検索キーワード： "Queen" 短編小説

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the heart of the savage Hyborian Age, Conan the Cimmerian embarks on a perilous journey that will etch his name into legend. Fleeing from the law, he joins forces with the enigmatic and fierce pirate queen, Bêlit, whose beauty is as deadly as her...

Queen Siobhan of the elves knows that there's only one way to save the world: together. The problem? The elves fled to the Otherworld centuries ago to avoid war. Convincing them they need to join one will be no easy feat.

The Queen of Spades is decidedly one of Pushkin's gloomier tales. It inspired several movie adaptations and a magnificent opera by Tchaikovsky. Its determined, but misguided, protagonist stakes his life with dire consequences on a very old secret that might or might not even exist.

From the May-June, 1938 issue of Terror Tales, Queens of Beauty and Horror a chilling story by George Edson. A group of 48 beauty queens celebrate the pageant they have just completed. The beauty queens and their escorts suspect little of the sinister motive behind the pageant. The audience consists of leering, lecherous old men who have nefarious plans for the beauties later in the evening.

Alexander Pushkin's greatest short story. Hermann, a young German officer serving in the Engineers regiment, is obsessed by gambling, although he never indulges in it himself. One night he hears a tale about how a wealthy 87-year-old Countess in St. Petersburg once learned the secret of how to win on three cards from the Duc d'Orleans. He becomes obsessed with learning the secret himself. In pursuit of this aim, he becomes enamoured of the Countess' companion, the beautiful Lizaveta.

Ike Swift travels to New York's Chinatown where he describes the rise and fall of "The Queen of Chinatown".

When a tiny three week old street dog, finds himself amongst the congregation of Sunday service in a beautiful white church in Gorai, India, he sits in wonder and fascination of the sights before him. The people, the clothes, the golden goblets and the Priest's white wafers.

Lara is part of a dive team exploring the sunken city of Thonis-Heraklion off the North coast of Egypt. When a storm threatens the site, there's only time for one last dive, and Lara is determined to be on it - even if it means diving with the man who threatened her this summer. Because the dark queen is down there, and Lara intends to find her before it's too late.

John Lovering Benedict had more than most men - more money, more mansions, more cars, but most of all more women, including three ex-wives with little in common but their extraordinary physiques. For Ellery Queen the question was which one of them had bashed in Benedict's skull with a hunk of iron statuary? The clues were many…but puzzling. All had been planted at the scene of the crime, but by whom, and for what purpose? And who was the last woman in John Benedict's life?

Drama Queens I ett liv nära dig får vi ta del av fem historier direkt ur livet, starkt berättat av fem av Sveriges främsta författare. Det handlar om kärlek. Hur svårt kan det vara? Varför kan man inte bara älska den man har kär? Vad händer om man inte träffar den rätta och sökandet övergå till ren desperation. Ingen vill vara udda och den som sticker ut men fråga är bara hur långt man är beredd att gå för att passa in och för att ge och få kärlek.

Auri wasn't merely escaping her past; she was fleeing the clutches of her former kingpin boyfriend, Siriq. Seeking a fresh start, she relocates from the home they once shared, determined to erase the memories of the happiness they once shared. Forging ahead, she embraces a new chapter in her life, and even embarks on a new relationship with her boss, Troy, the company's owner.

Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job that can be gleaned from his musings, nor does he admit to any criminal involvement; he’s a bystander, an observer, an average street-corner Joe. Runyon described himself as 'being known to one and all as a guy who is just around'. That line seems to say a lot about Runyon and his life.

In Terror Town, the small New England town of Northfield is deftly sketched as the background for a series of violent deaths, all on the exact same spot: the muddy gravesite where the first body, that of a farmer's son, had been found.

Previously part of a collection, this rare Ellery Queen mystery is available as a standalone audiobook for the first time. In Wedding Anniversary, Ellery returns to Wrightsville just in time to witness the poisoning of his kindly host, the jeweler Ernst Bauenfel. To solve the puzzle of Ernst's death, Ellery must carefully analyze the dying man's last words.

Marion Hale believes in order. As a senior archivist, her work is simple in principle: preserve what exists, document what does not, and never interfere with the integrity of a completed record. When a manuscript by the late Calder Rowan enters the archive, it appears ordinary—carefully formatted, fully intact, legally clear.

Most women my age are preparing for marriage while I’m still enjoying the freedoms that come with donning my armor and promising to protect my home country, Kusovania. Days before the yearly gala that brings nobles and royalty from neighboring countries, my brothers and I are sent to retrieve a runaway princess. I'm assuming this will be just a routine journey but don't expect the little piece of sunshine that is Princess Juliette of Smunia.

Daniela has stolen my heart, my body, and my soul. She’s mine. Even if she’s the soon-to-be Queen of Kusovania. Unfortunately, as a mere noble and the Kusovania’s royal seamstress, my chances at remaining by her side are slim to none. Until I somehow find myself standing before the King, competing against other royals for Daniela’s hand. I have nothing to offer except for my heart. Hopefully, it’ll be enough. A mature standalone sapphic romantasy novelette with a heavy dose of spice.

Jack Roberts is back from the Sudan and with a crippling wound, no longer an active soldier. When he is sent to Iran to help find oil for British battleships he has to leave home once more. This time he leaves a son who is about to embark on a military career too. The Roberts family is soon...

En esta historia, donde la búsqueda obsesiva de secretos se convierte en un viaje peligroso hacia la perdición, Pushkin teje una trama maestra que te mantendrá en vilo hasta la última página. La condesa Anna, poseedora de un misterioso secreto para ganar al juego de cartas, despierta la codicia del joven oficial Hermann. Mientras se sumerge en una peligrosa aventura para descubrir el secreto, Hermann se enfrenta a una elección desgarradora entre el amor y la ambición. ¿Podrá Hermann conquistar a la reina de espadas o será ella quien lo consuma por completo?

Els protagonistes d’aquests deu relats, gràcies a la destresa argumental i narrativa de Mercè Foradada, es miren al mirall amb ànims ben diversos: la dolçor d’una vellesa assumida, l’aspror d’un desengany que no s’accepta, l’amargor del rebuig, l’enveja del prepotent, la rebel·lia de qui vol ser recordat, la creativitat de l’inconformista o l’aïllament d’una sequoia de Califòrnia que ha pujat massa amunt.