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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】岩手県の土淵村にある友人宅に滞在した際の日記。雪深い村、方言が通じない友人S君の母親との気まずい対面は、都会の日常とは全く異なる。都会の喧騒から物理的にも心理的にも隔絶された環境で、文壇の騒がしい声さえ遠くに感じ、友人との会話も億劫になるほど、静かな時間に浸っていく様子が描かれる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】夕暮れの井戸端、子供たちが「蝙蝠来い」と囃したてる中、少女お涌は、煤の塊のような影が空を舞うのを見ていた。その夜、小僧の平太郎が打ち落とした蝙蝠を、お涌は譲り受ける。その帰り道、町でも謎めいた存在である日比野家の皆三に、その蝙蝠を標本にしたいと頼まれる。お涌は、大人びた女中の丁寧な口上に気圧され、断りきれずに蝙蝠を日比野家まで届けることになる──。

Failed relationships have been the one constant in my life, each breakup chipping away at my hopes for lasting love. But just when I thought I'd drown in a sea of regret, my sister yanked me from the depths of despair, pushing me far beyond my comfort zone. And now, here I was, on my first day as a personal assistant to none other than the enigmatic billionaire, Mr. Stone.

In this gentle anthology from the Before Your Dream series, five quiet, luminous tales invite listeners into realms where memory drifts like water, stories grow from moss and stone, and peace settles over the heart like evening light. Crafted for slow nights and soft minds, these stories offer a sanctuary of calm—each one a small lantern carried into the hush before sleep.

Books included in this collection: BOOK 4—DEATH’S KISS, BOOK 5—DEATH’S TASTE, and BOOK 6—DEATH’S ANGEL.

A community where the mortgage is paid with blood. A man with an unhealthy devotion to his couch. A death machine that kills whoever its owner wants. A woman escapes one nightmare to find herself in another living hell. A boy learns more about his father than he ever wanted to know. Bone Chimes, the first collection from Kristopher Rufty, features nine demented tales, including The Night Everything Changed, the prelude to The Lurkers.

The vicar of St Saviour’s is preparing for Christmas. Four Sundays, four services, four advent candles to light. Richard loves Christmas. And he loves the ritual of the advent candles. Only this year is different. Memories and regrets threaten to spoil his favourite season.

A young woman returns to the forest of her childhood, where every step is filled with memory and every leaf seems to whisper her name.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A thief, a candlemaker, an ex-mercenary, and a pig farmer walk into a trap…and what happens is no joke. When Riyria is hired to retrieve a jester’s treasure, Royce and Hadrian must match wits with a dwarf who proves to be anything but a fool. Difficult choices will need to be made, and in the end those who laugh last do so because they are the only ones to survive.

The Bell-Tower appeared in 1855 in Putnam's Monthly Magazine no. 32 (August). In the south of Europe, nigh a once frescoed capital, now with dank mould cankering its bloom, central in a plain, stands what, at distance, seems the black mossed stump of some immeasurable pine, fallen, in forgotten days, with Anak and the Titan.

Two strangers meet on a train and share a conversation that changes them both. He’s running from the numbness of a life he no longer recognizes. She’s running from a grief that refuses to fade. What follows is a brief, incandescent connection — one that lingers long after the train stops.

"The Lightning-Rod Man" appeared in 1854, in Putnam's Monthly Magazine no. 20 (August). What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof. I suppose, though, that the mountains hereabouts break and churn up the thunder, so that it is far more glorious here than on the plain. Hark! - some one at the door.

Erleben Sie über 14 Stunden spannende Unterhaltung mit Geistern, Dunkelmännern, Untoten, Betrügern, Dieben, Narzissten, Hexenmeistern, zwielichtigen Zauberkünstlern und bösartigen Schurken. Alle diese Werke haben immer wieder die Phantasie und das Interesse an Schauergeschichten bei den Zuhörern neu entfacht. Um euch so richtig das Gruseln zu lehren, haben wir diese besonderen Geschichten ausgewählt und in dieser Hörbuch-Playlist versammelt.

"The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles" is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical "Sketches" on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. An anonymous narrator unites the ten disparate "Sketches", each of which begin with a few lines of poetry, mostly taken from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. All of the stories are replete with symbolism reinforcing the cruelty of life on the Encantadas.

Another classic in the Jeeves series, Very Good, Jeeves showcases the very best of the incomparable valet and his bumbling master, Bertie Wooster. First published in 1930, this charming collection of short stories sees hapless Bertie Wooster saved yet again from various scrapes by his ingenious valet, Jeeves. Whether it’s averting disastrous engagements, smoothing over family feuds or untangling sticky situations created by Bertie’s eccentric circle of friends, Jeeves cleverly resolves each potential fiasco with his impeccable calm...

Франк Ведекинд – был загадкой не только для своих современников. Литературоведы и сегодня пытаются разгадать феномен этого крупнейшего представителя немецкого экспрессионизма. Стиль его произведений характеризуется безжалостным анализом человеческой психики и общества, при этом Ведекинд часто обращается к таким табуированным темам, как сексуальность, идентичность и социальные нормы.

A wife waiting for her husband to come home ... in vain. A young woman searching for a new apartment ... and finding a trap. A scientist and his servant exploring a mountain that holds a magical secret. Two escaping prisoners discovering a gruesome truth. Stories that make you shudder, shed a tear, and may never let you go.

Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about the much-loved men from her Mixed Messages and Finding Home series. Follow them through awkward marriage proposals, birthdays, a fraught babysitting job, and a very drunken Eurovision Song Contest party.

Publié au début du XXe siècle, ce recueil de nouvelles entraîne l’auditeur aux confins de l’âme, là où le deuil, la culpabilité et les souvenirs obsédants creusent des abîmes. Maurice Level y compose de brèves scènes tendues où un mot, un geste, un silence suffisent à faire vaciller les certitudes. Chaque récit s’attache moins aux visions qu’aux traces qu’elles laissent, révélant l’enfer intime qui ronge les vivants.

When an EMP wipes out the power grid, Caroline Thompson is alone on the family ranch while her husband, Luke, and their son are stranded in Fort Worth as chaos erupts. With no power, no law, and danger at every turn, Caroline must fight her way into the collapsing city to find them. But bringing her family back together is only the beginning. Looters are closing in, determined to take everything Caroline has fought to protect as their ranch turns into a battleground for survival.