titles by Brittney Sahin: Chasing Fortune, Chasing Shadows, and Chasing the Storm.

A compilation of short horror stories. Some were accepted for publishing in anthologies or ezines that, for one reason or another, never came to fruition, and others are just nasty little chunks of my brain that fell off over the past several years. Monsters and monstrous people doing devilish things in likely violent and ill-tempered ways.

Lindsay wants good grades to get into a good college, but some of her classmates are getting under her skin, in more ways than one… What starts out as a lovely getaway on a secluded island for an elderly couple slowly becomes apparent that they are part of a sinister game… A young girl receives a necklace from her dying Grandfather. Days later it is taken from her. She must fight through her dark past to retrieve the family relic which is so important to her… and more.