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Duluthians is a collection of short fiction that illustrates the folks who call Northern Minnesota their home. Here you will find stories of transplants who have found themselves reluctantly placed in the wild northland (Heiland Daze), and those where Duluth has always been their home and they would live in no other place. Follow a young boy who discovers the love of his half-wolf half-dog. Or the ski jumper who is destined for the Olympics if he can only overcome his fear of heights, and, more importantly, his thoughts of letting go and flying away.

ती आता काय करणार होती ? मग तिचं मन मोकळं करायला तिने कधी तिच्या रोजनिशीचा आधार घेतला तर कधी तिच्या गिटारचा.

ACHTUNG: SPORT KÖNNTE IHR LEBEN BEENDEN! Was haben ein Bowlingcenter, eine Kletterhalle und ein Fitnessstudio in Bremen gemeinsam? Genau, sie alle haben plötzlich einen Toten. Die Polizei ist schnell vor Ort und sieht ihre Überzeugung mal wieder bewiesen: Sport ist Mord! Begleiten Sie Kommissar Morthau und erleben Sie 16 teils skurrile Todesfälle, die Ihren Puls, wie beim Joggen, in die Höhe treiben. Tod Mord Sport ist in jedem Fall zwar nicht immer Mord, Tote gibt es aber trotzdem. Sie glauben ein entspanntes Minigolfen hat noch kein Herz zum Stillstand gebracht?

Semilouca é uma exploração profunda das complexidades da emoção humana. Nas páginas deste livro, somos guiados por um turbilhão de experiências que nos levam às fronteiras daquilo que chamamos de "semiloucura". Aqui, o objetivo é compartilhar histórias de vida, algumas baseadas em fatos reais, outras plausíveis, todas repletas de conflitos e potenciais soluções. Este livro, também, lança luz sobre o mundo dos sonhos, mostrando como a interpretação desses enigmas do subconsciente pode revelar situações anteriormente reprimidas e abrir portas para novos caminhos.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】夫の隆吉が兵隊に行って四年。あとに残った千穂子は、息子二人と共に義父の与平の家に引き取られて暮らす。義母のまつは中風症のため寝たきりで、千穂子は百姓仕事を手伝っていた。肉体の誘惑に負けた千穂子は与平と醜いちぎりを結んでしまい、女の子を産んでしまう。すでに終戦となり復員が始まっている。赤ん坊の貰い手はなかなか決まらない。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】近江の国に住む田原藤太は、瀬田の唐橋で二十丈もの大蛇と出会う。藤太が平然と大蛇の背を踏んで渡ると、大蛇は青い着物を着た小男に姿を変えた。小男は自らが龍王であることを明かし、三上山に住むむかでが湖を荒らし、子供たちをさらっていくと訴える。龍王は藤太に助けを求め、湖底の御殿へ案内する。

Being arrested for the first time, it was a moment that would change my life forever. The police officer who arrested me makes it very clear that he wants me and isn’t going to let go. Dealing with a harsh breakup, I wasn’t so sure what was going to happen, but I did know that I just had to get away. Speeding is not something that I do but I’m pulled over and arrested by a hot cop who is treating me like I’m a princess. But the moment that I realize what he is going to do to me, it might be too late.

UNCOVER WHAT IS BELOW. What is beneath our feet? Below our skin? What lurks in the darkness in the basement, or deep inside the earth? How far down can you read before you go insane? Step down into the chilling stories in Below. We woefully present you with tales of the twisted and terrifying. Listen to maddening transmissions, step into a basement of secrets, encounter a mother whose hate transcends death, a late-night work call becomes a fight of survival, demons lurk, and spirits seek their final revenge. These are not your Mother's bedtime stories…

A Cajun Werewolf Christmas (the happily ever after) paranormal romance is the final Stormy Weather story. Join the Deveraux Pack for their first Christmas together. With Angel and Jules's wedding days away, the pack braces the snow and cold for an unforgettable day. The men place a bet to see who can come up with the best baby present. And mother nature provides one last surprise for everyone.

Symposium of the Reaper: Volume 2 continues as the second entry in the trilogy. Picking up where the first volume left off, only with even more venom and absurdity, the listener can expect pitch black humor and an experience that will chill them to the bone like the Reaper's touch itself. Symposium of the Reaper is for fans of horror anthologies with vast variety and from a single author.

Una fabulosa novela corta en torno al ajedrez donde los límites de la inteligencia analítica se tocan con el totalitarismo.

Three unforgettable full-length small town romance novels from NYT and USA Today bestselling author A.L. Jackson

I have my first-ever crush… on my boss. Sienna: I’ve spent my entire life thinking that there’s something wrong with me because I was never like the other girls my age. I never had crushes or dated growing up. I've never even been interested in anyone. Until him. Kye Lightfield. He’s brooding, moody, and way out of my league. Oh, and he’s also my new boss. Kye: Sienna is perfect. She’s gorgeous and funny and always looks on the bright side. She’s my exact opposite and way out of my league. That doesn’t stop me from wanting her, from needing her.

How can you enjoy Christmas when you are solely responsible for keeping everyone happy, including the neurotic budgerigar; when you are all alone, and likely to be so for the rest of your life; or when you are four years old, your mother is whisked off in an ambulance, and you're left with some very odd neighbours? Can opinions set in stone be melted by cosy knitwear? Does scrambled egg have aphrodisiac properties? Should angels have good grammar? What would Silas Marner the miser be like if he lived now? And where did Noel Streatfeild get her inspiration for all those footwear stories?

Sometimes the biggest story of your life happens before you’re even born… and sometimes, you get to discover it. One email is all it takes to turn Mala’s life upside down… an email from a stranger 10,000 miles away. Now, as memories from her childhood swirl up in familiarity, she sees them in a different light, as though they’re puzzle pieces that have a new way to fit together. Everything is the same, yet everything is different… The story she thought she knew is true, but there’s been another truth running beneath it the whole time.

Camilla Winston-Brown desperately needed a breakthrough in her film career, not to lose her job a month before her thirtieth birthday. Faced with mounting debt and an overwhelming sense of despair, she purposefully crashes her car feet from Hollywood Boulevard. When she wakes up in her childhood bedroom, she finds her mother and best friend—both deceased in her reality—are alive and well. She has a loving partner, she never left Springdale for LA, and gave up filmmaking long ago.

This collection includes eight additional stories about a haunted hiking trail, a haunted road, a weakling developing his powers, a mysterious lake hiding secrets, a hoarder’s worst fear, the perfect day becoming a nightmare, a paranoid agoraphobe, and the unauthorized conclusion to [REDACTED].

"Miriam “Midge” Beale never imagined she’d be stealing chickens in the middle of the night just to feed her family. But when her father abandons them, leaving Midge in charge of her eight younger siblings, she will do whatever it takes to put food on the table. Until she's caught by the grumpiest man in all of Flat River. Baxter Hartman has every reason to be grumpy! He’s spent his days working on his ranch and his nights sleeping near the chicken coop trying to catch the thief who’s been stealing from his family.

Climate disaster–induced fugue states, mutinous polar bears, support groups for recently displaced millionaires, men who hear trees, and women who lose their wives on environmental refugee resettlement trips. In these dispatches from a weirding world, the absurd and fantastic are increasingly indistinguishable from reality. Exploring this liminal moment, Ashley Shelby's collection of climate fictions imagines a near future that is both unnervingly familiar and subversively strange.

Duke was always a good boy but when an ominous cloud rises out of the darkness something happens that changes everything. As he lies in his doghouse, he begins to hear the high-pitched humming grow louder and louder until his ears perk up. He slowly stands and cocks his head in the direction of where it is coming from before he emits a low threatening growl. His body stiffens as if to alert his owner of an unknown dangerous presence. However, when the sound becomes almost deafening, he peeks out and sees the huge black cloud circle around his owner’s house.

Let go of overthinking, make peace with uncertainty, and discover a calmer way of living—without needing to attend meditation retreats, follow rigid philosophies, or master complicated teachings. The Monkey and the Way of Zen is a lighthearted yet profound journey told through 28 short stories, following a restless Monkey and his encounters with a wise Master. As the Monkey stumbles through his questions, doubts, and frustrations, he begins to uncover a quieter truth beneath the noise of his thoughts.

A debut collection of four intriguing stories from a talent that will leave you wanting more.

For as long as Holly could remember, storytelling was her escape from a tumultuous home life. But when her Creative Writing Professor criticizes her year-end paper as "stale" and suggests she "write from experience," she's left feeling defeated. After all, her only experiences involve keeping her alcoholic parents from fighting and dealing with a cheating ex.

The Extraordinary Demise of the Famous Armless Juggler: Carlos recovers from a life changing accident to become the most famous juggler in the world. A bowl of mysterious oils and petals from the religious hibiscus help him along the way. But, his catastrophic one-sided love for a nubile young woman brings him down to earth and beyond. The Apricot Ice Cream and the Butcher’s Apprentice: Can a dapper little man get an ice cream from a butcher’s shop or a lamb chop from an ice cream parlour? Can an undervalued apprentice save the day? Will Big John McNabb live happily ever after?

Get ready to immerse yourself in a realm of energy. Stories that ignite the human spirit and touch the soul.

I picked up a hitchhiker. Now I’m not sure I’ll get home alive. I finally bought my own Airpods. I hear something terrifying when I wear them. Today, I looked in the mirror... for the first time in 10 years.

In Emotionally Attached to You, embark on a journey of love, resilience, and self-discovery with Sarah and Daniel as they navigate the complexities of modern romance. Set against the backdrop of a bustling city, this captivating tale follows the intertwining lives of two souls bound together by fate and a love that defies all odds.

Ein letzter gemeinsamer Ausflug mit ihren vier besten Freunden, bevor die Ferien enden – so hatte Audreys Plan ausgesehen. Ein ganzes Wochenende Party, Spiele und laute Musik. Doch schon auf dem Weg zu der Holzhütte in Vermont ereignet sich eine Tragödie. Ein junger Weißwedelhirsch springt ihnen vor das Auto und wird von dem schweren Geländewagen zermalmt.

My name is Lucky Chance. I’m a young man looking for an exciting life of travel, and I’m here in Beijing to start a teaching job. On April 4th, 2019, my luck runs out. The Beijing Police show up to my apartment unannounced and I’m arrested on drug charges. I get no information about the law, my rights, nothing. After 14 hours of sitting handcuffed in a holding cell, my destination is Beijing Jail No. 6. I am in a cell with 14 Chinese men and 9 wooden beds for 24 hours a day. I have no idea how many days I will be here, or whether I will ever receive any information.

How far would you go to rewrite your fate? Indie author, Nathaniel Crane watched his career burn at the hands of ruthless critics, indifferent editors, and a cutthroat industry that chewed him up and spat him out. Now, he's taking control—literally. When a plane full of abused and discarded writers takes off after a literary convention, they soon realize their trip is anything but ordinary. Crane has hijacked the flight, turning it into a high-altitude trial where the guilty—critics, publishers, and industry gatekeepers—must face the consequences of their cruelty.