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The Trial for Murder is a short story written by Charles Dickens. It was originally published under the title To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt as a chapter in Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions in an extra Christmas volume of the weekly literary magazine, All the Year Round. It was later published in 1866 in a collection of ghost stories known as Three Ghost Stories, along with The Haunted House and The Signal-Man.

A 'Gambling Man' tries to win the money but will he win the girl? What kind of man kidnaps a child and leaves him alone in a cold dark place? In a relationship, can 'A Worm Really Turn'? In the future, men live alone in capsules depending on the mainframe computer to take care of everything. An R.A.F. officer seeks 'Cold Revenge' when he discovers the real truth behind his parents' accident. How do you gain revenge on a wife who no longer has any interest in your marriage? A top radio disc jockey is supposed to entertain his public, not murder them!

When small-town cop Clay Donovan dies saving his wife, Brynn, he believes his heroic act will be his legacy. But death has other plans. His partner Jones, a reaper hiding in plain sight, reveals a dark truth: it was Brynn's time to die, not his. Defying fate, Clay chooses to spend his borrowed moments saying goodbye, a choice that sends him to Pandore—a gritty, unyielding purgatory where souls pay for past sins. Now trapped in this shadowy realm, Clay finds himself guided by Darcey, a sly fiend with a taste for chaos.

Samuel sees me in an embarrassing moment! I’m ticked off and not paying attention to where I’m going, which is why I end up falling into a mountain stream. I’ve been visiting this mountain forever, so I wouldn’t care ordinarily. I’ve had a crush on this mountain man forever, though. Well, I’m soaking wet but he helps me to his cabin so I can dry off.

Don’t ask me how I end up locking myself out behind the coin laundry without a stich of clothing on my body. I don’t know what the heck to do, and it gets even worse when a tall, handsome, and muscular mountain man drives to the back parking lot. Talk about humiliating! Who wants to meet the perfect man under circumstances like these, right? Well, this curvy girl is stuck, and there’s nothing she can do. Except the man is so nice!

Even thinking about what I want to do with Brock is a forbidden thing. I can’t help it, though. He’s tall and sexy and so strong and powerful. He’s the best kind of mountain man. He’s also been a very close friend all my life. Any affair with him would be forbidden. I can’t help myself, though. I want him and he’s always around to tempt me more. I finally can’t help myself. Naturally, this morally upright older man tries to resist but I’m very persuasive. The night of passion is perfect but now what?

A single moment changed everything in my life to the point that I had no idea what I would do. But with my heart handed over to the handsome pilot, I knew that I couldn’t change it. As a new flight attendant, everything is scary and I’m not sure how I’m going to get past it. I know some of the women don’t like me for whatever reason, but I don’t let it bother me. Until one moment would make me realize just what I was missing in my life. Apollo Harden, the sexy bachelor pilot whom every woman wants.

I’m just sneaking down to the bed and breakfast kitchen to get a drink when a tall, sexy mountain man kisses me! Out of nowhere! See, it’s dark, and he thinks he’s giving his ex-girlfriend one final kiss goodbye. Instead, he’s kissing me. What a crazy situation, huh? Well, when I run into him the next day, it’s a crazy situation then, too. And when I take back to the bed and breakfast, I can promise you that this curvy girl wants more than just a kiss. But now what’s going to happen? How can I keep from being just another ex-girlfriend?

I’m thrilled when I get a ride from the very sexy mountain man. After all, I’m on the run, and anything that keeps me moving is wonderful. Then, I have a scare about the police finally catching me, and before I know it, I’m throwing myself at the mountain man so I’ll have a place to hide. He doesn’t know my motives. He just…he just cares for me. The problem is I’m starting to care for him, too!

The popular THINLY VEILED collection from the Castle of Horror continues with this anthology of horror stories in the world of 80s pop culture-- from movies like ROBOCOP and THE KEEP to shows like THE FACTS OF LIFE and MORK AND MINDY-- but every one of these brands is "thinly veiled." See if you can recognize them all!

Gage Greenwood, who Nick Roberts, author of The Exorcist's House, called, "Arguably the most versatile voice writing today," puts that genre-blending flexibility on full display in this collection of short horror stories. A failing stand-up comedian faces the ghosts of his past while performing on stage. A seemingly innocent interview slowly turns into a nightmare scenario.

In the viceroyalty of Nueva España, a hierarchy exists between the Spaniards and the indigenous people of América del Norte. The Inquisition seeks to redeem native souls through conversion and control, but for many who refuse to submit, there is only one fate - death. The military keeps the peace for Madrid. As tensions escalate between the indigenous population and their colonial masters, Mikicia finds himself captured by the Inquisition and an ambitious soldier, Vicente. While their past has common threads, they fray in the present due to conflict and duty.

Kenal Lupus? Anak kelas satu SMA Merah Putih yang doyan mengenakan baju lengan panjang itu? Dia lumayan ngetop, lho! Serius. Kalau kebetulan kamu mampir ke rumahnya dan menyebut namanya, pasti orang seisi rumah pada tau semua. Itu kan membuktikan bahwa dia cukup ngetop. Setidaknya, ya… di antara orang seisi rumahnya.

المجموعة القصصية الأولى للشاعر أدهم عادل، 25 قصة عبارة عن مزيج بين الخيال والواقع، 25 تجربة تعيش فيها برفقة الكاتب ترى من خلالها أنماط بشرية مختلفة.

A collection of stories told by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky through which he explains the concept of slavery and shows how the exchange of pain becomes a way to get closer between people, and how a man abandons his principles for the sake of a greater goal.

يحوي هذا الكتاب مجموعة من القصص التي تجسّد إحدى المحاولات القليلة جداً لمقاربة مرض الاضطراب الوجداني ثنائي القطب بطريقة أدبية بعيدة عن التوعية الطبية التقليدية. تحمل صفحاته قصصاً وتفاصيل حقيقية نقلها الكاتب من زوايا ذاكرة المرضى وذويهم وصاغها في مجموعته القصصية لتكون بمثابة بطاقة تعريف فريدة بهذا الاضطراب المثير للاهتمام، مكتشفاً عوالم غامضة وسرية بحبكات متقنة وشخصيات استثنائية.

"هكذا قُطفت الزهور" رواية اجتماعية عن حكاياتٍ لزهور قُطفت بيد القسوة والواقع..روايةٌ مبنية على أحداث حقيقية لكنّك لن تميّز فيها الواقع من الخيال!

A couple's cat leaves offerings of dead birds freighted with mysterious import. A foreign worker helps construct a concert hall that reawakens his musical longings. A young diver hunts venomous cone snails for a lovelorn researcher. With disarming simplicity, Barrie Sherwood charts how the complex bonds between lovers are unravelled to the point of breaking, and the often strange and touching ways we define ourselves and our relationships in a fluctuating world.

Con un toque heredado de maestros del misterio como Edgar Allan Poe y H.P. Lovecraft, Isaza presenta una recopilación de once cuentos atrapantes de un género conocido como «relatos extraños». Sus protagonistas se encuentran en épocas futuras, algunas veces rodeados de criaturas extraterrestres y otras con la facultad de viajar en el tiempo. Situaciones irreales, aunque con personajes más parecidos a nosotros de lo esperado.

El segundo libro de cuentos de Alvaro Vanegas recurre a temas tan fundamentales en el género del terror como los zombies y los asesinos en serie para criticar aspectos de la sociedad en que vivimos como el machismo, el respeto por el otro y la religión.