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In this enchanting homage to JD Salinger's 1948 classic, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, SEE MORE GLASS invites listeners to dive into a world where joy and sorrow coexist in an unexpected dance. Set in a playful resort of reflective surfaces, the story chronicles Sybil, a curious girl who stumbles upon a mysterious ghost—wearing flamboyant clown attire and leaving behind gleaming clues. His laughter-filled interventions not only spark wonder but unfold into a deeper narrative of a bygone soul seeking to heal through playful mischief.

Im Mittelpunkt steht ein junger Diener, der sich unsterblich in eine Frau verliebt, die unerreichbar für ihn bleibt. Was als leise Hoffnung beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einer obsessiven Sehnsucht – mit tragischem Ausgang. Zweig fängt die seelischen Spannungen meisterhaft ein und erzählt mit psychologischer Tiefe von gesellschaftlichen Grenzen, innerer Vereinsamung und stillem Verlangen.

Crimes of passion are as old as love itself. A man, a woman, a weapon: it's the perfect recipe for love gone wrong. And Murder for Love: Murder for Men is the perfect—and only—collection of love stories with a delectable devious twist: Murder. Eight works of short fiction from the very best male writers inside—and out—of the mystery field provide compelling listening in this distinctive collection.

Meet Gray Gaynes: a brilliant investigator, but also a man deeply wounded by his own personal tragedy... An NYPD homicide detective willing to go to great lengths to hide the truth of the irrevocable changes he is undergoing.

تضم «100٪ قطن» مجموعة من القصص القصيرة التي تقدم مضامين عميقة في إطار فني متميز وبأسلوب راق لا يعتريە الضعف أو الابتذال. ومن أمثلة قصص المجموعة: «الامتحان»، و«المظاهرة» و«ارتباط»، و«فرح» وغيرها من القصص التي تسعى إلى الاقتراب من فنيات القصة القصيرة من ناحية والاقتراب من القارئ من ناحية أخرى.

Three gripping psychological thrillers about secrets, obsession, and control. Perfect lives unravel, hidden truths surface, and nothing stays buried behind closed doors. Discover a chilling collection of dark, character-driven suspense from psychological thriller author Alison Lyle.

There's something wrong with the carnival barker. Something creepy. And yet, his words pull young Terrence toward the funhouse. Toward the open door. Toward the dark... "Come one... come all..."

They promised perfection. The Black-Box program built Echo-units — cloned soldiers engineered to never tire, never falter, never fail. Dr. Elara Kane called it evolution. General Heller called it the future of war. But Sergeant Major Cole Maddox saw what they really became. It started with a single patient in a hospital ER. One bite. One moan for brains. Then it spread city to city, faster than bullets, fire, or bombs could stop it. Napalm couldn’t. Nuclear fire couldn’t. Humanity’s weapons only turned the world to ash.

The first three books in the White Haven Hunters series in one binge-worthy volume!

Books 4-6 of the White Haven Witches series in one binge-listening volume!

Crown of Magic, Vengeful Magic, and Chaos Magic, in one volume.

Bicky and Miles want to learn to box but they always end up fighting. Maybe the red boxing gloves will make a difference.

Siege the castle? Not my style. Save the world? Never gonna happen. Create a bestiary business with a group of beautiful yet contrasting women? Now that’s more like it! One minute I’m in a tree, pointing my camera at a tiger, the next I’m on my back in a medieval fantasy world, while a skittish blonde hovers over me, hoping I’m not dead.

A vivid and haunting collection of interconnected stories, Winesburg, Ohio portrays a cast of isolated individuals in a small midwestern town at the end of the 19th century. Central to the book is George Willard, a young newspaper writer, to whom a variety of Winesburg’s residents, past and present, attempt to confide their secret desires, failures and innermost truths.

One moment, everything was normal. Then the World Core woke up and slaughtered almost everything alive so it could harvest their Chi. After that, it rebuilt everything and put the survivors in a game-like environment, pitting them against monsters and each other. The rules are different now. Chi power is as important as being able to fight. I'm one of the survivors. With my knowledge of martial arts and my special Chi skill, I'm turning myself into a force to be reckoned with. And the women I meet along the way? Let's just say there's more than one advantage to joining my party.

A fox waits at a window with a warning too late to ignore. A dog mourns its master without knowing it is the last goodbye. A crow tallies the debts of a village that forgot how to care. A whale sings beneath the floorboards for what was buried but never gone. In Strange Companions, animals speak in riddles, offer prophecies, and hold mirrors to the hidden corners of our humanity. Each story balances the uncanny with the intimate—dark fables and tender reflections that explore grief, greed, love, and the strange beauty of being alive.

When a peasant girl follows glowing mushrooms into the forbidden forest, she discovers the witch waiting in the cave wears her own face—and the mad queen in the castle does too. In a kingdom gripped by famine, young Carys has always been the wild child her mother couldn't tame. But when mysterious mushrooms begin to glow at her touch and lead her deep into the forest, she stumbles into an impossible truth.

Deal Breaker is an M/M holiday romance novella, featuring a one-night stand between two people who thought they’d never see each other again.

A quiet neighborhood where nothing ever happens. A terrifying communal nightmare that strikes fear into the hearts of the residents. A supernatural entity that preys on the dreams and fears of the weak. It's an El Niño summer in the unassuming neighborhood of SOMEWHERE, Tucson, and the burgeoning heat is driving everybody crazy, bringing with it a single mirage of terror. When all the males experience the same disturbing nightmare featuring a supernatural entity that grows from the body of a deceased animal, they start to wonder who this mysterious creature is.

Nicholas Whittaker, a man who hates Christmas with a passion, moves to Manitou Springs, Colorado, to start a handyman business and escape the holiday he detests. But when Natalie Hughes and her five-year-old daughter Lainey move to Manitou Springs after her husband's death, Nicholas finds himself surrounded by the holidays he's tried so hard to stay away from. Can Natalie and Lainey convince Nicholas that Christmas is a wonderful time of the year and miracles do happen? Find out in this heartwarming holiday romance.